Visiting An Old Friend In Willimantic, CT
Not really a friend, but in Willimantic, Connecticut. Full story is here in a video format on YouTube. Save
Not really a friend, but in Willimantic, Connecticut. Full story is here in a video format on YouTube. Save
Team CCCP Weightlifting is having a good time at the Volga River. It’s 1968 and they are 7,232 miles away from Mexico City where is a few weeks they will compete at the 1968...
Very few athletes nowadays perform the snatch lifts using split style. Split Style Techniques Here is a digitally enhanced photo of Norbert Schemansky (USA) doing split style snatch. The original photo session took place...
Every time it snows in our area, we have a little chat on the porch planning the logistics of our actions. We don’t panic. We prepare for the challenge.
While preparing for the 1964 Summer Olympic in Tokyo, Team CCCP weightlifting gathered in August 1963 in Poldolsk training camp. Most athletes on the photo just finished competing at the 3rd Soviet Spartakiade and...
It ain’t a martial arts or boxing match. It’s a comedy improv match from an old TV broadcast I was on. In fact, it was one of the first broadcast programs that appeared on. I did...
During the rivalry games between the Soviet and Czechoslovakian hockey team, Helmut Balderis often faced Jiri Bubla. Both wore No. 19 on their jerseys and it was amazing to see the duel between the...
This is another enhanced photograph for the Lift Up project featuring Team CCCP at the 1937 World Workers Olympiad in Antwerp, Belgium. Mid 1930s was the time when the pioneers of Olympic weightlifting in...
How was your New Year celebration? Ours was nice and peaceful. Bernie C. got a bit excited and in the end seemed a bit tired. Happy New Year to all!
Just an old loop of comedy from the past. No sound. I am not sure if old jokes are as as funny today as they were when they were made. They made you laugh...