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ONCE UPON A TIME, in a land far, far away a grand battle began. So big was this battle, that almost all nations inevitably became involved. The fittest, fastest, bravest men and women fought continuously for nearly three weeks to win the ultimate prize: what else....GOLD!! So it wasn't a war, but it was the next best thing (actually almost all things are better than war...except onions). It was the Olympics. And anyone that knows me (or has read any recent posts) knows that I obsess over the Olympics. This year was no exception except that my job kept me from becoming a complete immobile couch potato. About halfway through the Olympics, I sent a text to a best friend of mine and asked if he had any profound thoughts from the games thus far. His response was two words: American Dominance. In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, USA won 110 medals nearly evenly spread between gold (36), silver (38), and bronze (36). In London 2012, the US increased their count of gold by 10 with a bit of...

Once upon a time, a young man from a humble life in a humble country dreamed of prosperity through playing a game that he loved....baseball. He quickly grabbed the attention of major league scouts who began to court him because of is abilities and eventually landed among baseball royalty in sunny California. The young man is Yasiel Puig. The team is the Los Angeles Dodgers. The story....his downfall. When Yasiel Puig burst onto the scene and into living rooms across the nation, he was lauded as a potential superstar that could easily eclipse many Hall of Famers. His ascent, beginning in 2013, was epic and validated all of the praise. He was a phenom, a rookie prodigy. The Dodgers had hit the jackpot. Unfortunately, as it is with reality sometimes, the fairy tale did not last as the Dodgers have now sent Puig down to the minor leagues. How could such a star have fallen so fast? the GM of the Dodgers organization simply stated that the recent acquisition of Josh Reddick, another gr...