More Dwight Perry:
Sounds like they made a killing on the Kleenex concession at the Olympic Greco-Roman finals yesterday, after Rulon Gardner took off his shoes to signify his retirement from wrestling.
“Rulon was crying,” wrote Gil Lebreton of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “Rulon’s wife was crying. Rulon’s coach was crying. The Iranian guy that Rulon beat was crying. …
“There were so many teary eyes, in fact … a gymnastics meet almost broke out.”