1968, mexico city. We need more of this. A LOT more.

Fisk hitting the home run and will it to stay fair

Four things: 1. this 2. Kaepernick taking a knee 3. Biles walking off to preserve her mental health 4. Kerri Strug vaulting on a broken foot - for her team.

These 3 from Derek Jeter’s last game at Yankee Stadium

Overrated

LOL 😂

The Flip!!! That play still blows my mind. Cheers👍

One of them forgot his glove, and the third man, Peter Norman, suggested they wear one on different hands. Norman wore a human rights badge, and for his trouble he was shunned, ending his running career. He was a man of principles and courage and should not be forgotten.

There's an excellent documentary about Norman's heroism. www.imdb.com/title/tt0874...

Thank you.

Peter Norman didn’t feel he had right to pull his fist in the air and he was correct. Instead, he wore a badge in support, along with several others 👇🏽

Thanks for the context. Although the image is seared in my mind, I was only two at the time, and some of the info was left out of my education.

Beast Quake II

The look on a guy's face who'd run multiple marathons when I was about to pass him with 200 yards left to the finish line. 😳 He picked up the pace and finished about 10 yd ahead of me. 😂

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Black Lives Matter. KU Leuven eredoctoraten aan Tommie Smith & John Carlos 23 juni 2022 & 24 juni 2022 ontvangst stadhuis Brugge.

Smith and Carlos mounted the podium shoeless, representing black poverty in the United State. Norman, Australian silvermedallist, wore a human rights badge on his shirt in support and suggested the idea that Smith and Carlos each wear one glove because they had only one pair between them

Smith and Carlos were pallbearers at Norman’s funeral. He was ostracized and blackballed in Australia after the games

🫨wow

This always brings the tears.

This one has been with me since it happened in 1968.

What's the story here?!

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Muhammad Ali: “Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs?”

Look up Peter Norman (the white guy in the photo) he ended up supporting Tommie Smith and John Carlos (the other two athletes in that photo) lt cost him his athletic career. Smith and Carlos stayed friends with him until he died in 2006 and were pallbearers at his funeral.

This Aussie says thanks for the post Chris. The Norman story and the heavy price he paid is not well known, if at all, even in Australia.

Such a horrific outcome for courageous Peter Norman.

That's poignant, Peter Norman was a hero

Trump would gaol these men.

Tommie Smith taught track and field at the college I attended after the Olympics when no other organization would employ him. He was awesome.

I watched Gretzky pass the Stanley Cup first to defenseman Steve Smith, whose own goal a year earlier lost the Oilers a playoff series to their hated rivals in Calgary.

Colin (can't remember his name, stupid cognitive issues)

www.si.com/more-sports/... Belmont High at Colonel White High, Sept. 24, 2005 | Three-foot, 112-pound Bobby Martin played on punt and kickoff coverage as the backup varsity noseguard for Dayton's Colonel White High. Born w/o legs, he can't wear prosthetics because he has no thighs to affix them to.

Great original post but thread degenerated into posts by Americans about their obscure, parochial 'world series' sports. Shows Blue Sky is still far more American than X. I understand they invented the Internet and everything else in life...

what exactly do you want Americans to write about? sports that they dont watch?

Go back to Chicago, your liberalism doesn't work here! Along with, how I'm wearing pride colors. Here in America, we've got the most willing, ignorant fascist pigs. They really flip out, when I put up PK Subban, deleting Marchand. After that, it's how dare I root, for the Montreal Canadians.

They don't watch a lot of sports. Which they pretend, to care about honestly. As referenced in a response here, they went to rewrite how Norman won, and was awarded the gold along, with another runner, due to this black panther display.

One of my distant relations a former sportswriter actually put that up, in media removal. Sickening, disgusting, frustrating, and it's damned embarrassing to be related to that. His take was black athletes should just be happy they're not slaves.

I'm thinking of a distant family relation. A former sportswriter here State side, who tried to white wash this. Along with how Norman was awarded the gold medal, for the Black athletes displays. The scary part is, people still believed, his ignorant fecking bullsh*t.

Nicky Winwar (Aussie Rules football for the Americans)

Adam Goodes responds to boos & racist taunts from the spectators.

She beat my beloved Hawkeyes but I’ve got her back when the racist dbags open their crooked mouths.

The Argentinean sports magazine El Gráfico titled that photo as "The embrace with the soul", in which Fillol and Tarantini merge in a hug after the end of the game. In that image also appears a fan, Víctor Dell Aquila, who despite not having his two arms, "hugs with his soul" the new champions.

“El abrazo del alma”

I love that there is an Australian in this photo just going along with history.

I was 10 watching this asking my dad what it was about because all I heard about was the uniting of the Olympic spirit. The beginning of me finding out about American cruelty

yes, it's actions like these that are the catalyst of awareness .. someone somewhere will see it and ask what is going on

They actually let him know they were going to do it. He was in favour of it.

While he wasn't expelled or stripped of his medal like the American athletes, he faced significant repercussions in Australia. He was ostracized by the Australian Olympic Committee wasn't selected for the 1972 Munich Olympics despite qualifying, and was largely overlooked in Australia for many years

38 years after giving the Black Power salute during their medal ceremony at the 1968 Olympics, Tommie Smith and John Carlos were pallbearers at the funeral of Peter Norman, the Australian silver medalist that was with them on the podium

this brings a tear to my cold black heart

I didn’t know this, what a great resolution of respect for a man that respected their statement.

Colin Kapernick. Abby Wambach kissing her wife. David Ortiz "This is our fucking city" Bobby Orr.

Not this one. . .how about the hostages at the winter olympics. . .

Surya Bonaly was never "soft" enough for the judges. She was too athletic, too powerful on the ice. The only woman at the time to complete a quad, she didn't get credit for it in the 1994 games because she under rotated. And then she fell. She knew she would not medal and instead stunned the world.

Yesterday Closing my eyes I’d envisioned a gymnastics bars gymnast spinning in slow motion

Each step of the way Layered in spinning flips Takes torso development and arm development of resilient shaping up

I remember this. It was incredible to watch.

I seem to remember originally, judges would not give her credit for the backflip because she landed on 2 feet. So she perfected it to land on one as you can see in that video, and they still did not give her credit. BS

It was thought to be impossible to land it on one foot so it was a banned move at the time. She got a deduction for the backfip but she proved that at least she could land it on one foot. It's no longer banned but it doesn't get points. Also to correct my post it was 1998 not 94 😊

Thanks for that clarification. I knew there was something about the two footed landing.

Oh yes, I remember. What they did to her was horrible.

I was 10 in 1968. I remember this well and my parents supported what they were doing. So it was a great statement all three of them made.

Also from '68 Olympics www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlfM...

This.

Fauja Singh, kept on running marathons even after his 100th birthday.

When US soccer player, Brandi Chastain, rips off her top to her sports bra. A good one for women's sports!

This image has stayed with me since I first saw it. Live on TV. Age 14. I’m 70 now. One of my favorites! Thanks for sharing!

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I was a teenager when the Magnificent 7 took home gold. I'll never forget seeing her in so much pain, but still getting up to finish

I saw this and I was so impressed by her. Still am actually

Rory completes the Grand Slam !

Mohammed Ali refusing the draft...

The greatest.

A muddy day at the office for Fran Cotton.

Back when hockey players wore less equipment and of course had less teeth.

NAILED IT😁🧡🖤

Australia did him so dirty.

Nancy Kerrigan’s expression when she was attacked.

Also the expression Mike Tyson gave when he was about to beat everybody up in the ring. The horror you seen on the cops faces with Mike’s back to the camera… it just reminded you that a one point, he was the baddest man on the planet.

The baddest! Damn was he fun to watch throughout his prime.

Michael’s tongue expression was deadly. You knew when he showed tongue, somebody was about to get embarrassed.

I'm not sure i know what's going on in this photo. What happened here?

Child in the stands was hit by a baseball. Jim Rice ran over and took the boy and ran him to the dugout for help. www.boston.com/sports/bosto...

I see. Well, I'm glad this man was there to be a hero. I like heroes.

He also ended up paying their hospital bill, too. Great man!

Colin Kapernick.

Three very brave young men!

Three heroes on the podium.

That's one!

It's like Deja vu all over again.

When Ben Johnson won the 100-meter dash in the Olympics with his arm in the air 30 metres before he crossed the winning line.

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Excellent

Rizzo catching the third out.

Oof

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

💯

This is the one!!

Megan Rapino’s

Seriously? Among all the athletes you select her? The only feature as a midfielder she has ber purple hair.

Not a competition. The question was "which athletes expression stayed with you"

Oh, misreading. Thanks for clarification. But still... That lady! Seriously?

Eric Cantona kicking a nazi asshole must be here. He accepted the fine and never apologized for do that. Legend

Luz Long encouraging Jesse Owens and giving him tips to avoid failing during the long jump semifinals in the 1936 Olympics. Jesse won the golden and Luz's gesture costed him a punishment to go to the front, and costed him his life. Forever hero.

Thanks I didn’t know that Appreciate you

Wow this is my new favorite

I didn’t know this one! Ultimate hero move

Rudy Galindo when he won the US Team men’s singles. He had the joy of a five year old learning she’s getting a pony

How many people know of the quiet part Peter Norman played in that protest? Smith, Carlos, and Norman are among my sporting heroes. whatthehellisart.wordpress.com/2020/06/13/a...

Many people don't know the quiet part of this man's courage, thanks for posting this.💔

This 👇🏻

Exactly…one of the most powerful moments in sports.

This one! It was one of the most inspiring images in my lifetime. Thank you for posting it.

Megan Rapinoe at the 2019 Women’s World Cup.

Kerri Strug 1996 Olympic vault with a broken ankle

This is a great thread, thank you!

It was always exciting watching him race.

I love that one. This one is great too! Bolt with the finger wag...LOL!

I love moments in sports like the ones on this thread. They can be tragic, heartbreaking, inspiring, honest, or joyful. I chose Bolt because he was truly superhuman and these photos show the pure joy and fun he had. I thought we could all use a little of that today. 🙂

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I re.ember that. It made FISTPUMPING in sports a usual occurrence. Big deal..not

My alma mater, @sjsuathletics.bsky.social

This ⬆️!!!

Helluva moment for women’s sports.

Yes!!!

Absolutely! I watched it live I didn't get the big deal so many made of it.

Absolutely! I watched this live. I at work. Kept running into the staff room to watch the game. Such a great moment.

Sorry, I pay practically no attention to athletes.

An early lesson in what a team is:

Ha! I'd forgotten that one. Perfect answer.

Two things about this one. First, the white fist, showing that at least one white UM player got it and was willing to stand with his teammates. Second, several Michigan State players on the other sideline were doing the same thing.

This is nowhere in the neighborhood of the Olympic expression. But 1988, Dodger’s vs. Oakland at Chavez Ravine- a badly injured Kirk Gibson limping around the bases “ fist pumping” after his World Series pinch hit walk off home run. The Vin Scully call was also a classic-

It’s a toss up between this and Kaepernick kneeling.

The entire Colorado Avalanche team when Aube-Kubel dropped the Stanley Cup right in front of all of them

I'm going to say this one. Donovan Bailey after winning 100m gold in Atlanta in 1996. The one you have posted is powerful even to this very day.

So many great ones already posted. This one also comes to mind for me.

Brandi Chastain, 1999 World Cup

Jesse Owens beating the shit out of the Nazis in '36.

Zadopek!

My childhood hero.

Mine too.

I loved that they wouldn't let them make the statue without the third guy in it

Muhammad Ali “I ain't got no quarrel with the VietCong...No VietCong ever called me nigger.”

It’s this and Nancy Kerrigan screaming for me.

None. I loathe athletics and competition.

FloJo.

Houssein Omar Hassan Men’s T46 1500m London 2012 Paralympics. His face a rictus of pain and determination. The crowd: the loudest and most emotional supporters I have ever experienced, cheering him on as he finished a whole two minutes behind the field due to an ankle injury.

ihday This is an Arabic name ihday could be an exclamation that seems to blend or overlap if one were to speak a derivative gibberish blended notion of playful pseudo Arabic Yet Amharic is a bit nuanced Different Unique Non Arabic

1982 at Fenway: Jim Rice saved 4-year-old Jonathan Keane, hit by a foul ball in the head. Rice ran him to medics, likely saving his life. Blood on his jersey, emotion in his eyes, true heroism beyond baseball. A moment that defines the man more than any stat ever could. #RedSox

Incredible.

this would be one

No conrest- the Stare of Death from Barbara Fusar-Poli when her ice dance partner stumbled and dropped her at the Torino Olympics. If looks could kill.. www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/a...

I was in the arena that night. The entire original dance event was nuts, but that moment was amazing.

Oh wow! I have been to some major events, but I would love to see an Olympics competition. It's so powerful in person when you can really see how much speed elite skaters have and how high the jumps are. Even the best television camera work doesn't quite capture it.

Not a sport

I have seen burly hockey players brought low by attempting figure skating. Silly costumes aside, the condition they have to be in to do what they do and compete at the elite level and the work they put in off the ice would make most people cry. They are athletes.

Ok. But anything with a judge is not sport anymore than the academy awards are.

Do you feel the same about gymnastics? Or diving?

Not saying they are not athletes, incase that's not clear. But sports have winners and lovers not opinions

Yes. And supreme court cases. Boxing is a gray area

Well that one and this one always brings a tear to my eye

Beautiful 💕

Colin KaepernIck and the brave men on the podium seen above.

Colin Kaepernick kneeling! 🏈

The Kid beats the New York Yankees. The face of redemption and revenge and elation.

Nazi salute?

Joe Carter walk off home run Game 6 1993 👏 to win World Series!

Iconic

Highly recommend the graphic book “Victory. Stand!” By Tommie Smith

Peter Norman is an Australian hero. I’m glad an apology was given but that doesn’t take away from the ostracism he faces cruelly throughout his life and he should be remembered not just as an amazing runner but an altruistic and courageous man

Luckiest man on the face of the earth.

So moving — 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

There is a statue in San Jose on the SJSU campus. It is HUGE! sjtoday.6amcity.com/1968-olympic...

Sadly the third hero of this act is not included. Peter Norman, the silver medalist from Australia, sacrificed his career to stand by and stand up for John Carlos and Tommy Smith. Vilified by his own government denied recognition as late as the 2000 Sydney Olympic games.

The 22-foot statue prominently features Smith and Carlos, but Norman requested that his space in the statue be left empty so that viewers could “Take a Stand” and join the movement

I did 'take a stand' when I visited. Though it was during the BLM summer, as a white person, I did not feel I should raise my fist or take a knee. Instead, I forced my hat and respectfully bowed my head. The monument is HUGE with the athletes over 10' (3.048m) tall.

Arrgh....dang autocorrect...doffed my hat...

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Oh wow that’s right in line with his character. What a legend. RIP Norman.

Thank you. I was upset Norman wasn't represented on the statue.

It was in the article. I copied this from the linked article. (Also people should read the article)

Seems past time to add Peter Norman.

Why is Peter Norman who stood in solidarity with the two Americans missing? Whose gloves are the US athletes wearing?

... black scarves, black gloves and beads. These were used to symbolize poverty + Black pride, and to honor the countless African Americans who were brought over on the Middle Passage or later lynched. sjtoday.6amcity.com/1968-olympic...

Peter Norman asked not yo be included so his presence would not detract from the protest. "After Smith and Carlos placed first and third in the 200-meter race, they took to the winner’s podium and accepted their medals wearing black socks, black... 1/2

The first thing that came to my mind

I have that picture with Ali's autograph in my collection.

Jesse Owen’s

Being an avid Blazer Fan back then, it was always hard to watch Michael be so damn good!

Man, I hated Reggie Miller at the time. I've come to understand how effective he was with the mind games.

#LGM

Colin Kaepernick

Hahaha I how well I remember the whole world stopped, holding its breath every time he jumped

#NYGiants HOF QB Y.A. Tittle. #NFL

His courage lives on in granddaughter Erika Evans. This former federal prosecutor quit rather than sacrifice her principles to Trump. She's now running for Seattle City Attorney.

The most iconic sports photo ever.

Never seen it before being 64 and not American ....who is it?

Babe Ruth at a Yankee stadium tribute for him. He died of cancer one month later.

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Seb Coe winning Gold in Moscow 1980. Stuart Broad’s reaction to an incredible catch off his bowling by Ben Stokes v Australia at Trent Bridge in 2016

Yes to Coe. Broad does faux amazed all the time

I will never forget it. I was 12 and watching with my dad and uncle, both WWII vets. They admired the guts it took to do that.

colin kaepernick takes a knee at sept 1 2016 game. his face- determined, defiant, daring.

Brandi Chastain www.nytimes.com/2019/07/05/s...

Oh yes! Brava Brandi! The media and others lost their minds. Absurd reactions. More is exposed in a bathing suit.

Lewis Hamilton wearing a rainbow helmet in Saudi Arabia is up there for me

Not sure how big a deal this was to people who aren’t Vikings fans - and I don’t mean to take away from the many other moments here - but Chris Kluwe has to be on the list for me

As a die-hard Lions fan I will ALWAYS show love for Chris Kluwe.

Can I ask what he did that impacted you?

I remember this as a kid. Seared into my brain. And even then, I thought it was ballsy as all fuck! Two black dudes basically flipping off the world. My racist parents lost their ever-lovin' fucking minds which made me love it all the more. I think I started saying "Fuck you!" a lot after this.

I was 12 and realized my parents and I were not seeing the same world.

I think that's about right I was 12 in 6th grade & it made me sad to realize that I could perceive that I was more intelligent & more compassionate than either of my parents. A part of me was "fuck, yeah!" but a bigger part of me was just sad It's hard to believe I'm their son. We are so different

This is a fantastic thread. Thank you!

Kap.

Jesse Owens from history books

🥰

Oooo, that pissed Hitler off SO MUCH! A black man and an American to boot.

Indeed. Amazing gestures, especially during that time.

Time for Everybody to Stand Up for Everybody

Yes!! Been scrolling looking for this one!!

Yesterday was the 42nd anniversary.

For sure.

As an Australian my choice is the man on the podium with the 2 American athletes who are wearing his gloves. This incident destroyed his career & his life. He was vilified & ostracised at home not allow to compete any more. Smith & Carlos showed great respect they were pallbearers at his funeral

It's satisfying to think that, whatever you might assume at first glance, all three of the athletes on that podium were people of courage and integrity. It's a picture not just about righteous protest, but also about being an ally.

Absolutely

Peter Norman - a big guy!

Yes. To me this has to be the greatest travesty in Australian sport.

Here's a really good documentary about his heroism, and the price he paid. www.imdb.com/title/tt0874...

Thank you.

Used to be a painting of that photo on the side of a house next to the railway line between MacDonaldtown and Newtown. Not sure if it's still there.

An airbrush mural of the trio on podium was painted in 2000 in the inner-city suburb of Newtown in Sydney.[a] Silvio Offria, who allowed an artist known only as "Donald" to paint the mural on his house in Leamington Lane is now listed as an item of heritage significance

I couldn't believe it when I learned that they didn't even put his name in the records of Australian medal winners.

Has that been rectified?

Seems like it, tough to Google things nowadays. I know in 2012 the Australian House of Representatives issued an apology

The White Australia Policy was still in place then, much to our eternal shame. The crusty old white chaps in charge of our athletics associations couldn’t bear any of that nonsense could they?

It's a great shame that the mural of the scene on a private house wall in McDonaldtown, Sydney (between Newtown & Redfern), once seen by thousands of train commuters daily, has been obscured by a high wall that reduces sound levels from busy train traffic. He was courageous.

Most people don’t know that part of the story.

Very sad outcome. Glad they respected him.

Had a distant family member, who tried to rewrite, how Norman was a gold medalist. And, how the Black athletes had their medals stripped, for this display. What's worse, the distant family relation was a fecking sports writer, here in the States.

Obviously had no idea what actually happened. Peter Norman gave them the gloves & was wearing a badge of the Olympic Projects For Human Rights. Australia actually had a White Australia Policy on immigration in 68. 1967 our indigenous were finally recognised as people! Imagine his courage.

I learned about that in world history in high school. Along with Bruce Smith who opposed that. Actually came up a few years ago, with someone trying to say how the white only policy, was how the United States should be. His words for me were implying I was a race traitor in subtle fashions.

Interesting Australia at the time was a dead zone. Italians & Greeks were pariahs. Since WAP was removed we’ve become a vibrant multicultural country, food & culture second to none. Thanks to Italians the best coffee Starbucks failed here. We still have the racists unfortunately.

Thanks for telling the truth. His story has not been told enough.

This one!

This. I talk with my elementary students about this moment, this movement, when we talk about social justice and resilience. Hero.

Yes!👏

Same 💔😽

This☝️

1989 qualifier for the Italia '90 World Cup (footy - or soccer if you're American). Terry Butcher gives his all for England, against Sweden. England Manager Bobby Robson was quoted as saying people had won the Victoria Cross for less 😂 Hyperbole aside, it's an image that will be with me for life.

NB, sigh. No, 'soccer' is NOT an American word. It is British English. From 1880s. And still used by rugger and posher folk in UK. And Sky Sports main show is 'Soccer Saturday'. Was used frequently even by sports commentators until 1970s, eg Coleman. Also used in Oz, SA, NZ, v other 'football codes

Sigh... Do YOU call it soccer? Does anyone you know call it soccer? N.B. nobody here said it's an American word. [contd]

[contd] I clarified that the referenced sport was "footy, or soccer if you're American" because the VAST majority of people in the UK call it footy or football and the car majority in the States call it soccer. Nobody wanted a conversation about the origins and etymology of association football. 🙄

Bloody autocorrect

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This gets me choked up every single time I see it.

The video is so hard to watch, but it heals a bit of me that has lost hope if you know what I mean. Poorly worded here.

Kaepernick

Same. I've ptetty much stopped watching the nfl since.

GOAT

Terry Fox and his Marathon of Hope. His loping gait is unmistakable. He kept it up for 3,339 miles. He died at age 22 after his cancer returned. Close to $1 billion has been raised in his name for cancer research. A Canadian legacy, he's one of the greatest individual heroes of my lifetime.

Canadian Hero

Extraordinary.. never knew

The story built during summer of 1980. I followed it. I've run in "Terry Fox runs" that continue the work of the Terry Fox Foundation. "The Terry Fox Story" (1983) is good. But - when he started running across Newfoundland, he ran long miles (roughly a marathon each day for 143 days) w/o attention.

Impossible for me to imagine Incredible

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Hey I really do appreciate this information My husband and I recently retired and do quite a bit of traveling around in our van ( just took 11 K drive round ‘merica) we are planning to spend time in the northern parts of US and the Great Lakes area next summer..

This one.

Colin Kapernick

Taking a knee during the Star Spangled Banner. I was very touched by this bravery.

Abbey D’Agostino blows out her knee in a collision during the 5km at the Rio Olympics and her competition Nikki Hamblin stops her own race to care for her.

Beautiful

That’s the one.

Taking the knee. Heroic.

Courage!

The Story Behind The White Guy In This Historic Photo www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4Lv...

The story behind this iconic Olympics protest www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ACX...

The History of Black Protest in Sports | The New Yorker www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzNb...

The history of black people making everything about them once again

#COYS

Bobby Orr’s 1970 Stanley Cup winning goal.

There you go!

💙

Classic...

I was just scrolling to see if anyone had added this absolute gem. 👍🏻😆

😀 I did the same thing before posting this gem. At first, I thought about posting Eric “Bruce Lee” Cantona's action.

I remember watching when Kerri Strug won the gold with a broken ankle. I remember being vaguely impressed with her guts, but more horrified that her coach let her do that to herself. And then when Simone Biles made the self-affirming choice to not compete in 2020, I was glad, for her and the sport.

People should know. I never hear it discussed. All of this

That. and the Wheaties commercials that starred Bruce Jenner. Long before he became so disgusted with the athlete thing and became Kaitlin.

🖤

Kapernick kneeling

1975 World Series Game 6 11th inning. Carlton Fisk waving his arms to keep his fly ball in fair territory for a walk off home run.

Colin Kapernick

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This is from Norman's funeral where Carlos and Smith acted as pall bearers. The world often forgets us but those who were there remember and they show us the respect we earned.

I remember this moment but did not ever hear this story

Did not know of the pall bearers either ! Thank you 🙏🏼

💔

Tears

Norman insisted his spot on the statue that was made stay empty so people could stand there themselves. Total fukkin class.

I never knew this - thanks!

All three of them. A lifelong bond formed that day.

Reading that made me weep.

Crying 😭

Wow , never knew this.❤️

Jim Thorpe

A remarkable Indigenous warrior!

Yes, amazing talent

Yeah. The sheer excitement on his face. Indelible.

Marco Tardelli - 1982 World Cup.

I was 8 years old and watching my first Olympics. I remember that my brothers (19 and 16) and my father were absolutely stunned by this. It has been stuck in my memory for almost 60 years now. Bless Peter Norman.