The City of Light, dazzled, and even the Seine looked good (on the surface)
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone wears a US flag after winning gold in the women’s 4 x 400 meters relay final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. I thoroughly enjoyed the Paris Olympics, from the Opening Ceremony — although thought in part to be sacrilegious by many who haven’t seen the inside of a church since Baptism — to the Closing Ceremony .
For once, NBC did us a favor, showing live events in the mornings. So, what I often did was record them, and then watch at night, fast-forwarding three or four hours into no time at all. Especially during track, where officials had runners stand for far too long behind the blocks prior to the starts.
• Jayson Tatum was first-team All-NBA. Steve Kerr used him as though he drove the team bus. If Jayson had gone back to Boston, his absence wouldn’t have been noticed. • Any event that calls for judges is the biggest problem with the Olympics. The women’s gymnastics bronze medal fiasco was at once stupid, heartbreaking and avoidable.• Anyone notice how lenient track officials were on false starts? I may have missed it, but I didn’t see one jumper DQued — and many could have been.
• Sifan Hassan gets bronze in the women’s 5,000-and-10,000-meter runs and takes gold in an Olympic record marathon. She passed on rowing. … I put no stock in exhibition games — even less when the starting quarterbacks are sitting out — but if doesn’t play for the NFL Team That Used To Be Here, they’re a cool 0-17. …I’m against an 18-game NFL season, but if it means dumping all exhibition games, hooray and hallelujah. …
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