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Do you know who Derek Redmond is?

August 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Kat Made an interesting post today on livingingreece.grThe first few lines….
You may not recognize Derek Redmond’s name or face, but perhaps you know his story. He is featured briefly near the end of Nike’s inspirational “Courage” commercial.
Derek was a 26-year-old sprinter representing the UK at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. After a […]

Tags: Sports

Gold medal of Olympic fashion

August 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Kat Blogged something interesting today on livingingreece.grThe first paragraph….
Living in a former Olympic city and the birthplace of the Games, it’s inevitable that comparisons are made between what Beijing presented Friday night and Athens 2004. Everyone has an opinion, so I won’t open or enter a cliché debate because it’s apples and […]

Tags: Sports · Beijing 2008 · Olympic fashion

Ex-international Houtos reaches deal with Panionios

November 14th, 2007 · No Comments

grhomeboy Posted something interesting today on grhomeboy.wordpress.comHere’s a summary….
Former Greece striker Lambros Houtos, who has been without a club since being released by Inter Milan at the end of last season, has joined Super League club Panionios.
Houtos, 28, who passed his medical yesterday and is set to begin training with his new club, will […]

Tags: Greece · Sports · Panathinaikos · Football · Larissa · Olympiakos · Panionios · soccer

Girl of the Greek green clover

November 13th, 2007 · No Comments

Kat Blogged about a good topic today on americaninathens.wordpress.comThe first paragraph is here:
Is home girl really going to talk about Greek football? Help us.
Growing up in America, football was a sport in which I held NFL season tickets, and soccer was an unknown sport with a black-and-white ball.
I then did an extensive European trek […]

Tags: Personal · Sports · Greek football · Greek soccer · Panathinaikos · PAO