It’s been opined in this space before—perhaps four years ago when the subject was last relevant—that the best thing about the Olympic Games is they occur only once during said time span.

Maybe it’s the time of year when Major League Baseball is entering its stretch run, and football being right around the corner that makes it difficult to pay a lot of attention to an event being staged thousands of miles away.

Or it could be this conglomeration of sports, some of which are akin to watching paint dry, is often depicted as the ultimate test of patriotism and a source of p...

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