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10:07AM

RealClearSports: America's Infatuation with Hockey Is Over

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com


We've had this infatuation before, after the World Cup was held in the United States in 1994, maybe after the women's World Cup win, in the same stadium where the '99 final was played, the Rose Bowl. America was soccer mad, like Europe and South America, was the wild proclamation.

Not at all. America was merely being America, a nation excited for a time about a special event, a competition that for that day was must-see, like a Super Bowl or a Kentucky Derby. Make it seem important enough and you can sell out anything from log rolling to curling.

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8:49AM

RealClearSports: Despite Controversy, Olympics a Success for NBC

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com


That was an interesting report from the Wall Street Journal, the piece which said the luge track for the Olympics, the one where a young man crashed to his death, the one designed to be steeper, faster and narrower than any in the past, would allow racers to reach speeds some officials said were unsafe.

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