So many sports, not enough time. The Paris Olympics, as with Tokyo, Rio, London and all before, have once again shown that more can be less when it comes to the number of events you host. Choices are often best when someone else makes them for you.

Sports come and go at the Olympics. Los Angeles in four years from now will add baseball and softball. They are the most American of sports and have had a yo-yo affair with the Olympics since 1900, often being kicked out and then allowed back a little later like a drunk at his regular bar...

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