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Day 13 (August 21) Softball The US losing in softball at these Olympic Games was almost as shocking as the US losing in basketball at the Athens Games in 2004. After all, since winning gold at the Sydney Games in 2000, the US (women’s) softball team had won 22 straight international tournaments – “most of… Read more.
Is it just me or are you also wondering why, with over 1 billion people at their beck and call, China’s totalitarian leaders have not ensured that all venues are always packed with spectators? Frankly, I find it more than a little difficult to reconcile all the Chinese hype about these Olympic Games being such a source… Read more.
I cannot recall ever sitting in front of the television for more than two hours to watch anything without a book, magazine or my laptop computer competing for my attention – until last night. Because the technological wizardry, choreographed precision and sheer grandeur of everything on display during last night’s Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics kept me so mesmerized – in… Read more.
