Cricket is one of the sports that made it onto the program for LA 2028. It's one of the world's most popular sports....except in the US. We've decided to give ourselves a five-year learning curve to understand how the sport works, and to kick off that learning, Andrew Nixon, writer at Cricket Europe, joins us to explain the sport and its colorful, colonial history.
Check out Andrew's piece on cricket's Olympic inclusion, and follow him on Twitter / X and Blue Sky: @andrewnixon.bsky.social.
In our Seoul 1988 history moment, Jill has the story of the men's super heavyweight division in Greco-Roman wrestling, which had an Olympic first--and was the start of an Olympic legend.
In our visit to TKFLASTAN, we have news from:
We also have news from Paris 2024, including:
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For a transcript of this episode, please visit http://flamealivepod.com.
Thanks so much for listening, and until next time, keep the flame alive!
Photo courtesy of Andrew Nixon.
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Keep the Flame Alive: The Podcast for Fans of the Olympics and Paralympics with hosts Jill Jaracz & Alison Brown
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Episode 122: Olympic Hopeful Mallory Comerford on Swimming
Episode 121: Book Club Claire on "The Suspect"
Episode 120: Olympic Hopeful Kelly Claes on Beach Volleyball
Episode 119: Film Buff Fran on "Chariots of Fire"
Episode 118: "Next Olympic Hopeful" Winner Leah Fair Takes on Skeleton
Episode 117: Lightning Round 7
Episode 116: Olympian Jake Dalton Explains Men's Gymnastics
Episode 115: Catching Up with "The Next Olympic Hopeful" Winner Lindsey Mayo
Episode 114: Team Canada Chef de Mission Marnie McBean
Episode 113: Lightning Round 6
Episode 112: Olympic Hopeful Madelynn Gorman-Shore on Taekwondo
Episode 111: Book Club Claire on "Munich 1972"
Episode 110: DeAnna Price's Olympic Experience
Episode 109: Olympian DeAnna Price on Hammer Throw
Episode 108: Olympic Hopeful Tom Scott on Karate
Episode 107: Being an Olympic Team Doctor
Episode 106: Chellsie Memmel on (Adult) Gymnastics
Episode 105: Author Harry Blutstein on the Melbourne 1956 Olympics
Episode 104: Olympian Joe Maloy on Triathlon
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