The Goodwill Games were an international sports competition, created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s. The 1979 invasion of Afghanistan caused the USA and other Western countries to boycott the 1980 Olympics, an act reciprocated when the Soviet Bloc boycotted the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

The first Games, held in Moscow in 1986, featured 182 events and attracted over 3,000 athletes representing 79 countries. World records were set by Sergey Bubka (pole vault), Jackie Joyner-Kersee (heptathlon), and both the men and women's 200m cycle racing, by West Germany's Michael Hübner and the Soviet Union's Erika Salumäe, respectively. World records also fell at the 1990 games in Seattle, to Mike Barrowman in the 200m breaststroke and Nadezhda Ryashkina in the 10km walk.

The 1994 Games were held in St. Petersburg, Russia, with the Soviet Union replaced by now independent republics. Russians set 5 world records in the weightlifting section, and the games were the first major international event to feature beach volleyball, which would appear at the Olympics for the first time at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Ted Turner's last games were in 1998 in New York City, with memorable highlights including Joyner-Kersee winning her 4th straight heptathlon title, and the US 4x400m relay team setting a world's best time.

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Managed to harvest a replacement printer power cable from goodwill for $3. Now I can print dorky handouts for my d&d games! Hoorah
robinbalmer (robin balmer) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:52:54 -0000
Managed to harvest a replacement printer power cable from goodwill for $3. Now I can print dorky handouts for my d&d games! Hoorah
@modemwingie you can get away with watching just the second though, the goodwill games are the shit
xcorinne (Corinne) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:52:06 -0000
@modemwingie you can get away with watching just the second though, the goodwill games are the shit
Found some original NES games in the box at Goodwill for $1! I love Goodwill.
wildwoodflwr (Haley Nichole) Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:09:12 -0000
Found some original NES games in the box at Goodwill for $1! I love Goodwill.
wtf....Goodwill is selling games on Ebay?
BrianEsu (Brian Shirk) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:59:24 -0000
wtf....Goodwill is selling games on Ebay?
Goodwill grand opening with elise van gorp jane and erin, commencement, then christmas movies and board games.
williamchase (chase denton) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:40:58 -0000
Goodwill grand opening with elise van gorp jane and erin, commencement, then christmas movies and board games.
#igrewupon going to goodwill and salvation army to dig for records and vintage games
djshadkc (DJ Shad) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:33:07 -0000
#igrewupon going to goodwill and salvation army to dig for records and vintage games

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