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Bode Looks up at Opportunity Lost
By Alan Abrahamson | 2-12-2014
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Ski racing can be so, so capricious. The light, just a little bit of light, can...
READ MOREPutin’s big “Dreams about Russia”
By Alan Abrahamson | 2-10-2014
ADLER, Russia — In a ceremony entitled “Dreams about Russia,” the Sochi 2014 Olympics got underway, arguably the most controversial...
READ MOREBode and the first run — all good
By Alan Abrahamson | 2-6-2014
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — An Olympic downhill comes along once every four years. It is meant in every way to...
READ MOREBach: not a stage “to score points”
By Alan Abrahamson | 2-5-2014
SOCHI, Russia — We all make choices. Those choices hold consequences. A few weeks back, the president of the United...
READ MORE"Bach": The Olympic Stage is Set
By Alan Abrahamson | 2-3-2014
ADLER, Russia — The 2014 Winter Games come at an anxious moment in our world, and these Olympics arrive attended...
READ MORE2024: LA's Time Again?
By Alan Abrahamson | 2-3-2014
Shutters on the Beach, the Santa Monica hotel, is one of those Southern California legends. The beautiful people go there,...
READ MOREToronto out, is U.S. in for 2024?
By Alan Abrahamson | 1-21-2014
The 24/7 Olympic news cycle is consumed right now, and understandably, with security issues for the forthcoming Winter Games in...
READ MOREGiving up a spot in the Games
By Alan Abrahamson | 1-21-2014
What would it feel like to have a spot on the 2014 U.S. Olympic team and then, selflessly, give it...
READ MOREWhy this disconnect?
By Alan Abrahamson | 1-21-2014
Now that the U.S. State Department has issued a travel advisory to Americans that all but screams don’t go to...
READ MORESochi Corruption Allegation
By Alan Abrahamson | 1-21-2014
Gian Franco Kasper, the president of FIS, the influential international ski federation, says one-third of the more than $50-billion cost...
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