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The Single Weirdest Beijing Thing So Far …

August 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Beijing Olympics

I’ve got to get to the bottom of this. Here at the Main Press Center, and also at the media hotel at which I am staying, signs are posted asking bathroom patrons to put soiled toilet tissue … in a waste can next to the toilet. No paper is supposed to go down the toilet. […]

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USOC Backpedals from Masked Cyclists

August 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Beijing Olympics

Well, that wasn’t one of the more noble moments in U.S. Olympic Committee history. The men who lead the Olympic movement in the land of the free and the home of the brave … turned against four American cyclists who had the temerity to wear masks in the Beijing airport on Tuesday. It seemed a […]

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Meanwhile, in Beijing …

August 5th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Beijing Olympics

Did I mention I was going to the Olympics? Perhaps not. Anyway, here I am, in the main workroom of the Main Press Center here in the Olympic Green in the northern part of the city. This is my 13th Olympics. But my first as a freelancer. If you happen to be a sports editor […]

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