Archive for August 10th, 2012

USA faces South Africa’s ‘Blade Runner’

Drama surrounds the men’s 4 X 400 M relay race.   The final features the American squad facing South Africa and the man known as ‘Blade Runner’, double-amputee, Oscar Pistorius.  South Africa won its appeal in the preliminaries, and the result is Pistorius racing 3rd in the relay.

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Team USA Wins Soccer Gold

Team USA captured their third straight gold medal in women’s soccer.  They upended Japan 2-1 on Thursday before over 80-thousand fans in London.

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What’s Next?

One of the most difficult moments for a professional athlete is when they finally come to the time when they must leave the game. Athletes will talk about the different aspects of this life transition that are difficult. Some will talk about the paycheck—candidly assessing how hard it is to walk away from such huge…

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