Even the Left Coast newspaper-of-record LA Times is getting in on the praise for the late-blooming PSU Big Man!
Joe Kovacs has announced that he will forego the Olympic Opening Ceremonies to stay on track with his training and preparations as one of the favorites in the Shot Put. I'm sure that was a very hard decision, but I'll bet he is right again with it.
Note the near duplication of his pose in this pic and the one on the right sidebar celebrating his World Championship victory last year!
No word on Darrell Hill's choice in the matter. Good luck to both of them. Their competition is on Thursday 8/18 at 8:55am
