Brazil Olympics-2016

Brazil's $12 billion Olympic legacy lies in ruins:

02-21-2017 • dailymail.co.uk by Dave Burke

Five months after the Rio Games, stadiums are crumbling as cash-strapped nation is left with crippling debts

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Losing Games

08-26-2016 • https://www.lewrockwell.com, By Taki

In the summer of 1992 BC (before Clinton) I was cruising in Greece with William F. Buckley and his wife, Pat, on board the boat I had just inherited from my father.

Brazil Olympics-2016

The Rio Olympics Are Where TV Finally Sees the Future

08-20-2016 • http://www.wired.com, Davey Alba

Let's get this out of the way, Olympics deniers: If you watch television at all, you've probably watched the Games.

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How dare these Europeans try to claim Britain's Olympic gold medals as their own?

08-20-2016 • http://www.telegraph.co, ZOE STRIMPEL

I was in Berlin when Germany won the World Cup in 2014. Fireworks, street parties, singing, dancing and lots of flag waving all spoke to a joyous national celebration – the due of any victor in international sport.

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Olympian Ryan Lochte apologizes for 'behavior,' sticks to gunpoint claim

08-19-2016 • http://www.foxnews.com

U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte issued an apology Friday for his behavior surrounding last weekend's late-night incident at a Rio de Janeiro gas station with three other American swimmers-- while sticking to his claim that he had gun pointed at hi

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Lochte's swim teammates to meet with authorities on robbery

08-18-2016 • http://bigstory.ap.org

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Three American Olympic swimmers planned to meet with Brazilian law enforcement Thursday to discuss a reported robbery targeting 12-time medalist Ryan Lochte and his teammates, a U.S. Olympic Committee official said.