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Let the Olympic Game Begin

The 2012 London Olympic Games — the Next Installment in Just About the Best Event on Earth

  One of my favorite events in all the world is under way in London. Yes — the Summer Olympic Games. I am a big fan of the Winter Olympic Games as well — but having been a competitive runner and still a big track and field fan, I get more fired up about the summer games. (Here is a link to a column I wrote, "Easton's Olympic History is Impressive" , which ran in this space back on Nov. 5, 2010. You may be surprised just how big a role people from our town have played in the Olympics.) My affection goes far beyond the athletic competition of the Olympics — for it is the pageantry and international camaraderie, however flawed and imperfect, that does so much to make the Olympics magical. I was living in New York City in the summer of 1996, …

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