Posts and episodes from Yesterday’s Sports podcast.
When I first started Olympic Weightlifting in 1981, at nineteen years old, Tim was one of the first to help me. Tim had about three years of competitive weightlifting experience and was roughly three and a half years older than me. To say he was tough on me would be an understatement. Since I had … Read more
As with many weightlifters, Mark’s interest in the sport began with watching weightlifting on the Wide World of Sports on ABC television. Mark remembers watching Vasily Alekseyev become the first man to clean & jerk 500 lbs in 1970. This piqued Mark’s interest, and he began reading some Strength & Health magazines his older brother … Read more
Although it is difficult to get much information on when the first issue was released and when the last one was released, it seems that the magazine began in 1969 and lasted until around 1982. From what I can gather, it seems to have started out as Quarterback magazine and, after about one year, changed … Read more
The New York Mets franchise began with seven losing seasons in a row, 1962–1968. But in 1969, they shocked the baseball world by going 100–62 in the regular season and winning the World Series. For the next three seasons, they won 83 games and finished third in their division. In 1973, they again shocked everyone … Read more
Most modern-day NFL football fans are familiar with the dynasty of the New England Patriots from 2001 to 2018. The Dallas Cowboys of the 1990s, the SF 49ers of the 1980s, and the Pittsburgh Steelers of the 1970s. They might even be familiar with the Green Bay Packers of the 1960s. But only the genuinely … Read more