After covering the Atlanta Olympics from the days of the bid in the late 1980’s, there was a sense of loss watching the flame in the caldron flicker out the night of Aug. 4, 1996 . Atlanta was my initiation into the world of the Olympics, a rite of passage. Wherever this Olympic journey would [...]
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15 Years After the Atlanta Flame
Posted in Op Ed, Past Olympic Games, tagged 1996, Atlanta, games, IOC, Olympics, Paralympics, Summer on August 9, 2011 | 3 Comments »
952,361 Deeds to Go!
Posted in Youth Olympic Games, tagged 2010, challenge, deeds, games, million, olympic, singapore, syog, why oh gee, youth on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today marks 290 days until the start of the first-ever Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. Gathering the youth of many nations for this event signifies bringing unity to a new generation. The 2010 Games will manifest a new passion, hope and promise for future generations to come. The Singapore Youth Olympic Games (SYOG) found inspiration [...]
Op Ed: Olympic Spotlight on Rio Crime
Posted in Op Ed, tagged 2016, brazil, crime, games, helicopter, olympic, rio, violence on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It didn’t take long for the golden glow of winning the Olympics to turn into a harsh spotlight for Rio de Janeiro. Maybe that’s a good thing. Fears that Rio de Janeiro is not safe for the Olympics surely were rekindled in the favela gunfire of the past week. Two dozen are dead, including three [...]
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