I am an Olympics junkie, I admit. I’m thrilled that it won’t be in Chicago, and I think that the IOC’s demands on cities are unreasonable and unfair. I also love the pageantry, the heartwarming human drama, and the hard work of obscure athletes in obscure sports. As I writer, I love something else: the… [Read More]
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Big Shocker – Indianapolis Lost Money on the Super Bowl
Fresh from an annals of “dog bites man”, we get the news that the 2012 Super Bowl costs Indianapolis a lot of money. Of course it cost the city money. These things always do. The organizations that put these major events on – the NFL, the International Olympic Committee – always promise that the tax… [Read More]
