Originally published in The Adelphean, Spring 2014
The official publication of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority
Like many Americans in the 1960s and 70s, Jody Cohan, Alpha Chi—UCLA, spent her Saturday afternoons on the couch with her family watching ABC’s Wide World of Sports and experiencing “The thrill of victory…and the agony of defeat!” This groundbreaking sports anthology program brought many sporting events from around the globe to the public for the first time, whether it was tennis from Wimbledon or cliff diving from Acapulco. But what made Wide World so special was that the show was as much about history and human nature as it was about sports.
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The official publication of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority
Like many Americans in the 1960s and 70s, Jody Cohan, Alpha Chi—UCLA, spent her Saturday afternoons on the couch with her family watching ABC’s Wide World of Sports and experiencing “The thrill of victory…and the agony of defeat!” This groundbreaking sports anthology program brought many sporting events from around the globe to the public for the first time, whether it was tennis from Wimbledon or cliff diving from Acapulco. But what made Wide World so special was that the show was as much about history and human nature as it was about sports.
Read more...
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