[Magdalen] Sport!

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

And let us not even think of bringing up that ice hockey team that nearly
drowned during spring training....

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:

> When I hear about water polo my heart breaks for those poor horses.
>
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 12:32 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Except with water polo you don't see what is going on under the water.
> The
> > athletes who play water polo are exceptionally fit! Not only are they
> > either treading water or swimming the whole time they are throwing that
> > ball around, they are trying to avoid being kicked, grabbed, or being
> > dragged underwater by the opponents! You should read the account sometime
> > of the USSR-Hungary game in the Olympics of 1956, an exceptionally
> vicious
> > game that literally resulted in blood in the water.
> >
> > I've found myself completely captivated by judo, especially the
> > lower-weight classes where the athletes are scrappy and quick and kind of
> > remind me of alley cats. I"m slowly gaining some knowledge of the sport
> and
> > thinking that I might have enjoyed it myself had I had the opportunity to
> > learn it when I was younger.
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Marion Thompson <
> marionwhitevale at gmail.com
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Too bad you didn't get to see our Canadian women playing Rugby Sevens
> > > then.  That would have perked you up!   And this afternoon our Canadian
> > > women play soccer.  Both teams are formidable!
> > >
> > > Marion, a pilgrim
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/9/2016 1:06 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon wrote:
> > >
> > >> Not being a sporty sort, I keep MSNBC on the Olympics when needed as a
> > >> way to avoid the Pioneer Woman on Food Network until something
> better's
> > >> on.  And this morning I caught a bit of some women playing water polo.
> > To
> > >> show you how unconnected I am to the world of Sport!, I had myself a
> > >> Keilloresque moment with "Well now, will you look at that... women
> > throwing
> > >> a ball around in the water on the TV there.  Years ago that would have
> > been
> > >> called just 'Women Throwing a Ball Around in the Water'; today's it's
> > >> called an 'Olympic sport!'"
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
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> let me be the first.
> brud
>