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Particle Physics and Waterpolo
By Alan Abrahamson | 10-22-2013
It is reasonable to wonder why a story about a water polo coach getting the U.S. Olympic Committee’s top award...
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Through the Wind and Years
By Alan Abrahamson | 10-22-2013
As it is, Olympic-style archery is demanding enough. The rules call for an arrow to fly to a target...
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The Jordan Burroughs Problem
By Alan Abrahamson | 10-3-2013
Quick. Name the best wrestler on the Olympic and international scene the United States has ever produced. The name most people...
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Lightning Strikes in 9.77
By Alan Abrahamson | 9-19-2013
MOSCOW — A few minutes before the men’s 100 meter final here Sunday night, lightning began flashing in the sky...
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Empty Seats Everywhere
By Alan Abrahamson | 9-19-2013
MOSCOW — If Luzhniki Stadium were, say, Staples Center, you’d be tempted to say that the crowd that “filled” the...
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Not Yet a ‘Pregnant Penguin’
By Alan Abrahamson | 9-19-2013
MOSCOW — The clock said it was a couple minutes past 10 in the evening. All the action on the...
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Rainbow Fingernails Stir it up
By Alan Abrahamson | 9-19-2013
There was a terrific track meet Thursday at Luzhniki Stadium at Moscow. But the central action came — unsurprisingly —...
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Mo Farah’s Double Double-Double
By Alan Abrahamson | 9-19-2013
Distance running is a hard, lonely affair. The tell is the last kilometer. The crucible is the last lap. In our...
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The Sensation Brianna Rollins
By Alan Abrahamson | 9-19-2013
It’s an unusual thing, indeed, when Usain Bolt storms to victory — this time, in the 200 meters — and...
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To Quote Lenin, What is to be Done?
By Alan Abrahamson | 9-19-2013
It is good to be the king, and it is good — unless and until there is evidence of doping,...
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