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<v Speaker 1>It's night time with Dan Ray.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Deeli Easy Boston's Radio.

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<v Speaker 3>Gabby Gas Gay Thomas.

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<v Speaker 4>Is an.

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<v Speaker 2>How you Like Them Apples? Gabby Thomas, Massachusetts own Gabby

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<v Speaker 2>Thomas getting another medal for the Bay State, a gold

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<v Speaker 2>one in a track and field at the Olympics in Paris,

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<v Speaker 2>dominating the women's two ordered me to race, finishing first

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<v Speaker 2>with a time of twenty one point eight three seconds.

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<v Speaker 2>She runs awful fast, as the world found out today.

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<v Speaker 2>Northampton raised and a Harvard student, Gabby Thomas. So, congratulations

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<v Speaker 2>Massachusetts showing up on the world stage once again, and

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<v Speaker 2>it is Olympics time. Maybe you're watching, maybe you're not.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you're just getting periodic updates either from the news

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<v Speaker 2>or online, or maybe you don't care at all. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what's up to you. You didn't do it.

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<v Speaker 2>We want, but it is Olympics toime, and don't forget,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, the twenty twenty four Paris Olympics. Once

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<v Speaker 2>upon a time, a long long time ago. People wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to have them in Boston and they didn't, so Paris

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<v Speaker 2>has them, and good for Paris. They wanted them and

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<v Speaker 2>they got them. And there you go. Speaking of Olympians

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<v Speaker 2>from Massachusetts. We have a very special guest tonight and

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<v Speaker 2>really special well for me to a degree, and I'll

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<v Speaker 2>explain why in a second after I tell you who's

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<v Speaker 2>joining us. An Olympic gold medalist himself did it with

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<v Speaker 2>a big team effort in nineteen eighty at the Winter Olympics,

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<v Speaker 2>Winthrop's own Mike Ruzione, the captain of that team. And welcome, Captain.

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<v Speaker 2>Good to have you with us.

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<v Speaker 1>Good evening, Yeah, welcome, Thanks for having me.

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<v Speaker 2>Don I'm going to tell you one thing here, and

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<v Speaker 2>I did talk to you off the year about something,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm gonna tell this story to everybody because well, look,

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<v Speaker 2>you and the Olympic team of nineteen eighty hold a

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<v Speaker 2>very dear place in my heart. And now you'll all

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<v Speaker 2>be able to tell how old I am. But I

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<v Speaker 2>was thirteen years old in nineteen eighty and it was

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<v Speaker 2>February vacation when you guys took on the Russians and

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<v Speaker 2>then eventually went on and won the gold medal, And

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<v Speaker 2>everybody knows the backstory, so I don't really have to

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<v Speaker 2>tell it again. But because of my age and because

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<v Speaker 2>of the fact that you beat the Russians and come on,

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<v Speaker 2>we were in the middle of the Cold War and

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<v Speaker 2>everybody hated the Russians. Then. I know we've grown and

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<v Speaker 2>matured since then, but boy, I mean, right in the

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<v Speaker 2>back of my heart there's Michael Ruzioni and the US

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<v Speaker 2>Olympic Hockey team and no one will ever dislodge it

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<v Speaker 2>from there. So thank you for that and a great

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<v Speaker 2>memory from my childhood.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a special time, obviously for my teammates and

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<v Speaker 1>I and a little did we know the world was

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<v Speaker 1>watching the way they were. It surprised us the reaction

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<v Speaker 1>from our country, and you know, I said, somewhere we

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<v Speaker 1>could use in nineteen eighty right now, But it was

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<v Speaker 1>a special time and something that you know, we still

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<v Speaker 1>cherish and a great pride in being a part of.

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<v Speaker 2>Well back then, of course, you know, beating the Russians.

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<v Speaker 2>You didn't need anything more than beating the Russians to

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<v Speaker 2>bring in the United States together, that's for darn sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, yeah, But I always tell people, if we don't

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<v Speaker 1>beat Finland, you and I are having this conversation.

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<v Speaker 2>That that's correct, and a lot of people, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>forget that, and they remember the Russian game, and of

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<v Speaker 2>course you know, people always talk about in sports, in

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<v Speaker 2>professional sports, this is our World Series, this is our

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<v Speaker 2>super Bowl. Even if we don't make it at the

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<v Speaker 2>super Bowl, if we beat these people, I mean, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I know we're not having this conversation certainly not the

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<v Speaker 2>same conversation. But you beat the Russians. I mean, you

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<v Speaker 2>know that, right, right? That was big. That was a

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<v Speaker 2>big deal, regardless of what happened after that. By the way,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm glad everything that happened after that happened after that too.

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<v Speaker 2>So I digress. But are you paying attention to these

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<v Speaker 2>summer games over there in Perry?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh? Yeah, I'm kind It'm back and forth between the

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<v Speaker 1>Red Stocks and the Summer Olympics.

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<v Speaker 5>And talking to me, so media, what's that.

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<v Speaker 2>And talking to me so it's the Red Sox of

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<v Speaker 2>the Olympics and talking to me, Well, I feel honored, really.

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<v Speaker 1>But I love watching the Olympic Games, you know, summer winter.

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<v Speaker 1>You know when to me, it's it's the greatest sporting

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<v Speaker 1>event you can be a part of, when you represent

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<v Speaker 1>your country, when you put a USA years, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and it means so much more than just you know,

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<v Speaker 1>a Boston team or an LA team or super Bowl

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<v Speaker 1>over a World Series, and I think that's why I

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<v Speaker 1>just love watching it. And it's not always about gold,

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<v Speaker 1>bronze and silver. You know, some of these athletes trained

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<v Speaker 1>for years for that one race, that one moment, and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe it's not a gold medal or a bronze or

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<v Speaker 1>a sober, but maybe it was their best time, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe they performed at a level that they dreamed about doing.

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<v Speaker 1>And still maybe you didn't win, but still partaking it

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<v Speaker 1>and being a part of it is is pretty special.

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<v Speaker 2>And I agree with that. And I am the biggest

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<v Speaker 2>you know, flag waiver an American that there is, and

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<v Speaker 2>and I but the one thing that I have and

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<v Speaker 2>this is why I wanted to ask you, And by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, feel free to disagree with me. I lived

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<v Speaker 2>in the era of amateur athletes in the Olympics, and

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<v Speaker 2>I know there was always the argument all the Russians

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<v Speaker 2>are center their pros and the Germans and their pros

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<v Speaker 2>and blah blah blah. But I like the fact that you,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'll use your team as an example. You guys

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<v Speaker 2>did that whole you know, David Goliath thing. You were

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<v Speaker 2>not supposed to win because you were the amateurs and

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<v Speaker 2>you were the college kids. And there's part of me,

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<v Speaker 2>and maybe it's just because I'm getting old, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>but there's a part of me that really would like

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<v Speaker 2>to see the Olympics be all amateurs again. And God

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<v Speaker 2>bless Lebron James and all the players you know who

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<v Speaker 2>are playing in basketball. But they have their they have

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<v Speaker 2>their their platform, they have their championships, they have their

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<v Speaker 2>television appearances. I just think it would be nice if

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<v Speaker 2>we could make sure that all Olympians were amateurs. So maybe, maybe,

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<v Speaker 2>just maybe we could capture a nineteen eighty hockey miracle again.

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<v Speaker 1>Well it's you know, it's it would be nice to

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<v Speaker 1>have that, but you know, I can't see ever happening again.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you look at the world of sports in general,

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<v Speaker 1>look at how much college athletes are being paid and

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<v Speaker 1>out of play, you know, at the nil money and

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<v Speaker 1>professional athletes to track and field athletes for years have

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<v Speaker 1>received moneys to compete. So it's a it's a whole

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<v Speaker 1>different mindset now than it was, you know, obviously in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen eighty. I mean, basketball is a totally different sport.

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<v Speaker 1>Other countries aren't as powerful and as dominant as we are.

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<v Speaker 1>But when you look at all the other you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the track and field athletes, and you look at some

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<v Speaker 1>of the other athletes that are competing in the Olympic Games. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of money out there. There's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of endorsement deals, so everybody's kind of a professional in

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<v Speaker 1>many ways.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, Yeah, and I don't you know, I don't disagree. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>money is the king or the root of all evil,

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<v Speaker 2>depending on how you look at it. And probably I'm

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<v Speaker 2>an old sentimental softy getting older there and and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>kind of want to hold on to one little more

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<v Speaker 2>piece of my younger days. I get that, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the I'm not quite a boomer, but you know,

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<v Speaker 2>my kid calls me that, so I guess, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm I'm just kind of trying to hold onto the

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<v Speaker 2>path I suppose, but I just I don't know. It

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<v Speaker 2>just it was something special from my childhood, and boy,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd love to be able to bring it to someone

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<v Speaker 2>else's childhood. When those you know, those college kids go

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<v Speaker 2>over into and beat some team they're not supposed to

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<v Speaker 2>beat because they have a lot of heart and they're

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<v Speaker 2>wearing that red, white and blue.

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't know, Yeah, you know, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>to you, if let's just take hockey as an example,

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<v Speaker 1>the other countries are so much better now than they

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<v Speaker 1>were years ago. You know, the Swedes defends the Czechs,

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<v Speaker 1>the Russians, obviously, obviously Canada, United States. I mean, these

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<v Speaker 1>players are so good, and the pros in the games,

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<v Speaker 1>the skill level is just off the charts. And I

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<v Speaker 1>was curious how it would be if the pros played

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<v Speaker 1>against each other. Would they play hard against each other?

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<v Speaker 1>And I talked to some NHL players and they put

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<v Speaker 1>their differences aside. When you put the USA jersey on

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<v Speaker 1>in the Olympic Games, it means something special and they

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<v Speaker 1>go after each other just as hard as they would

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<v Speaker 1>in the Stanley Cup games. So when I saw that,

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<v Speaker 1>when I saw the intensity, it makes me, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>proud that we have so many great American players now

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<v Speaker 1>in the National Hockey League that play at such a

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<v Speaker 1>high level.

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<v Speaker 2>Obviously we're not doing a hockey during the Summer Olympics,

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<v Speaker 2>but and you've been watching them. Is there a sport

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<v Speaker 2>that Michael Rouzioni really likes to to watch on the Olympic.

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<v Speaker 1>Stage from the summer games? Yeah, I love the gymnastics

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<v Speaker 1>and I love. The swimming, track and field is probably third.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was pretty excited to watch the golf to

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<v Speaker 1>see Scotti Scheffler stand in that podium with that gold

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<v Speaker 1>medal around his neck and what it meant to him.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you saw his response and you know the

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<v Speaker 1>tears in his eyes when the anthem was being played.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, that's that's pretty special. So it means a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of the athletes that are competing and when you

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<v Speaker 1>get to see that, he kind of enjoy it even more.

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<v Speaker 1>But those of the probably the sports that I that

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<v Speaker 1>I like to watch more in the summer games.

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<v Speaker 2>He's not an American, but I got to tell you,

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<v Speaker 2>and you must have seen it, that that that guy

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<v Speaker 2>from Turkey with the pistol shooting, who had just had

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<v Speaker 2>guy doing his thing. Hey here I am at the Olympics.

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<v Speaker 2>So what are you gonna do about it?

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<v Speaker 5>Right? Well?

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<v Speaker 1>You know, and then and then the women's rugby game,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean that was absolutely incredible how they ended that game,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, scoring at the very end to win I

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<v Speaker 1>win a bronze medal. So you see those kind of

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<v Speaker 1>moments and the joy that the athletes are having it,

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<v Speaker 1>can't help but embrace it and want to watch it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna bet you and and uh, I would put

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<v Speaker 2>even money on it at least that after that happened,

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<v Speaker 2>that that rugby finish that got the US the bronze medal.

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<v Speaker 2>I guarantee you a lot of Americans are sitting on

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<v Speaker 2>their their computers that night looking up rugby rules and

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<v Speaker 2>how do you score? And what's it worth? And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>because you know hockey and basketball, we know how the

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<v Speaker 2>scores that though those are our sports, but rugby, come on, really,

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<v Speaker 2>I got to figure that out.

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<v Speaker 1>I had to follow it myself. So it was pretty

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<v Speaker 1>interesting to watch. So it's again, uh to see their

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<v Speaker 1>girls and their performance to win it like they did

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<v Speaker 1>at the end was a highlight so far of the game.

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<v Speaker 2>the Olympics and has a gold medal to show for it.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll continue to talk about the Olympics with Mike and

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit about what I think about the Olympics,

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<v Speaker 2>which nobody cares about. But I'm gonnay it anyway, because

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the host of the show tonight. I'm Ben Parker.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm filling in for Dan Ray on Night's Side

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<v Speaker 2>on WBZ. Now back to Dan Ray Mine from the

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<v Speaker 2>Window World Night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio. Yes, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>we do. We believe in miracles. Al Michaels with that

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<v Speaker 2>famous call from the end of the Russia US game

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<v Speaker 2>in the nineteen eighty Winter Olympics, and one of the

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<v Speaker 2>people on that ice that game, and of course the

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<v Speaker 2>game winner, Michael RUZIONI. You know, I wasn't gonna play

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<v Speaker 2>that because I said, well, that's too cliche, but then

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<v Speaker 2>have you heard that call in your life?

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<v Speaker 1>Quite a bit. It's funny when I played golf once

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<v Speaker 1>in a while with Al Michaels, some of these charity

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<v Speaker 1>events or celebrity events. I'll look at him, I'll go, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>let's see how long before something happens and we know

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<v Speaker 1>what it's going to be. We're walking off the tee

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<v Speaker 1>and someone five seconds in says, hey, Mike, do you

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<v Speaker 1>believe in miracles? I like, I told you, how wouldn't

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<v Speaker 2>Of course, when we all heard it, you didn't. You

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<v Speaker 2>guys were on the ice, and you were trying. Look,

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<v Speaker 2>here's the thing, you were counting down. Al Michaels is

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<v Speaker 2>the miracle on ice. You guys are just trying to

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<v Speaker 2>you're only up by one. You don't care what al

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<v Speaker 1>And I didn't hear it till till about a week later. So,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean a lot of my teammates saw the game

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<v Speaker 1>I never got to watch the game and didn't get

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it was I mean, obviously for those who heard it,

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<v Speaker 2>it was great. And again, as I mentioned, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a young teen in nineteen eighty and this is

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<v Speaker 2>tell the day I die. So thanks again, thanks for that,

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<v Speaker 2>and thanks to Alan Michaels for one of the you know,

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<v Speaker 2>obviously greatest calls in the history of hockey, if not

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<v Speaker 2>all of sports in American history. So, so you're watching

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<v Speaker 2>the Olympics, Michael Ruzioni, and you're you're you're you're trying

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<v Speaker 2>to decide, well, not who to cheer for, obviously, but

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<v Speaker 2>I mean there's a lot of sports to pick from,

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<v Speaker 2>and you've got to watch one of them. You mentioned

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<v Speaker 2>you like the swimming. Is that just because it's a

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<v Speaker 2>it's a melted ice and it was easier for you

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<v Speaker 1>No, you know, over the years, I got to know

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of our swimmers, you know, obviously Michael Phelps.

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<v Speaker 1>Got to know Michael really well. And when you see

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<v Speaker 1>some of our athletes, when you see a Katie Ladecki

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<v Speaker 1>perform the way she did this this time around and

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<v Speaker 1>even the last Olympic Games, you get to kind of

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<v Speaker 1>I said, I think the swimmers, you know, rowdy games,

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<v Speaker 1>who's doing the commentating. I got to know Rowdy over

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<v Speaker 1>the years. So I guess by just knowing some of

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<v Speaker 2>And this is where maybe I don't know, A couple

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<v Speaker 2>of people will be like, you're a jerk, Ben, But

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<v Speaker 2>so I like watching sports, all sports that I know, right,

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<v Speaker 2>like hockey, got it, understand it, baseball, got it, Football,

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<v Speaker 2>got it. Even you know, even when you get to

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<v Speaker 2>like archery, well, I know, you got to put that

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<v Speaker 2>I understand it. But there are certain sports like I

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<v Speaker 2>just I don't get and so I'm not as enthralled

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<v Speaker 2>rugby thing, but when people come up to me and say, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>did you see that you know, dark throwing competition? No,

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<v Speaker 2>did you? Yeah, I didn't know what the heck they

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<v Speaker 2>were doing, but I watched it, and I'm thinking, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'd rather watch something that I like. Maybe, and

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<v Speaker 2>maybe that's why I like the sports from the Olympics

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<v Speaker 2>that I actually understand rugby aside, and I didn't watch

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<v Speaker 2>that game in live time or real time. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I saw the highlights like a lot of other people

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<v Speaker 2>who did. And by the way, let's be honest, I

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<v Speaker 2>might not want to sit down and watch six hours

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<v Speaker 2>of gymnastics. I might not want to sit down and

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<v Speaker 2>watch an entire match of I don't know, rugby or

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<v Speaker 2>something like that. But I'm rooting for the Americans just

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<v Speaker 2>because I don't know or like your sport particularly, doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>mean I'm not cheering for you. I mean I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>all of a sudden like the fan of the you know,

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<v Speaker 2>some other countries rugby team, because I don't understand rugby.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I think you're right. I mean, clearly, we're watching

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<v Speaker 1>how US athletes compete at whatever sport it might be.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I just found out not long ago that

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<v Speaker 1>breakdancing is an event this year, and I know nothing

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<v Speaker 1>about break dancing, so I'm sure that's something I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>going to sit around my TV and watch. But yet

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<v Speaker 1>I congratulate those athletes who trained so hard to get here,

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<v Speaker 5>Them do well.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, there are a lot of sports in the game,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot about. But again, when I see a US

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<v Speaker 2>I thought when you said I just found out that, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>break dancing with a sport, and I'm gonna I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>sign up next year, I thought that's what you.

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<v Speaker 1>Were going to say, which you got. Well, it's like curling.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I'm I'm you know, I think I got

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<v Speaker 1>But that might be a game that maybe if I

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I you know, I've seen it. I know

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<v Speaker 2>a few people who played it. I still don't know

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<v Speaker 2>all that. But but yeah, I mean that that is

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<v Speaker 2>one of those sports that I don't know anything about.

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<v Speaker 2>But you will catch me going what are they doing

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, right, so absolutely right.

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<v Speaker 2>We have a we have a caller. Let's let's go

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<v Speaker 2>to the funes, as they say, Tom's in West Virginia.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to Night's Side with Ben Parker and Michael Ruzione.

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<v Speaker 5>Hey, Mike, I want to tell you something. Uh my

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<v Speaker 5>roots are from Boston, can you hear me? Well?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I got you?

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<v Speaker 5>Can you? Okay, So let's wind the clock back. You

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<v Speaker 5>guys won if I'm not mistaken. On a Sunday afternoon

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<v Speaker 5>Eastern Standard time, somewhere in early afternoon. I was working

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<v Speaker 5>Fridays on the corner of Exeter and Newbury Street. And

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<v Speaker 5>I was going to technical school back then. And if

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<v Speaker 5>I wind the clock back to age twenty back then,

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<v Speaker 5>I'm sixty four now. And that time in America was

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<v Speaker 5>a really bad time in this country. High gas prices,

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<v Speaker 5>high inflation, the Iranian Crisis of fifty two, Americans held hostage.

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<v Speaker 5>And you guys were nothing more than college athletes. You

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<v Speaker 5>didn't get paid to go to the Olympics. The Russian

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<v Speaker 5>team was the cream of the crop. They were like

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<v Speaker 5>the Boston Bruins, the Montreal Canadians of the Toronto maple

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<v Speaker 5>Leafs over in Eastern Europe. They were professionals. That was

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<v Speaker 5>their job under the old Soviet Union. And I will

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<v Speaker 5>never forget. I didn't watch the game. I was working

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<v Speaker 5>as a busboy that afternoon, and as a matter of fact,

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<v Speaker 5>I worked with WBZ former radio host Bradley J. And

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<v Speaker 5>all of a sudden, I hear our manager call out

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<v Speaker 5>under the microphone. Ladies and gentlemen, the United States Olympic

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<v Speaker 5>hockey team has now defeated the Soviet Union in the Olympics,

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<v Speaker 5>and the place went wild. And for a twenty year

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<v Speaker 5>old kid that didn't know what had life had in

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<v Speaker 5>store for me back then, it was an incredible high

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<v Speaker 5>of believing in America.

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<v Speaker 2>We all we all felt that way. Tom, I got

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<v Speaker 2>let you gocause we run up against the clock. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>you let your stories like that like all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, it's a great to hear that, And Tom, thank

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<v Speaker 1>you very much for looking, you know, remembering. I guess,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was one of those moments that touched the

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<v Speaker 1>lives of our country. It was an athletic event and

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<v Speaker 1>we did. Like I said to you, we didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>And as he mentioned, at a difficult time in our country,

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<v Speaker 1>we were looking for something to feel good about in

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<v Speaker 1>a long week time. I know a bunch of you know,

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<v Speaker 1>young young you know, our Olympic team in nineteen eighty

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<v Speaker 1>would be the youngest team in college hockey today. So

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<v Speaker 1>I just think when you put on that jersey, your

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<v Speaker 1>whole country fails a part of it. People come up

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<v Speaker 1>to me and they'll say, I remember where I was

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<v Speaker 1>when we won, and I always go WEE. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>know you were on the team, but that's what it

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<v Speaker 1>felt like for people, everybody, you know, proud to waive

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<v Speaker 1>the flag and take great pride in our country, which,

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<v Speaker 1>like I said, I can't stress it enough. Other than

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<v Speaker 1>being in the military or a firefighter or a police officer,

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<v Speaker 1>putting a USA jersey on is the ultimate thing that

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<v Speaker 1>you can be a part of because you do represent

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<v Speaker 2>You don't, Mike, if you had lost, it would have

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<v Speaker 2>been you guys lost. We won, but you would have lost.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, right, Yeah, that's how it happened to you, guys.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, what happened to your guys? You were going to win.

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<v Speaker 1>That's that's why you played the game. And clearly we

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<v Speaker 1>we we, as our assistant coach said after the Olympics,

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<v Speaker 1>that our team we deserve and that was to win

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<v Speaker 1>that tournament. And hopefully if we had to play the

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<v Speaker 1>Soviets ten times, who knows what would have happened. But

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<v Speaker 1>that's not the way the format is. You play one

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<v Speaker 1>game at a time, and we were able to put

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<v Speaker 1>together a two week span of some pretty good hockey

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<v Speaker 1>by a team that turned out to be some pretty

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and we're as Americans were all happy that you

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<v Speaker 2>did that. Mike. Listen, thanks for joining us. And let

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<v Speaker 2>me know when we're going to start training for the

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<v Speaker 2>curling because I'm ready.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to go the I'm going to go to

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<v Speaker 1>a you know, one of those curling facilities in the

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<v Speaker 2>All right, I'm expecting a call from you, Mike. Thanks,

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<v Speaker 2>you got it, all right, Michael Rouzioni. He really needs

421
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<v Speaker 2>no introduction or anything else, And thanks for what he

422
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<v Speaker 2>did for so many people's childhood memories, adult memories, memories,

423
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<v Speaker 2>memories and lasts a lifetime. Really, we'll be back. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>take some of your calls too. Are you watching the Olympics.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you want to give me one of your favorite

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<v Speaker 2>Olympic memories from the past. You can do that by

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<v Speaker 2>picking up the telephone as we move here six one, seven, five, four,

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<v Speaker 2>ten thirty. We'll take your calls and we get back

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<v Speaker 2>from News and the Break about the Olympics. Do you

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<v Speaker 2>like it? Do you watch it? Are you excited about it?

431
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<v Speaker 2>Ben Parker filling in for Dan Ray on Night Side.

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<v Speaker 2>It's Night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello there, Hello, Oh, that's all Yeah, when it's on,

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<v Speaker 2>it's on. Hi there, it's Ben Parker filling in for

435
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<v Speaker 2>Dan Ray here on night's side. Just coming off a

436
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<v Speaker 2>nice conversation with Michael Rouzioni, the captain of the US

437
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<v Speaker 2>Olympic hockey team from nineteen eighth that won a gold

438
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<v Speaker 2>medal and catapulted everybody to hysteria back then. Really and

439
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<v Speaker 2>and and Tom inventioned to the guy that called in

440
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<v Speaker 2>from West Virginia. Look at that time, and if you

441
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<v Speaker 2>weren't around, then maybe you don't know. If you were,

442
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<v Speaker 2>you do. We were at a weird time in life

443
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<v Speaker 2>that the Gold War was going on. The Russians were

444
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<v Speaker 2>public enemy number one, two and three, and everybody knew

445
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<v Speaker 2>they were senting their professional athletes there. And here's these

446
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<v Speaker 2>college kids from all over the place, a lot of

447
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<v Speaker 2>them from the Boston area, Uh, going over there and

448
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<v Speaker 2>kicking some Russian hockey pucks and winning gold. But not

449
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<v Speaker 2>against the Russians. They had to beat Finland later. So anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>we're taking your phone calls if you want to call

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<v Speaker 2>in and talk about the Olympics. At six one, seven, two, five, four,

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<v Speaker 2>ten thirty. You can join in on the conversation are

453
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<v Speaker 2>you watching the Olympics? NBC comcasts. The people who were

454
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<v Speaker 2>showing the Olympics set a statistic or came out the

455
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<v Speaker 2>other day that like the seventy nine seventy six percent

456
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<v Speaker 2>more viewership this time around than the twenty twenty one

457
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<v Speaker 2>games in Tokyo, which is interesting, except I found it

458
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<v Speaker 2>kind of weird that nobody watched the Tokyo Games. It's

459
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<v Speaker 2>like the lowest ranked Olympics in history. So of course

460
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<v Speaker 2>this year should be better. No knock on the fine

461
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<v Speaker 2>folks at Comcast, but it's nobody watched this year. A

462
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<v Speaker 2>lot more people are watching. Well, yeah, of course, and

463
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<v Speaker 2>it was a weird Olympics, that Tokyo Olympics. I mean

464
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<v Speaker 2>I only vaguely remember it. Anyway, they had to postpone

465
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<v Speaker 2>it because of the pandemic, and so it was in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty one and not in twenty twenty. So it's

467
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<v Speaker 2>kind of weird the way things played out anyway, But

468
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<v Speaker 2>I guess folks are watching the Olympics. Thirty four million

469
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<v Speaker 2>Americans I think was the number they had thrown out

470
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<v Speaker 2>something in that vicinity, which is only a little under

471
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<v Speaker 2>ten percent of the population of America, so you think

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<v Speaker 2>there'd be more. It's the Olympics and the United States

473
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<v Speaker 2>could win the medals and everybody would be happy. Are

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<v Speaker 2>you watching the Olympics? And if you're not, you can

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<v Speaker 2>call in too and tell us why you're not. And

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<v Speaker 2>if you are, and you can tell us why you are.

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<v Speaker 2>Patrick's in Charlestown. What's going on? Patrick? Good evening?

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<v Speaker 5>Hey, how you doing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm good? Are you? Are you an Olympics fan?

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<v Speaker 6>Uh? Well, you know when I was a kid, I

481
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<v Speaker 6>certainly was. I remember the eighty Olympics. I actually, I'm

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<v Speaker 6>so happy to speak to you. I was hoping to

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<v Speaker 6>speak to Mike too. I'm sorry he's gone, but that's

484
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<v Speaker 6>right you. I'm so thrilled that you picked this topic.

485
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<v Speaker 6>It's a great topic. You know, if I may I

486
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<v Speaker 6>talk a little bit about the eighty Olympics or is that?

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<v Speaker 1>No?

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, no, no, we're not you you may because

489
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<v Speaker 2>and of course of anybody of a certain age, as

490
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<v Speaker 2>you apparently are. It's it's it's it's a big memory.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah. Just a couple of things. Number one is you

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<v Speaker 6>know I didn't hear your whole call with Mike, But uh,

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<v Speaker 6>you know one thing, uh you know that we have

494
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<v Speaker 6>to remember too, is that in the Boston area was

495
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<v Speaker 6>intimately involved with winning with with winning that thing. Like

496
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<v Speaker 6>there were four kids from Great Boston that were on

497
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<v Speaker 6>that team, including Jack o'calliyan from Charlestown. I might add,

498
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<v Speaker 6>so I was like ten years old. I was playing,

499
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<v Speaker 6>you know, hockey in Charlestown at the time. Was a

500
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<v Speaker 6>big deal. Mike's from Winthrop and jeez, there were a

501
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<v Speaker 6>couple other guys. Is that Jack Silk and who else?

502
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<v Speaker 6>It was on the fourth guy?

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<v Speaker 2>I think, you know, it's funny you said. I feel bad.

504
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<v Speaker 2>I could look it up, of course, but I you know,

505
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<v Speaker 2>back back in the day when it right after it happened,

506
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<v Speaker 2>I mean, we all knew every one of those players

507
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<v Speaker 2>names because they were they were our heroes. They really were.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, and uh so the one other thing I wanted

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<v Speaker 6>to bring up was on I think, you know the

510
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<v Speaker 6>movie Miracle. If anybody hasn't seen it, I would highly recommend. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>it Herb Brooks's Motivate motivational Methods. That's one thing I

512
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<v Speaker 6>was hoping that Mike is listening. I'd love to hear

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<v Speaker 6>him call the back and talk a little bit about

514
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<v Speaker 6>Herb Brooks's motivational methods. There's this one scene where he

515
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<v Speaker 6>has the the uh they lost the game, and he

516
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<v Speaker 6>keeps them on the ice after the game so late

517
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<v Speaker 6>that the guy cleaning up and closing up the arena

518
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<v Speaker 6>had to give the keys of the well.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the things that I would like to know too.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, if I ever told when when Mike and

521
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<v Speaker 2>I are training, uh for for doing the curling, I

522
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<v Speaker 2>will ask him these questions. But uh No, what I'd

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<v Speaker 2>like to know is, just like every other movie, right,

524
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<v Speaker 2>there's always some poetic license that's taken by Hollywood. So

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<v Speaker 2>how much was taken, uh and and run with by Hollywood?

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<v Speaker 2>And how much was what that team actually did go

527
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<v Speaker 2>through leading up to winning gold?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah? Absolutely, Well that the next time you're on it

529
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<v Speaker 6>would be a great show. Thank you for a great show,

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<v Speaker 6>and go USA. Jim Craig, I think I think that

531
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<v Speaker 6>was a fourth Massachusetts kid.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, and of course Jim Jim Craig. Yeah, well,

533
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<v Speaker 2>Jim Craig was the you know the backstory there with

534
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<v Speaker 2>you know, looking for his dad and and and draped

535
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<v Speaker 2>in the American flag and all these things. Is they when?

536
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<v Speaker 2>When they when they won? There were so many backstories

537
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<v Speaker 2>to this, and of course the biggest story of them

538
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<v Speaker 2>all was this group of college age kids went and

539
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<v Speaker 2>beat up on the Soviet Union, which we of course

540
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<v Speaker 2>all loved so.

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<v Speaker 6>And the Soviet Union's hockey team, people might not realize,

542
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<v Speaker 6>was basically the equivalent of playing like the nineteen ninety

543
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<v Speaker 6>two USA basketball team.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they.

545
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<v Speaker 6>Had beat all the NHL teams to a pulp. They

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<v Speaker 6>were a superstar team. It was so improbable that it's

547
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<v Speaker 6>almost on an ague. What a beautiful moment. Thank you

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<v Speaker 6>for the show, all.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Patrick, thanks a lot. I appreciate the call. And

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<v Speaker 2>the Russian team, the Soviets team in the Olympics there

551
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<v Speaker 2>they were good, I mean really good, and they knew

552
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<v Speaker 2>they were really good. See, I think that that did

553
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<v Speaker 2>play against them a little bit. And again I was

554
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<v Speaker 2>thirteen at the time, so I wasn't really analyzing hockey

555
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<v Speaker 2>games as a as a hockey analyst. But yeah, that

556
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<v Speaker 2>was the deal. I mean, you know, when you're that

557
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<v Speaker 2>good and you think you're that much better than somebody else,

558
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<v Speaker 2>that's when stuff like that happens. And we're glad it

559
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<v Speaker 2>did it made. It made for great theater in nineteen

560
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<v Speaker 2>eighty and it has made for some great books, some

561
00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:16.720
<v Speaker 2>great documentaries, and some great movies ever since. We are

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<v Speaker 2>into the Olympics. Now you know who I'd like to

563
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<v Speaker 2>hear from if you want to give us a call,

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<v Speaker 2>that would be a fan tab. Well, anybody can give

565
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<v Speaker 2>us a call. I don't want to make it sound

566
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<v Speaker 2>like I'm limiting it to people, but six one, seven, two, five, four,

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<v Speaker 2>ten thirty is there anyone? Is there anyone out there

568
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<v Speaker 2>who was big into wanting Boston to get the Olympics.

569
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<v Speaker 2>Remember there was a time I have a wristband that

570
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<v Speaker 2>says Boston twenty twenty four, when it was being pushed

571
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<v Speaker 2>for Boston to host these very Olympic games. Of course

572
00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:47.759
<v Speaker 2>it all went away and it didn't happen. Former Mayor

573
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<v Speaker 2>Marty Walls wanted to make sure that the Boston was going

574
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<v Speaker 2>to get a fair shake, which of course we probably weren't.

575
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<v Speaker 2>So it all folded up and went away, and that

576
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<v Speaker 2>was fine, and I think most people are fine with that.

577
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<v Speaker 2>But is there anybody out there who who wanted the

578
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<v Speaker 2>Olympics to come to Boston? And more importantly, perhaps is

579
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<v Speaker 2>there anybody out there who still wishes they'd come to Boston.

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<v Speaker 2>We have traffic problems and transportation problems and all kinds

581
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<v Speaker 2>of other problems. The only thing we might have that's

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<v Speaker 2>that that's better than Paris for handling an Olympics is

583
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<v Speaker 2>the river. Like I would rather swim in the Charles

584
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<v Speaker 2>than the said, So, I mean, maybe that's our our

585
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<v Speaker 2>leg up next time around. Our water is not as

586
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<v Speaker 2>dirty as your water. We have cleaner water in our rivers.

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<v Speaker 2>So I would love to hear from someone. Are you

588
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<v Speaker 2>watching the Olympics and if you are favorite sports? I

589
00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:38.440
<v Speaker 2>mean there have been some pretty dynamic moments. I'm not

590
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<v Speaker 2>gonna lie to you, I'm not watching the Olympics religiously.

591
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<v Speaker 2>I do the news here at wbz's so I kind

592
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<v Speaker 2>of need to know what's happening, our Americans winning, who's

593
00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:51.039
<v Speaker 2>doing what and whatever? And speaking of Americans winning and

594
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<v Speaker 2>people from this area winning gold medals, Gabby Thomas Northampton

595
00:28:55.960 --> 00:29:02.200
<v Speaker 2>and harrived one today a goal medal running in the

596
00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:05.319
<v Speaker 2>track and field event. It was the women's two hundred

597
00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:08.359
<v Speaker 2>meter race, and she came in first twenty one point

598
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<v Speaker 2>eight three seconds two hundred meters twenty one seconds. Wow,

599
00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:17.599
<v Speaker 2>I couldn't do that in my car. I don't think Rob,

600
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<v Speaker 2>I don't think I could drive that fast in my car. Really,

601
00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:21.920
<v Speaker 2>how fast she ran two hundred meters? All right, maybe

602
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<v Speaker 2>I could, But good for her. Congratulations to Gabby Thomas,

603
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<v Speaker 2>another Massachusetts gold medal winner. Favorite sports. I mentioned it

604
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<v Speaker 2>with Mike and every but look, if you're on the

605
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<v Speaker 2>social media, if you're on the web, it was viral.

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<v Speaker 2>Still is out there. I don't even know his name,

607
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<v Speaker 2>who cares, mom probably, but the guy from Turkey doing

608
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<v Speaker 2>the shooting event, the pistol event with his hand in

609
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<v Speaker 2>his pockets, just kind of like, hey, whatever, I'm shooting,

610
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<v Speaker 2>just leave you alone. Wins a silver medal. Good for him.

611
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<v Speaker 2>And those are the by the way, those are the

612
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<v Speaker 2>kind of stories that real are exciting. The US men's

613
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<v Speaker 2>basketball team, for example, is probably gonna win a gold, right,

614
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<v Speaker 2>I mean they should, Okay. Anyway, that being said, that's great,

615
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<v Speaker 2>and of course, as an American, yes, yay, we want

616
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<v Speaker 2>another gold. But some of these sidebar stories, the little ones,

617
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<v Speaker 2>the people you don't know of, And even though this

618
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<v Speaker 2>guy's from from from Turkey and not from America, it's still,

619
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<v Speaker 2>you know, these great stories of people you don't know

620
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<v Speaker 2>who are winning medals doing things you didn't even know

621
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<v Speaker 2>they did. And and Simone Biles want won more medals

622
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<v Speaker 2>at the Olympics, and the US women's gymnastics team got

623
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<v Speaker 2>some medals, and and and great for them. And I'm

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<v Speaker 2>really happy that they did. Obviously, why would it be

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<v Speaker 2>mad that they did well, darn it, they won more medals.

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<v Speaker 2>That's terrible. No, of course, I'm happy that they won

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<v Speaker 2>more medals. But we know who they are, right, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>most of us do. We've heard about them. But every

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<v Speaker 2>once in a while, you get somebody who nobody knows about,

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<v Speaker 2>and even if it's from you know, in this case

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<v Speaker 2>with the with the with the Turkish pistol shooter guy, Look,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a cool story. I don't care. It's cool. And

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<v Speaker 2>those are the types of stories that we see in

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<v Speaker 2>the Olympics sometimes, and that's what makes it kind of

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<v Speaker 2>all worthwhile for people watching it at home. Look, I

636
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<v Speaker 2>know what you know, good basketball looks like, right, I

637
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<v Speaker 2>mean I do. I see it all the time. We

638
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<v Speaker 2>have the Celtics. They just won an NBA title. I

639
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<v Speaker 2>don't know if you were sleeping through it, but that

640
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<v Speaker 2>just happened this year. We know what good hockey looks like.

641
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<v Speaker 2>We've had championships in Boston. We talked about, obviously the

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<v Speaker 2>Olympics in nineteen eighty, so we know all this stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't know anything about pistol shooting, all right. One

644
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<v Speaker 2>guy's gonna call up and says, yeah, I tried pistol

645
00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:41.880
<v Speaker 2>shoot all the time. Most people don't. Most people don't

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<v Speaker 2>know anything about like the rugby, right, I mean, I

647
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<v Speaker 2>know what rugby is, but I don't know the scoring

648
00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:49.279
<v Speaker 2>routine and regimen, and most people don't. But then the

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<v Speaker 2>US women's team goes on and wins that last second play,

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<v Speaker 2>winning the bronze medal. I'm telling you a lot of

651
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<v Speaker 2>people were on the computer that night going rugby's goor ring?

652
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<v Speaker 2>What is it? And how do you win a game?

653
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<v Speaker 2>And please So those are the things when you go, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>that's kind of cool. I didn't know that. Anyway. If

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<v Speaker 2>you want to give us a call and chime in.

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<v Speaker 2>Watching the Olympics, not watching the Olympics, don't care about

657
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<v Speaker 2>the Olympics, don't care that we're talking about the Olympics.

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<v Speaker 2>You can call in and say that too, if you

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<v Speaker 2>want six one, seven, two, five, four, ten, thirty. Ben

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<v Speaker 2>Parker's filling in for Dan Ray tonight on Nightside on WBZ.

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<v Speaker 2>Now back to Dan Ray Live from the Window World

662
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<v Speaker 2>Nightside Studios on WBZ News Radio. Hey there, Ben Parker

663
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<v Speaker 2>filling in for Dan Ray on night Side. For those

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<v Speaker 2>who don't know who I am. I do Afterdrew News

665
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<v Speaker 2>here on WZ from two to six in the afternoon,

666
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<v Speaker 2>occasionally filling in for Dan Ray as I am right now,

667
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<v Speaker 2>and we would love to hear from you at six

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<v Speaker 2>one seven, seven eight seven. Uh sorry, I'm giving you

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<v Speaker 2>the wrong number. What am I dumb? Yes, six one seven,

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<v Speaker 2>two five four ten thirty. I was going to give

671
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<v Speaker 2>you the news room phone number. Let's call me there

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<v Speaker 2>later if you want. John's and Hopkinson. We're talking about

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<v Speaker 2>the Olympics and whether you're watching or whether you're not watching,

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<v Speaker 2>don't care? Do care? Love something? Don't love something? John?

675
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<v Speaker 2>What's going on? Hey Ben?

676
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<v Speaker 3>How are you?

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<v Speaker 5>I am?

678
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<v Speaker 2>Well? Thank you? What do you got?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean the Olympics. I mean I've caught a lot

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<v Speaker 4>of the Olympics, and it's one of those things that

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<v Speaker 4>sometimes as uh as American sports.

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<v Speaker 7>Fans, we don't we forget like it's not.

683
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<v Speaker 5>A yearly thing.

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<v Speaker 4>This is every four years. I mean, so this is

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<v Speaker 4>pretty significant time in sports history. And uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>those of us with American you know, sports fandom, if

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<v Speaker 4>you will, we just we assume that it's just gonna

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<v Speaker 4>happen again every year. So this is this is a

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<v Speaker 4>pretty sigficate thing being of enjoyed all of it.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you have a do you have a sport that

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<v Speaker 2>that you like and I mean maybe one that you

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<v Speaker 2>would never normally be watching.

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<v Speaker 5>So I actually I've quite a couple.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, and you know, for whatever entertainment value, I

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<v Speaker 4>find that the kayak cross, I'm not sure if any

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<v Speaker 4>much's caught that has been really uh that's been entertaining.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean I've watched it all. But these you know,

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<v Speaker 4>there's the other sports you don't normally get to see,

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<v Speaker 4>uh like that obviously, all the track and seals, all

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<v Speaker 4>the gymnastics, I mean they're just I mean those are athletes, right,

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<v Speaker 4>incredible athletes.

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<v Speaker 7>But but yeah, just a couple of things stood out

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<v Speaker 7>for me from what I've been able to watch. But uh,

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<v Speaker 7>the kayak cross, those kind of emerging sports has been interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean some of them certainly have been interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean track and field. We see, I mean, we're

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<v Speaker 2>familiar with track and field, you know, the one sport

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<v Speaker 2>that a lot of people probably aren't familiar with the

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<v Speaker 2>broader sense of gymnastics. Yes, but most people probably aren't

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<v Speaker 2>sitting around their house, uh, breaking down the odds on

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<v Speaker 2>the pommel horse. And we we've got that guy from Worcester,

712
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<v Speaker 2>Stephen the de Rozaak or how you say his name.

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<v Speaker 2>I probably mispronounced it, and I apologize, but he won

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<v Speaker 2>a bronze in the in the in the pommel horse,

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<v Speaker 2>and won the bronze with the with the team as well.

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<v Speaker 2>When was the last time, John, you talked about the

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<v Speaker 2>pommel horse competition in your life? I did? There I have.

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<v Speaker 7>It's actually, you know, it's interesting because I was watching

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<v Speaker 7>the women's you know, the women's competition, and you sometimes forget,

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<v Speaker 7>I mean, they're completely different techniques or what they call

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<v Speaker 7>skills in any particular event, and the women and the

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<v Speaker 7>men have different ones.

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<v Speaker 4>But yeah, of course the.

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<v Speaker 7>Pommel horse is a perfect example for you. Right when

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<v Speaker 7>do you see it? But every four years unless you're

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<v Speaker 7>really tuned in, so perfect example.

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<v Speaker 5>Ben.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, John, listen, I appreciate your calling in and if

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<v Speaker 2>I feel free to do so anytime. And by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>you can call in and tell us what you think

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<v Speaker 2>about the Olympics and the sports that are going on.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you're watching, maybe you're not. We did see that

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<v Speaker 2>about was about two thirty four million Americans that watched.

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<v Speaker 2>These were some of the numbers that came out. NBC

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<v Speaker 2>Comcast has the Olympic Games and the ratings for this

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<v Speaker 2>year's Olympics. The twenty twenty four games seventy five percent,

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<v Speaker 2>seventy six percent higher than they were in twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 2>one when they were in Tokyo. But that's because the

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<v Speaker 2>Tokyo Olympics were the lowest ranked or watched Olympics like ever,

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<v Speaker 2>like in history. Like more people watched the Olympics on

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<v Speaker 2>TV in eighteen fourteen than they did in twenty twenty one.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, not quite, but you get my point. So

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people are watching compared to the last Olympics.

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<v Speaker 2>But are a lot of people watching and it's under

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<v Speaker 2>ten percent roughly. I mean, if you do the math

746
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<v Speaker 2>on how many people there are in the United States

747
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<v Speaker 2>and how many people were watching, thirty four million, less

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<v Speaker 2>than ten percent. You'd think there'd be more are you

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<v Speaker 2>watching six, one, seven, two, five, four, ten thirty? If

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<v Speaker 2>you want to chime in, I want you to put

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<v Speaker 2>your thinking caps on too, because later on this evening

752
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<v Speaker 2>we have special guests coming up in the eleven o'clock hour.

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<v Speaker 2>But at eleven thirty, we're gonna pick your brain and

754
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<v Speaker 2>maybe you'll know why we're doing this. Maybe you won't,

755
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<v Speaker 2>but you'll find out at eleven thirty. If you could

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<v Speaker 2>put any one person, one additional person on Mount Rushmore,

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<v Speaker 2>who would it be? And I don't want to be

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to be boring and leave it to well,

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<v Speaker 2>just presidents or just politicians or no, anybody got to

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<v Speaker 2>be American. And you've got to defend your decision. Who

761
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<v Speaker 2>would you put on Mount Rushmore to honor someone else?

762
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<v Speaker 2>We'll talk about that at eleven thirty, because I'm interested

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<v Speaker 2>in what people think could By the way, it could

764
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<v Speaker 2>be a president or a politician, but it doesn't have

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<v Speaker 2>to because I don't want to limit it to that.

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<v Speaker 2>There might be someone in American history, maybe even someone

767
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<v Speaker 2>is still a lot doing whatever they do, that deserves

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<v Speaker 2>to be up there as the fifth person on Mount Rushmore.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll do that at eleven thirty. But coming up in

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<v Speaker 2>the next half hour, we're going to take trip to Maui.

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<v Speaker 2>Did you know it's just over a year ago that

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<v Speaker 2>the that the Maui wildfires took place, the ones that

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<v Speaker 2>devastated Lahina. Just just over a year now they're starting

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<v Speaker 2>to rebuild, although they have big problems there financially, people

775
00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:21.800
<v Speaker 2>don't have places to stay because well, their houses burnt down.

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<v Speaker 2>I spent time in Hawaii many many years ago. I

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<v Speaker 2>worked in Hawaii for a while and spent two days

778
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<v Speaker 2>a week on Maui every week that I was there.

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<v Speaker 2>And so we're gonna talk to somebody from Maui who's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna give us a litt update on that. It was

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<v Speaker 2>one of those stories that gripped the world really, I mean,

782
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<v Speaker 2>everybody was interested in it, right You were hearing about

783
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<v Speaker 2>it on the radio, seeing it on TV, it was

784
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<v Speaker 2>on the social media, it was everywhere, and rightfully, so,

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<v Speaker 2>it was a huge story and a lot of devastation

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<v Speaker 2>and death and injury and just just wild times. And

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<v Speaker 2>they're trying to rebuild there. It's been a year. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>get a let's get a little bit of a uh

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<v Speaker 2>a check there on how things are going. On in

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<v Speaker 2>in Maui and if anybody could do it, why not

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<v Speaker 2>I will. So we're gonna we're gonna take it to Maui.

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<v Speaker 2>Coming up in the next half hour here on WBZ,

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<v Speaker 2>Ben Parker, I'm filling in for Dan Ray in his

794
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<v Speaker 2>night side stay with us. What did that h