"Russell was driven by "a neurotic need to win", as his teammate Heinsohn observed.[60] He was so tense before every game that he regularly threw up in the locker rooms; it happened so frequently that his fellow Celtics were more worried when it did not happen."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Russell
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Don't cheat in the Olympics if you're from Russia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Onishchenko
"In electric épée fencing, a touch is registered on the scoring box when the tip of the weapon is depressed with a force of 750 grams, completing a circuit formed by the weapon, body cord, and box. It was found that his épée had been modified to include a switch that allowed him to close this circuit without actually depressing the tip of his weapon, so Onishchenko could register a touch without making any contact on his opponent.
Newspapers decried him as "Disonischenko" and "Boris the Cheat".[4] Onishchenko earned the enmity of other Soviet Olympic team members: for example, the USSR volleyball team members threatened to throw him out of the hotel's window if they met him.[5] He was removed from the athletes' village by Soviet officials the night of his disqualification and the next day reported to be "back in his home town of Kiev." Two months later it was reported he had been called before Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev for a personal scolding, dismissed from the Red Army, fined 5,000 rubles, stripped of all his sporting honours, and was working as a taxi driver in Kiev.[2]"
"In electric épée fencing, a touch is registered on the scoring box when the tip of the weapon is depressed with a force of 750 grams, completing a circuit formed by the weapon, body cord, and box. It was found that his épée had been modified to include a switch that allowed him to close this circuit without actually depressing the tip of his weapon, so Onishchenko could register a touch without making any contact on his opponent.
Newspapers decried him as "Disonischenko" and "Boris the Cheat".[4] Onishchenko earned the enmity of other Soviet Olympic team members: for example, the USSR volleyball team members threatened to throw him out of the hotel's window if they met him.[5] He was removed from the athletes' village by Soviet officials the night of his disqualification and the next day reported to be "back in his home town of Kiev." Two months later it was reported he had been called before Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev for a personal scolding, dismissed from the Red Army, fined 5,000 rubles, stripped of all his sporting honours, and was working as a taxi driver in Kiev.[2]"
Friday, September 5, 2014
Blood in the (Olympic) Water
In the 1956 Olympics, the Hungarian water polo team (whose country was occupied by Russia) played the Russian team for the pride of their country, not just themselves.
After vicious punching and kicking, one of the Hungarians had their head gashed open and blood trickled into the pool.
The Hungarians won 4-0.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_in_the_Water_match
After vicious punching and kicking, one of the Hungarians had their head gashed open and blood trickled into the pool.
The Hungarians won 4-0.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_in_the_Water_match
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