One of the truly great things about the Olympics has always been the world expanding aspect of it.
It would be odd if everyone liked everything.
And everyone is not America.
I spent a few months in China in 1982, and table-tennis / ping-pong was everywhere, and lots of people played.
The same with basketball.
I played both, I thought fairly well in the US. I couldn't beat anybody in ping-pong, but in basketball I might as well have been the NBA - of course I was young, athletic, and a foot taller than everybody.
So you never know.
You would have to pay people in Alabama to watch biathlon - but it's one of the most popular TV sports in Europe.
The variety is one of the great things about the Olympics.
Who knew there even was a thing called team fencing - but there I was yelling at the top on my lungs for the US to touch, or win, or whatever one is supposed to call it.
Except of course synchronized swimming, which is amazing, but kinda silly - no?
What will they think of next? Olympic tap dancing or break dancing?
One of the truly great things about the Olympics has always been the world expanding aspect of it.
It would be odd if everyone liked everything.
And everyone is not America.
I spent a few months in China in 1982, and table-tennis / ping-pong was everywhere, and lots of people played.
The same with basketball.
I played both, I thought fairly well in the US. I couldn't beat anybody in ping-pong, but in basketball I might as well have been the NBA - of course I was young, athletic, and a foot taller than everybody.
So you never know.
You would have to pay people in Alabama to watch biathlon - but it's one of the most popular TV sports in Europe.
The variety is one of the great things about the Olympics.
Who knew there even was a thing called team fencing - but there I was yelling at the top on my lungs for the US to touch, or win, or whatever one is supposed to call it.
Except of course synchronized swimming, which is amazing, but kinda silly - no?
What will they think of next? Olympic tap dancing or break dancing?
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