A long time ago, the ABC network used to have this thing called the Wide World of Sports. Every Saturday and Sunday without fail, the viewer could learn about little talked about sports in the US like, ski jumping and louge, or fanactics like myself could follow their favorite gymnasts, ice skaters, and track and field athletes.
The Wide World of Sports has been caput for sometime now, but I miss it terribly, especially when an Olympic year rolls around. Before, you knew what was going on in your favorite sport (Where did Gymnast X place? What is the new "thing" judges are looking for? Who is the new track and field star?). Now, the audience comes in cold and has to fiddle around trying to find information on the athletes. Thank god for the internet.
Anyway, what started this rant was this video posted on the New York Times about a Chinese track and field star. I've heard of him before, but know next to nothing about him thanks to track field only being covered every 4 years to coincide with an Olympics. I don't know what was said during the video, due to my sound restriction at work, but he is definitely an athlete to watch during the games.
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I had totally forgotten about the Wide World of Sports! I miss it too. Learning about Track & Field and Gymnastics was always fun, especially before the Olympics. I doubt that they'd bring it back, though. I'm fairly certain that it didn't garner as much ratings as it would have liked.
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