[Caymus]

LA 2028 will have flag football, squash, baseball, softball, cricket and lacrosse. I think most of them were invented in the US or North America.

[Rapscallion St Croix]

Get rid of all subjectively judged events...sorry, Simone.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Rapscallion St Croix

Get rid of all subjectively judged events...sorry, Simone.

Understand but that is a huge number of events

[La lamy]

Definitely not nude athletics!!! That was supposedly a thing for the Greeks back then.
"From the early 8th century BC, Olympic athletes competed in the nude. There are indisputable records going back to Athenian philosopher Plato in the 5th century BC and even Homer's Iliad, as well as many explicit drawings that confirm it was common practice for all male track and field athletes to take part naked."

[bowlingal]

Bowling!! Why it has never been a sport in the Olympics is a mystery and sports I never heard of are included.

[Caymus]

Originally Posted by bowlingal

Bowling!! Why it has never been a sport in the Olympics is a mystery and sports I never heard of are included.

I think the last time was in Seoul.

[BubblesandPat]

Originally Posted by La lamy

Definitely not nude athletics!!! That was supposedly a thing for the Greeks back then.
"From the early 8th century BC, Olympic athletes competed in the nude. There are indisputable records going back to Athenian philosopher Plato in the 5th century BC and even Homer's Iliad, as well as many explicit drawings that confirm it was common practice for all male track and field athletes to take part naked."

I know off subject .. but did you know the Greeks felt a man with a small um member was considered a man who was a great athelic and intelligence. Was considered the perfect man. That's why these statues have small....

[maistocars]

Pickleball (as a new sport)! Certainly beats "Breaking."

[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by BubblesandPat

the Greeks felt a man with a small um member was considered a man who was a great athelic and intelligence. Was considered the perfect man. That's why these statues have small....

Oh no! I always thought those statues were well endowed. 😥

[LoisR]

How about poker and dice?

[rsmurano]

How many break dance in the world? A few thousand? Is it athletic? He’ll no! How many people play pickleball? Hundreds of millions of people world wide. Is it athletic? At the upper levels? Yes!
The Olympics this year have been a joke starting with that idiotic last supper. When are the adults going to start running the world again?

[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by rsmurano

When are the adults going to start running the world again?

Soon I hope.

[Lisanp@aol.com]

Baseball, softball…their absence is unwelcome.

[Haggar]

Is archery or shooting athletic? Is golf athletic? Much as I don't like breaking in the olympic events it certainly is more physical than many of the other "sports".

[Taltarzac725]

Men and women were a lot shorter on average during the Ancient Greek Olympics. And probably had shorter ding-a-lings.