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How the L.A. '84 Olympics Changed Everything How the L.A. '84 Olympics Changed Everything Heading into the 1984 Olympics, no city wanted the Games. Afterward, everyone did. But L.A. '84 was more than a triumph of logistics: from technology to television to women's sports, nothing would ever be the same. Author: Jun 3, 2021 John W. McDonough/Sports Illustrated It had to be the least compelling competition in the history of the Olympic movement. The bid to host the Games often becomes a pitched battle, pitting one world capital against another world capital—often with significant capital chan...

Kiwi long-distance runner Allison Roe broke the New York City marathon record in 1981. Forty years ago, in 1981, running was booming. Race numbers exploded, huge new marathons and fun-runs transformed cities as big as New York, London, and Sydney, shoes and apparel for running had become an instant industry, media and sponsors brought crowds and cash, and potent new names hit the headlines – Frank Shorter, Grete Waitz, Alberto Salazar, Nike, New Balance, Asics. It all seemed miraculous. And nothing was more miraculous than the sudden emergence, at the Boston Marathon on 20 April, 1981, of a...

App updates your workouts based on how well you hit your workouts Coaches provide feedback in a timely manner CONS You need to have run a recent race to figure out your baseline What to expect: Runcoach is a web and smartphone app (iOS and Android) that spits out a customized training plan for you, based on your goals, and then adapts that plan as you go, based on your performance. The app uses your running information to generate a training plan full of variety—interval sessions, recovery days, long runs, tempo-paced efforts, strides, cross-training, and more—that lays out the path to yo...

a sense of limitation. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. we have been struggling through the weakest economic recovery the u.s. has seen, and today, the federal reserve projected under sluggish growth and high unemployment ahead. the fed said its last forecast back in april was too optimistic. here's how the outlook for next year, 2013, has changed. the fed had expected growth in the economy to be as little as 2.7%. but today, it revised that down to as little as 2.2% growth. in april, the fed projected unemployment...

good dancing, good singing. looking good out there. all right. here we go. bring it home. one more time. our jingle dress dancers. omg. they are good. go over to our women's fancy shawl, all ages. make your way into the arena. friendship house drum. kick one out. make them dance. all right. how about these beautiful dancers? dance hard. all right. [singing] you guys are looking good out there. that's hard. that's hard. -- dnace hard. dance hard. all right. good singing, good dancing. we are waiting for the mayor. any word on the mayor? this is a real honor to introduce to you and the...