LAS VEGAS — As the years go by, reminders of advancing age increase, and no one who has reached adulthood is spared.
When asked about one of those events Monday, U.S. Olympic basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski – who is at the retirement age of 65 – said, “I try not to think about it.”
If the person who conceived the term “time flies” wanted to make different age groups feel older, he or she could point out:
1. How painful it has been for baby boomers to watch as rock stars hit 70. If they’re getting older, so are we.
2. That is has been 29 years since the final episode of M*A*S*H was televised. Even the younger are feeling older.
3. Magic Johnson announced he had HIV 21 years ago. Is that possible? Someone born about that time is now legal age? Depressing.
4. The Macarena craze began 17 years ago. Seems like it played a million times only yesterday.
5. The first episode of The Sopranos appeared on HBO 13 years ago. Meadow and A.J. are 31 and 27, respectively. Even kids are feeling older.
Yes, time flies. Time disappears. As Pete Townshend once wrote, “We tried not to age but time had its rage.”
During this summer of 2012, however, as we commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Dream Team, I think I found the ultimate fact to make all of us – younger and older alike – feeling nothing less than ancient.
On August 8, 1992 in Barcelona, Spain, the Dream Team defeated Croatia, 117-85, to win the Olympic gold medal.
About seven months later – 215 days to be precise – Anthony Davis Jr. was born in Chicago.
Yes, that’s correct. When the Dream Team won the gold medal, the No. 1 pick in the 2012 draft – a finalist for the 2012 Olympic Team – was an embryo.
“How crazy is that?” Kobe Bryant said Monday. “Does he even know who [Michael] Jordan is? Does he think [Jordan’s] a silhouette or something?”
Davis set the record straight.
“I read a little bit about them,” he said. “I watched a couple of specials, but I don’t know much. I wasn’t even born [when they played].”
(This column first appeared on Sheridanhoops.com. Click here to view the full column).
Sports Righting 