BR Request: Peter Norman
On the improbable finish and his role in that iconic medal ceremony in Mexico City.
We have Charlotte Knights season tickets, but because I’ve been so busy working on BIG FAN (out in a week!) and FIFTY SEASONS (out in February!), I have not attended a game yet this year.
That means that I wasn’t at this game, and it breaks my heart.
No matter how hard you try — and I know because I tried pretty hard — you will not guess who is singing the National Anthem before this game:
I wrote this at the 2012 Olympics — it, like so many other pieces I’ve written, seems to have disappeared off the internet. Brilliant Reader Ben asked if there was any way to revive it. Well, we live to make our Brilliant Readers happy.
