CROOKED? YES! A SPORT? NOPE!
SALT LAKE CITY — We hold this truth to be self-evident: that every Winter Olympics, some judge will rob some skater of a medal.It happened Monday night in the pairs program. It could happen any night the rink is open for business. Skaters cry. Judges look away....
ALMOST NOTHING CAN BEAT SAUSAGE
MITCH ALBOMPARK CITY, Utah — Sure, I’d love to be an Olympic athlete. But not if my nickname has to be “The Speeding White Sausage.”Don’t get me wrong. I’ll bet there’s an endorsement deal in there somewhere, maybe with...
JOHNSON’S ORDEAL: OLYMPIC GLORY TO BROKEN MAN
PARK CITY, Utah — In the dream, Bill Johnson was flying down another Olympic mountain. In the dream, he wasn’t 40 and slow, he was somehow young and faster than ever.In the dream, his wife, Gina, was waiting at the finish line, the wife who had divorced...
Are You Really Never Too Old To Rock ‘N’ Roll?
Rock ‘n’ roll never forgets. That’s what Bob Seger said. At least I think it was Bob Seger. I forget.
Anyhow, last week, I tested Bob’s theory by attending my first rock concert in years. The band was Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, a hugely popular group back in the late ’60s and early ’70s.
Now, Crosby, Stills and Nash are no longer young. Even Young is not young. They have not had a hit in years.
EVER WONDER WHAT IT’S REALLY LIKE AT THE GAMES?
Cold and old. That’s my answer. When you ask what I’m expecting to feel as I head for the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, I can tell you, straight away: cold and old.Why cold? Because nearly every event is held in a snowdrift, by an ice track or...
WAS SUPER BOWL TOO RED, WHITE AND BLUE?
NEW ORLEANS — All week long, from the windows of my hotel, I could see the Louisiana Superdome, standing like a concrete fortress, draped in red, white and blue banners, bathed in red, white and blue light.I have been to this city for numerous Super Bowls. It...
PAT ‘EM ON THE BACK: RED, WHITE AND BLUE PLAYED SUPER
NEW ORLEANS — The ball rose, the officials raised their arms, the gun sounded, the confetti flew, the crowd exploded, and the underdogs, in red, white and blue, swarmed into football’s biggest pile of happiness. . . .Just like we predicted.It’s...
No Secret Here: Tell Us About Enron Dealings
Someone explain this to me. Enron, the seventh-biggest company in the nation, goes belly-up. It inflates its numbers, lies to its employees, avoids taxes, sets up dubious subsidiaries on tropical islands, then collapses under the weight of its own deceptions, leaving workers and stockholders holding an empty bag — but only after Enron’s top dogs have bailed out.
Every day, there are new revelations of Enron lies and exceptions. Every day there is new talk of cheating, hiding and shredding any document that could be damning.
TIME TO DECIDE: CHOOSING NEW ENGLAND TO WIN HAS BECOME MY PATRIOTIC DUTY
Well, Curt, it had to happen. Like many of our fellow Americans, we have been downsized.In years past, we used 12 inches of space to insult one other before making our Super Bowl predictions. Those days are gone. We have been told to lose the frivolous part. Thus, we...Stay Connected
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