As a multi-sport athlete of mediocre-to-average ability, a coach in several sports and one who has officiated virtually every sporting event save soccer, I can't get enough of the Summer Olympics. As an opinion writer whose reader approval ranges from "walks on water" to somewhere beneath that of a used car salesmen, on occasion, I afford myself a break from politics.
J. KARL MILLER: The Olympic Games, a quadrennial celebration for good
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 | 6:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 5:52 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, August 8, 2012
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