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Hace 2 días · In 1996, when NBC commissioned Williams to write a one-movement piece for the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, held in Atlanta, Williams called it “ Summon the Heroes .”. Listening to it today brings to my mind Olympic heroes from over half a century: multitalented Rafer Johnson, elegant Peggy Fleming, Billy Mills of the Oglala Sioux, the ...
Hace 3 días · Gina Hemphill, a granddaughter of Jesse Owens, carried the torch into the Coliseum, completed a lap around the track, then handed it off to the final runner, Rafer Johnson, winner of the decathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Hace 2 días · Summoning the heroes. Witold Pilecki was shot on May 25, 1948, at Warsaw’s Mokotów prison. His remains have never been found, but his memory and work live on. May 29, 2024 George Weigel The ...
Hace 2 días · Listening to it today brings to my mind Olympic heroes from over half a century: multitalented Rafer Johnson; elegant Peggy Fleming; Billy Mills of the Oglala Sioux; the “Miracle on Ice” U.S. hockey team of 1980; Kobe Bryant and the 2008 “Redeem Team” of NBA stars putting their egos aside for coach Mike Krzyzewski; the incomparable ...
Hace 2 días · In 1996, when NBC commissioned Williams to write a one-movement piece for the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, held in Atlanta, Williams called it “ Summon the Heroes .”. Listening to it today brings to my mind Olympic heroes from over half a century: multitalented Rafer Johnson; elegant Peggy Fleming; Billy Mills of the Oglala Sioux; the ...
Hace 5 días · In sports, that list would include Jackie Robinson, Arthur Ashe, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Rafer Johnson, Jimmy Connors, J.D. Morgan and Ducky Drake. But of all the legends who have given so much, ...
Hace 3 días · Constantine was born in the afternoon of 2 June 1940 at his parents' residence, Villa Psychiko at Leoforos Diamantidou 14 in Psychiko, an affluent suburb of Athens. He was the second child and only son of Crown Prince Paul and Crown Princess Frederica.His father was the younger brother and heir presumptive of the reigning Greek king, George II, and his mother was the only daughter of Ernest ...
