Chros McDougall: Where’s the intensity?

It’s still early, but the Olympics don’t bring out the intensity I was expecting.
The Olympics are a get-together, a casual party with guests from all over the world, and there are some world-class sports going on, too. Even with yesterday’s murder in central Beijing, the Olympics are all about shared optimism, millions of people coming [...]

Beach Volleyball morning

Those are Chinese dancing girls with flags, performing on the Olympic Beach Volleyball court in Beijing.
The girls, along with loud rock music, fill the breaks like commercials, like dizzy-bat races at minor league games.
Those big balloon animals are two of the five characters of the Beijing Olympics. They’re dancing too.
This is not your typical Olympic [...]