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Doping I wrote only yesterday that I see no point in commenting any further on doping among Russian athletes. But then I woke up to this “breaking news” on CBS This Morning: [D]oping expert Thomas Hoberman, who is based at the University of Texas, believed the IOC chose not to ban the entire Russian team… Read more.
Swimming The entire aquatics venue greeted the Russian Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay team with resounding boos last night. International media have been saturated with reports about doping among Russian athletes in recent months. Therefore, the boos were hardly surprising, and Russian athletes must expect no less at this point. What was surprising, however, was watching Lilly… Read more.
Cycling I pissed all over the Men’s Road Race yesterday because of the way doping scandals have rendered every competitor a suspected cheat. Therefore, I feel obliged to note that women are dopers too. In fact, Marion Jones is as notorious in this respect as Lance Armstrong. But there’s no denying that, in the annals… Read more.
Over the next 16 days, athletes will compete in 41 sports — from Archery to Wrestling. This is up from 32 in 2012. But am I the only one who fears diminishing returns? Nothing indicates this quite like so many top golfers snubbing their sport’s return to the Olympics after 112 years. I decried this in “Withdrawing from… Read more.
The technological wizardry, choreographed precision and sheer grandeur of everything on display during last night’s Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games kept me in such shock and awe that I was staring at the TV even during commercials. (“Opening Ceremony of Beijing Olympics,” The iPINIONS Journal, August 9, 2008) With all due respect… Read more.
Friday begins my quadrennial binge watching of and commenting on the Olympics. To prepare I’m going to take the next few days off to detox my brain. Specifically, I’m going to allow my glymphatic system to drain out of the toxins from politics, terrorism, and other world events. Until Friday, then…. Read more.
