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1984 olympics
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$232.5 million: Profit generated by the 1984 Olympics, making it the most profitable sporting event in history. The Games also had a $2.3 billion impact on the Southern California economy. Competing bids to host the 1984 Summer Olympics. The only other bid, by Tehran, Iran, was withdrawn in the days preceding the Iranian Revolution.
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It was 25 years ago this evening, 25 years since the Olympic flame ignited for a second time in the same Olympic venue, a generation since David L. Wolper unleashed his battalion of dancing Jazzercise ladies, his murder of Elvis impersonators, his flying guy in a rocket pack and I'm still suffering Olympic fatigue. I ran into Wolper, the opening ceremonies producer, weeks before the big Friday night when the great Rafer Johnson ran the little torch up to the big torch lately refurbished by a Southern California Gas Co. technician from Torrance who was up there somewhere unseen turning valves and sweating bullets because the eyes of the world were upon him.
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North Yarmouth Academy accepted the resignation of boys' soccer coach Josh Muscadin on Thursday, a day after the Portland Press Herald reported that Muscadin's claims of being a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic team were unsubstantiated. Muscadin also resigned from his position as the school's director of auxiliary programs. In that position, Muscadin oversaw the school's summer and weekend sports and arts camps.
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She goes about her daily life like any other wife and mother of four in Thousand Oaks. Raising her kids, running her business, enjoying life. Twenty-five years after she and her teammates on the United States gymnastics team became the darlings of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, few people even place the now 43-year-old Julianne McNamara-Zeile as the high-flying blonde who took home a gold medal on the uneven bars.
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Scott Hamilton, the men's figure skating champion in the 1984 Winter Olympics, once said, "The only disability in life is a bad attitude." My experience competing at the 2012 North Atlantic Regional Competition, which was held Oct. 14-18 at the Northtown Center in Amherst, can be summed up in that quote. Throughout the competition and in the days leading up to the event I saw displays of sportsmanship and love for the sport no matter how a skater performed. The skaters who come to regionals have goals, and although these goals may vary, everyone wants to do their best.
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Two-time Olympic gold medalist Seth Wescott choked back tears as he expressed his gratitude for support from Maine residents during induction ceremonies Sunday for the Maine Sports Hall of Fame. The crowd of several hundred at the Augusta Civic Center gave the Farmington native a standing ovation at the conclusion of his acceptance speech. After assuring fans that he would pursue a third gold medal in snowboardcross at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, Wescott spoke of the inspiration he got from watching Maine's Joan Benoit Samuelson win a gold medal in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
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HANDBALL BASICS Team handball is much like a combination of soccer and basketball. * Games are seven-on-seven competitions, with goalies for each team. * The objective of the game is to throw the ball into a goal 6 feet 7 by 9 feet 10 inches. n Similar to basketball, you can dribble the ball roughly the size of a cantaloupe down the court. You have three free steps after you pick up the ball. There are yellow flags for warnings, and fouls that lead to foul shots from the spot of the infraction. * Also, much like hockey, there are more serious infractions for which a player must go to a penalty box for two minutes while play goes on with uneven numbers. Two penalties get you a red card or disqualification. Free shots are called seven meter shots. DAILY MAIL SPORTSWRITER
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I was standing in the pavilion-to-nowhere in Redondo Beach's Veterans Park with a terrific bunch of guys who long ago paid some heavy dues for this country. A many-columned holdover from the 1984 Olympics, the pavilion sits at the corner of Torrance Boulevard and Catalina Avenue and serves as an entry point to the leafy 6.3-acre ocean-facing park with its wonderful old library building and giant Moreton Bay fig.
