Every two years, the world’s powers put their differences aside, send their best athletes to one destination, and watch them compete in events ranging from graceful to ruthless to downright dangerous, all to prove their global superiority. That’s the idiosyncratic and glorious spirit of the Olympics that takes hold of our hearts — and the […]
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Rochester’s Olympic surprise
The US Olympic Committee is asking 35 cities whether they’d be interested in hosting the 2024 games. And Rochester is one of them. “It came as a surprise,” city spokesperson Mike Keane told me during a phone interview this afternoon. Keane says that while the city appreciates the Olympic Committee’s attempt to be inclusive in […]
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Boys vs. girls
The Olympic gold medal-winning US women’s soccer team, featuring superstar and Rochester-native Abby Wambach, plays Iceland on Saturday night, September 25, at Frontier Field as part of a 10-city “Fan Celebration Tour.” Iceland is ranked 17th in the FIFA world rankings, and obviously needs a spark, like Björk showing up in a swan suit to […]
