I was thinking about the Beijing Olympics, and realized that the U.S. men’s basketball team had zero Clippers on it. But then, neither did the Vancouver Olympics. Have any Clippers on the U.S. team. Though clipper ships presumably sailed to Vancouver, but not Beijing, it being too far from the ocean. Hong Kong? Sure. But […]

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Well, that was fun. And a little random. Thirteen people watching hockey from 12:15 a.m. till about 2:30 a.m., in a city where the only ice in town is in someone’s drink. The gold-medal game of the Vancouver Olympics. Canada against (pronounced “uh-GAINst”) the U.S., starting at 12:15 p.m. PST. Not something I normally would […]

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After all the Winter Olympics I went to, and chased around American teams that averaged about two medals every three days … and I miss one for the first time since 1988 … and the U.S. is apparently going to win more medals than anyone. Have you been talking about this, back home? How big […]

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Maybe all of you already know about this. The Josh Sacco version of the Herb Brooks speech from before the 1980 U.S. hockey game vs. the Soviet Union? It’s all you’re talking about over there? It must be a big deal if it’s penetrated into the no-Winter Olympics Zone that is the Arabian Peninsula. First, […]

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Busy day. Tiger Woods did his thing and we watched in a newsroom from the other side of the world. Probably the only American athlete who could command that kind of interest in such an international workplace. But people got a bigger laugh from the Gloria Allred stuff that came after. Count me among those […]

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Opening Ceremonies for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics were last night. And I was not there. The last Olympics I didn’t cover? Calgary 1988. I covered two before, and 11 after — including six Winter Games among the total of 13. And how do I feel about not being in Vancouver?

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