zillmer from drexel university, here to talk about politics and the olympic games. good morning, sir. dr. zillmer, how political do olympic games generally get? how much more this year because they re in south korea? yeah, welcome to the 23rd winter olympic games, known as the political games. they ve been political from the beginning of time. even when the first olympics was staged in 776 b.c., the powers to be placed it in a sleepy little village called olympia to get away from perception there might be power associated with a town or a region. since then, especially the selection of where the olympics are being hosted, has become a political hot potato. just think about four years ago on in sochi. now in pyeongchang, korea. a mere 50 miles away from the border of north korea. and in 2012, in beijing, china. it s a far cry away from st. moritz and the country clubs of winter olympics in europe in the 30s and 40s. so with this games in south korea, is there a particula
this is a half hour. joining us is dr. eric zillmer from drexel university, here to talk about politics and the olympic games. good morning, sir. dr. zillmer, how political do olympic games generally get? how much more this year because they re in south korea? yeah, welcome to the 23rd winter olympic games, known as the political games. they ve been political from the beginning of time. even when the first olympics was staged in 776 b.c., the powers to be placed it in a sleepy little village called olympia to get away from perception there might be power associated with a town or a region. since then, especially the selection of where the olympics are being hosted, has become a political hot potato. just think about four years ago on in sochi. now in pyeongchang, korea. a mere 50 miles away from the border of north korea. and in 2012, in beijing, china. it s a far cry away from st. moritz and the country clubs of winter olympics in europe in the 30s and 40s. so with t
back to oklahoma city for game six of the western conference finals. sports director mark ibanez is here. both steph curry and draymond green showed up large today. yeah. they had their games back. i told you earlier don t ever of underestimate the heart of a champion. truth be told, if you saw the game, really the warriors showed a lot more heart than they did mistake free basketball. but the passion was there. the crowd at oracle was all going on. they do live to see another day and that they will take place saturday in okc. hope still alive but here s a little example. sloppy play still exists. turnover, oklahoma city would not go away. kevin durant with some nice ball movement, it s a three. 4:31 left, they are within five. durant had 40 tonight. but that is when we get our mvp moment back. steph curry, wanting the ball, knowing what to do with it. closing at the bucket. plus he s fouled. they go up eight and the clock continues to dwindle against oklahoma city. again
ktvu is there. pam and brian will be giving us live reports from the scene. good morning and welcome to the 9 . i am sal castaneda along with gasia and mike. happy weekend. happy weekend. holiday weekend. memorial day weekend styrofoam products were you a damage when that song was out? i was. i thought so. the warriors are in it. that s good news, guys. beat the oaklahoma city thunder in game 5 to stave off elimination. it was a tough, close game. marreese speights off the bench scored nine in the first three minutes of the second quarter. the thunder kept it close and the warriors went into halftime with a lead. in the third oklahoma city took the first lead of the game but the warriors opened the fourth quarter on an 8-0 run. at one point steph curry scoring five street. he finished with 31. klay thompson put up 27. andrew bogut had 15 points, 14 boards. 120-111 warriors win. we were enjoying the moment. we played like we were stressed in okc, and it showed
bert: i would like you to read the prologue from the book, for later discussion. jeremy: my pleasure. i shall begin. just before 9:30 p.m. central time, in 1955, a handsome townhouse on chicago s south side, owens sat back in a straight back chair. he slipped back his hair, what was left of it. he put finishing touches on what had been an all day job, rewiring his old home. in a few minutes, he would be talking live on tv about his celebrity. more than 20 million americans watched as he spoke from a studio in new york, first with owens and his family, and then leonard bernstein. the 42-year-old father of three, jesse owens wade 25 pounds more than he did in 1936, when he turned in the most indelible performance to the olympic games. conservative jacket, flannel slacks, white shirt, and dark tie, he could have passed for a 50-year-old. not that he was not in good shape. he was, a few months earlier he only less0 yards, than one second than his personal best. he held the person