Perfection is rarely attainable in sports — but catching excellence is worth celebrating
open mike Mike Vaccaro Perfection is rarely attainable in sports — but catching excellence is worth celebrating By Mike Vaccaro Published July 25, 2026, 1:49 p.m. ET Nadia Comaneci of Romania after the floor gymnastics. Getty Images This was when the Olympics still mattered more than anything else in sports, even during the heart of a summer when the Yankees were pushing their way toward their first postseason appearance in 12 years.
- ▪open mike Mike Vaccaro Perfection is rarely attainable in sports — but catching excellence is worth celebrating By Mike Vaccaro Published July 25, 2026, 1:49 p.m.
- ▪ET Nadia Comaneci of Romania after the floor gymnastics.
- ▪Getty Images This was when the Olympics still mattered more than anything else in sports, even during the heart of a summer when the Yankees were pushing their way toward their first postseason appearance in 12 years.
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open mike Mike Vaccaro Perfection is rarely attainable in sports — but catching excellence is worth celebrating By Mike Vaccaro Published July 25, 2026, 1:49 p.m. ET Nadia Comaneci of Romania after the floor gymnastics. Getty Images This was when the Olympics still mattered more than anything else in sports, even during the heart of a summer when the Yankees were pushing their way toward their first postseason appearance in 12 years. This was the summer of 1976, and every night there was only one place to be in primetime: In front of your television, watching the Games of the XXI Olympiad live from Montreal. Bruce Jenner was the big American star in those Olympics, becoming the 10th U.S. man to win the decathlon and landing on Wheaties boxes for the next 20 years.
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