http://lite987.com The Best Variety Of Yesterday And Today Sun, 19 May 2013 17:24:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://lite987.com/the-olympic-torch-passes-through-utica-photos/ http://lite987.com/the-olympic-torch-passes-through-utica-photos/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:27:46 +0000 Eric Meier http://lite987.com/?p=64055 The 2012 Summer Olympic Games are a few months away in London, and that means that an Olympic torch is progressing somewhere through the British Empire.  It was 11 years ago that the Olympic spirit was felt in Utica as the torch passed through before the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.

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]]> http://lite987.com/facts-about-luge-racing/feed/ 0 Shaun Botterill, Getty Images http://lite987.com/winter-olympics-anniversary/ http://lite987.com/winter-olympics-anniversary/#comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:07:41 +0000 Eric Meier http://lite987.com/?p=3923 It was on this date back in 1924 that the very first Winter Olympic games opened.  France was the host country.  I found some amazing footage of that very first Winter Olympiad to share with you. 

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