Paris, France — The Summer Olympics in Paris featured a host of new sports and introduced one brand new sport (Breaking) to the Olympic Games. Nestled on a quiet corner near the […]
Olympic Outing: The Place to Be: SPOT 24
Critic’s Choice: Football: A Fierce Field Filmed
Paris, France — It was a pre-season football game. American football. It was August 12th, 1978 when Jack Tatum, a defensive back for the Oakland Raiders hit Darryl Stingley, a wide receiver […]
Olympic Outing: Track 24
Paris France — It’s been the place to be in Paris for several months now. But the Summer Olympics are providing an even better reason to hit Ground Control, renamed Track 24 […]
A Great Day Away with a Place to Play
Meudon, France — Kings hunted in the nearby forest. Airships were stored in its expansive hangar in the 19th century where later on Marc Chagall would assemble his roof decors for the […]
Olympic Outing: Wild Horses Couldn’t Drag Me Away. Or Could They?
Versailles, France — It is one of the more spectacular settings for an Olympic Event. The equestrian jumping events are currently underway on the grounds of the Versailles Palace with the stunning […]
Moments in Time: Léon Marchand Time
Paris, France — French swimmer Léon Marchand has already powered his way to three Olympic gold medals at the Paris Games and meanwhile, the house of Omega, the official timekeeper of the […]
Olympic Outing: In Comes Ireland
Paris, France — The island nation of Ireland participated in its first Olympic Games in 1924 at the Paris Summer Games and today, 100 years later, Team Ireland returns to the French […]
Olympic Outing: En Garde!
Paris, France — While the fabulous fencing competitions are taking place beneath the spectacular glass cupola of the Grand Palais in Paris, on the other side of the Seine river you can […]
Olympic Outing: Omega’s Timekeeping Time
Paris, France — Where would the Olympics or any sporting event for that matter be without an official timekeeper. The Swiss house of Omega is the official timekeeper of the Olympic Games […]
Olympic Outing: Minting the Medals
Paris, France — The athletes are the stars of the Olympic Games but they compete for what are perhaps the most coveted medals in the world: the Olympic gold, silver and bronze. […]
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