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TWICE THE MAN by Peter Nolan Smith

September 23, 2021 – 2:00 pm

My good friend Marge had lived a long life. The Maine native had served as the athletic director at several all-women’s colleges in New England. Her basketball teams had played big teams. She had been a great coach and refused to act her age. The nonagenarian exercised daily and ate healthy foods. Marge abstained from […]

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METHUSALAH’S MAD DASH by Peter Nolan Smith

June 2, 2013 – 2:13 pm

Last year I read that senior athletes competed against each other in a variety of track and field events. I had to ask myself, “Could I beat a 90 year-old in the 100-meter dash?” The current record by a 95 year-old was 22 seconds. In Brooklyn I talked my friend AP into officiating my race […]

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1968 Olympic Moment

August 3, 2012 – 7:11 am

In 1968 I ran the 440 and 220 for my high school. My best times of 54 seconds and 28 seconds weren’t even close to my hero Tommie Smith and I dreamed that one day I might get below 50 seconds in the 440 and 26 in the 220. Tommie Smith ran a blistering 200 […]

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TWICE THE MAN by Peter Nolan Smith

July 28, 2012 – 12:15 am

My good friend Marge had lived a long life. The Maine native had served as the athletic director at several all-women’s colleges in New England. The nonagenarian exercised daily and ate healthy foods. Marge abstained from alcohol, although she liked a cold beer on a hot summer day on Watchic Pond. Back in 1927 my […]

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