Weekly readers of this space should be well informed of my opinion of the Olympic Games in the context of the United States versus the world in athletic competition.

Basically, whether Americans win or lose in the majority of the events has little or no effect on my life as compared to the Cowboys winning a Super Bowl or the White Sox a World Series title.

Yet the fact that I didn’t go ga-ga over Michael Phelps’ eight gold medals last month doesn’t mean I’m un-American. It just takes what I perceive to be more meaningful confrontations to get my patriotic juices flowing...

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