How Greece’s Financial Turmoil Can Be Traced Back to the 2004 Olympics
Over the last decade, Greece has become synonymous with financial instability, austerity measures, and high debt levels. The financial crisis that has gripped the nation, …
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Vancouver Olympic Blitz
The Vancouver Olympic Blitz refers to the surge of development, economic activity, and transformative changes that took place in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics …
Should US Olympic Training Be Federally Supported?
Here’s a short post about the sacrifices made to make an athlete an Olympian. Mama, don’t let your babies grow up to be Olympians. It …
Gold Medals, Red Ink: NBC to Lose $200 Million on Games
A number of media outlets are reporting that NBC will lose about $200 million dollars on the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games broadcast. The network paid …
Olympic Distance Running — Dominated Strategies?
In Thursday’s 800m final, David Rudisha set the track on fire with a new world record — the first ever under 1:41. He led from …
Olympic Athletes — Real Life Avengers
The Olympics hooked me from my earliest memories of Bill Toomey, Lee Evans, and Jim Hines in Mexico City in 1968. The Super Bowl, …
Mega Event Legacy Update: Athens Edition
I have been watching quite a bit of World Cup coverage, and the announcers seem to have gone out of their way to complement the …
Monday Potpourri: Olympic Edition
Rio was selected to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Despite lobbying by President Obama, First Lady Obama, and mega-star Oprah, Chicago’s bid was eliminated …
"Technological Doping"? – The Speedo LZR
Swimming has its version of the aluminum bat, an improvement in capital design that makes “labor” very productive, at least in an absolute sense. Maybe …
The Economy and the Olympics
There’s an article on the front page of today’s Denver Post about the effect of the stumbling economy on the Olympics: Although the Olympic flame …