I had to google Carl Lewis. Never heard of him before now; or if I had he just didn't register enough to remember. As I said, running just ain't that popular.
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I had to google Carl Lewis. Never heard of him before now; or if I had he just didn't register enough to remember. As I said, running just ain't that popular.
237 years as an independent nation. About another 300 before that.
It sounds as if you are describing a country where the only sports that are popular are the only ones that no-one else in the world competes in! That may explain things like the laughable title "World Series" for baseball, I suppose if your world is only what you see from your front door you like be safe and secure that you are the absolute best in something no-one else bothers to do
You'd never heard of Carl Lewis????
every member over 5yrs of age of the Mascho Piro tribe in Peru has heard of Carl Lewis.
I suspect the interview was included at the last minute as "filler" because there wasn't enough hard sports stories to fill the alloted time.
It sounds as if you are describing a country where the only sports that are popular are the only ones that no-one else in the world competes in! That may explain things like the laughable title "World Series" for baseball, I suppose if your world is only what you see from your front door you like be safe and secure that you are the absolute best in something no-one else bothers to do
Actually most of the Western Hemisphere and in the East, Japan and the Phillipines play baseball. It was in the Olympics for a short time as well. But nobody could really compete.
But as to your last comment, most Americans do believe similarly to what you suggest; there's the US (the real world) and anywhere else. Not saying it's right. But yes that is the general opinion of most of the poulation.
You'd never heard of Carl Lewis????
And that's relavent how?
It sounds as if you are describing a country where the only sports that are popular are the only ones that no-one else in the world competes in! That may explain things like the laughable title "World Series" for baseball, I suppose if your world is only what you see from your front door you like be safe and secure that you are the absolute best in something no-one else bothers to do
Nobody else does? So I guess you didn't watch the Puerto Rican National team down the Spanish National team tonight at the World Baseball Classic by 3 to 0? Or Mexico beating the USA; final score Mexico 5 vs USA 2.
Here's the website for this year's classic: www.worldbaseballclassic.com Looks like Great Britain made the classic last time (2009) but failed to qualify for this tournament.
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