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I noted in “Diplomatic Brinkmanship Upstages the Opening Ceremony“ on February 9 that supervening events might limit my commentary on Olympic events. That has been the case, most notably last week with the Parkland mass shooting and the resignation of South African President Jacob Zuma, and this week with the death of Billy Graham and the… Read more.
Men’s Speedskating 500 (Long Track) Norway is dominating skiing events at these Games much as the Netherlands is dominating skating events. Therefore, it looked like a scene from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly when one Norwegian took on three Dutchmen and … iced them. Okay, for a more athletic analogy, this is rather… Read more.
On June 16, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published a damning report on state-sponsored doping among Russian Track and Field athletes. This iPINIONS calls for collective punishment — not to scapegoat Russian athletes, but to stop a state-run fraud machine dead in its tracks. On June 18, a month ago today, I published “Track Officials Ban… Read more.
