The award for the most ridiculous, self-absorbed, overzealous all sports entertainment network in the world goes to...
ESPN, for the 10th year running.
They have once again proven that outside the 4 major sports, Tiger Woods, and the Williams sisters, you're really not much of an athlete. Unless you count token consideration of Cael Sanderson and -ahem- Sarah Hughes (don't even get me started on figure skating).
No offense to college athlete of the year Sue Bird (UConn BB) but a certain swimmer from Cal who set at least 6 AR and 1 WR over the short course season would have had my vote.
Anyone else? Natalie Coughlin, female college athlete of the year as awarded by the USMS discussion crew?
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This is a ramification into the discussion here about the worth of swimming in the media.
Originally posted by kaelonj
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Sorry to drum up an old area, but the comment a ways back in regards to Olympic performance by countries.
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But how many athletes from other nations live and train in the United States...
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As a ramification, there is this answer:
it's a two ways street in opportunities, like the former president Reagan was seeing the free trade in professions.
1) For example, coach Jozsef Nagy (Hun) made Mike Borrowman (US) a 200 meter world record in breaststroke at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, a mark that stands today; Borrowman writes: "No one else wanted to try to understand him or do the work he was demanding.". When Nagy and Borrowman went to train at Curl-Burke Swim Club, the coach Rick Curl learned from coach Nagy what he is implementing today on breaststroker Ed Moses (US).
2) Noemi Lung (Rom) a silver medallist in 400 meter IM at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and one of the 100% products from Romania, is coaching now in Florida.
This is a ramification into the discussion here about the worth of swimming in the media.
Originally posted by kaelonj
...
Sorry to drum up an old area, but the comment a ways back in regards to Olympic performance by countries.
...
But how many athletes from other nations live and train in the United States...
...
As a ramification, there is this answer:
it's a two ways street in opportunities, like the former president Reagan was seeing the free trade in professions.
1) For example, coach Jozsef Nagy (Hun) made Mike Borrowman (US) a 200 meter world record in breaststroke at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, a mark that stands today; Borrowman writes: "No one else wanted to try to understand him or do the work he was demanding.". When Nagy and Borrowman went to train at Curl-Burke Swim Club, the coach Rick Curl learned from coach Nagy what he is implementing today on breaststroker Ed Moses (US).
2) Noemi Lung (Rom) a silver medallist in 400 meter IM at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and one of the 100% products from Romania, is coaching now in Florida.
