by Free Sport | Aug 7, 2012 | Free Sport
By all accounts, Michael Phelps is one of the greatest swimmers that the world, let alone the U.S., has ever known. He has won 22 Olympic medals, 18 of which are gold. That’s double the number of medals won by Olympic legends like Carl Lewis, and Mark Spitz. In...
by Free Sport | Aug 13, 2012 | Free Sport
A recent Philadelphia Metro article asks, “What if every Olympic sport was photographed like beach volleyball?” And then answers its own question by providing a series of crotch shots of male athletes competing in events including basketball, gymnastics,...
by Free Sport | Aug 15, 2012 | Free Sport
Something amazing happened on the way to this year’s summer Olympics: a Sports Illustrated cover didn’t have any men on it. Under the headline: “Five Stars: America’s Game Changers,” SI’s Olympics preview issue cover featured the...
by Free Sport | Aug 21, 2012 | Free Sport
Looking for an excuse to get lost in the woods this weekend? How about celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Appalachian Trail? (As a bonus, you may bump into some thru-hikers, who began their trek in Georgia last spring, and are trying to make it to mid-Maine...
by Free Sport | Aug 25, 2012 | Free Sport
“Sports,” suggests Noam Chomsky, “keeps people from worrying about things that matter to their lives that they might have some idea of doing something about.” Or do they? Visitors to the legendary Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY have...