Harkness-Lacrosse-RPI

[marty]

Dr. Martin Davis, better known for removing my tonsils, weighs in on the RPI team at the '48 Olympics:

Times Union

[TimV]

Great article.  Ned coached the same way 20 years later- conditioning, all movement, all the time.  Thank God, he can't see me now.::scared::

[Jim Hyla]

I can't disagree with this:

Davis wants to add one thing: He and his living teammates wish RPI would induct the entire 1948 team into the school's athletic Hall of Fame. Maybe then future generations can tell the story of RPI's trip to the Olympics as well as he can.

Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/When-RPI-ruled-lacrosse-3703780.php#ixzz20czZQXlG

How many NCAA Div I teams win Olympic Gold?

[Al DeFlorio]

I can't disagree with this:

Davis wants to add one thing: He and his living teammates wish RPI would induct the entire 1948 team into the school's athletic Hall of Fame. Maybe then future generations can tell the story of RPI's trip to the Olympics as well as he can.

Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/When-RPI-ruled-lacrosse-3703780.php#ixzz20czZQXlG

How many NCAA Div I teams win Olympic Gold?

American college crews won every Olympic eight-oar with cox gold from 1920 through 1956 (three for Cal, two Yale, one each Navy and Washington).

[billhoward]

Didn't realize lacrosse was a demonstration sport 60+ years ago. Sometimes that leads to it being an Olympic sport. But you can't have just 3-4 countries playing. Now the IOC also wants it to be telegenic and preferably not take up a lot of time. Beach volleyball was a gimme once the IOC saw what the uniforms looked like.

[RichH]

Didn't realize lacrosse was a demonstration sport 60+ years ago. Sometimes that leads to it being an Olympic sport. But you can't have just 3-4 countries playing.

That's what I don't understand about baseball & softball being taken away as an Olympic sport. Besides North America, it has a very strong presence in many latino countries as well as the Pacific rim countries.  There have been major leaguers emerging from Australia as well.

Most recent news is detailed here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=8188689

[jtn27]

Didn't realize lacrosse was a demonstration sport 60+ years ago. Sometimes that leads to it being an Olympic sport. But you can't have just 3-4 countries playing.

That's what I don't understand about baseball & softball being taken away as an Olympic sport. Besides North America, it has a very strong presence in many latino countries as well as the Pacific rim countries.  There have been major leaguers emerging from Australia as well.
Most recent news is detailed here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=8188689

From what I heard, baseball got the axe because the IOC wanted pro players like in basketball and hockey, but the MLB isn't willing to take a break like the NHL. Softball got lumped in with baseball.

Edit: I just read that article and it basically says the same thing.

[RichH]

Didn't realize lacrosse was a demonstration sport 60+ years ago. Sometimes that leads to it being an Olympic sport. But you can't have just 3-4 countries playing.

That's what I don't understand about baseball & softball being taken away as an Olympic sport. Besides North America, it has a very strong presence in many latino countries as well as the Pacific rim countries.  There have been major leaguers emerging from Australia as well.
Most recent news is detailed here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=8188689

From what I heard, baseball got the axe because the IOC wanted pro players like in basketball and hockey, but the MLB isn't willing to take a break like the NHL. Softball got lumped in with baseball.

Edit: I just read that article and it basically says the same thing.

And that completely goes against the "olympic ideal" of amateur athletics that I grew up believing in. But, whatever,

[ugarte]

Didn't realize lacrosse was a demonstration sport 60+ years ago. Sometimes that leads to it being an Olympic sport. But you can't have just 3-4 countries playing.

That's what I don't understand about baseball & softball being taken away as an Olympic sport. Besides North America, it has a very strong presence in many latino countries as well as the Pacific rim countries.  There have been major leaguers emerging from Australia as well.
Most recent news is detailed here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=8188689

From what I heard, baseball got the axe because the IOC wanted pro players like in basketball and hockey, but the MLB isn't willing to take a break like the NHL. Softball got lumped in with baseball.

Edit: I just read that article and it basically says the same thing.

And that completely goes against the "olympic ideal" of amateur athletics that I grew up believing in. But, whatever,

hahahahahahahahahahaha

[ugarte]

Didn't realize lacrosse was a demonstration sport 60+ years ago. Sometimes that leads to it being an Olympic sport. But you can't have just 3-4 countries playing.

That's what I don't understand about baseball & softball being taken away as an Olympic sport. Besides North America, it has a very strong presence in many latino countries as well as the Pacific rim countries.  There have been major leaguers emerging from Australia as well.
Most recent news is detailed here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=8188689

From what I heard, baseball got the axe because the IOC wanted pro players like in basketball and hockey, but the MLB isn't willing to take a break like the NHL. Softball got lumped in with baseball.

Edit: I just read that article and it basically says the same thing.

And that completely goes against the "olympic ideal" of amateur athletics that I grew up believing in. But, whatever,

hahahahahahahahahahaha

[KeithK]

From what I heard, baseball got the axe because the IOC wanted pro players like in basketball and hockey, but the MLB isn't willing to take a break like the NHL.

And thank God for that!  It would be utterly ridiculous would it be for MLB to take two weeks off in the middl a pennant race for an international tournament. Especially for Sydney in 2000, when the games were in late September.

It kind of works in hockey because the regular seaosn has always been something of an afterthought.

[jtn27]

From what I heard, baseball got the axe because the IOC wanted pro players like in basketball and hockey, but the MLB isn't willing to take a break like the NHL.

And thank God for that!  It would be utterly ridiculous would it be for MLB to take two weeks off in the middl a pennant race for an international tournament. Especially for Sydney in 2000, when the games were in late September.

It kind of works in hockey because the regular seaosn has always been something of an afterthought.

I think it might work to make baseball a winter Olympic sport so that it's in the offseason and the pros can participate like with basketball. Plus, it would mean an end to the WBC. The biggest problem would be infrastructure since it would require the construction of one or more indoor baseball stadiums in each host city.

[KeithK]

From what I heard, baseball got the axe because the IOC wanted pro players like in basketball and hockey, but the MLB isn't willing to take a break like the NHL.

And thank God for that!  It would be utterly ridiculous would it be for MLB to take two weeks off in the middl a pennant race for an international tournament. Especially for Sydney in 2000, when the games were in late September.

It kind of works in hockey because the regular seaosn has always been something of an afterthought.

I think it might work to make baseball a winter Olympic sport so that it's in the offseason and the pros can participate like with basketball. Plus, it would mean an end to the WBC. The biggest problem would be infrastructure since it would require the construction of one or more indoor baseball stadiums in each host city.

You want to play Olympic baseball in February indoors. I'm not sure this even merits a response.

[jtn27]

From what I heard, baseball got the axe because the IOC wanted pro players like in basketball and hockey, but the MLB isn't willing to take a break like the NHL.

And thank God for that!  It would be utterly ridiculous would it be for MLB to take two weeks off in the middl a pennant race for an international tournament. Especially for Sydney in 2000, when the games were in late September.

It kind of works in hockey because the regular seaosn has always been something of an afterthought.

I think it might work to make baseball a winter Olympic sport so that it's in the offseason and the pros can participate like with basketball. Plus, it would mean an end to the WBC. The biggest problem would be infrastructure since it would require the construction of one or more indoor baseball stadiums in each host city.

You want to play Olympic baseball in February indoors. I'm not sure this even merits a response.

Better than not playing at all.

[Robb]

From what I heard, baseball got the axe because the IOC wanted pro players like in basketball and hockey, but the MLB isn't willing to take a break like the NHL.

And thank God for that!  It would be utterly ridiculous would it be for MLB to take two weeks off in the middl a pennant race for an international tournament. Especially for Sydney in 2000, when the games were in late September.

It kind of works in hockey because the regular seaosn has always been something of an afterthought.

I think it might work to make baseball a winter Olympic sport so that it's in the offseason and the pros can participate like with basketball. Plus, it would mean an end to the WBC. The biggest problem would be infrastructure since it would require the construction of one or more indoor baseball stadiums in each host city.

Wait - Olympic baseball on skates?  I'm liking the sound of this....