http://www.viewfromthebleachers.net/2012/07/tally-ho-exclusive-vftb-preview-of-the-london-2012-summer-olympics/ My personal search for signs of intelligent life in the universe and in my neighborhood Sat, 18 May 2013 03:11:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.viewfromthebleachers.net/2012/07/tally-ho-exclusive-vftb-preview-of-the-london-2012-summer-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-7112 Drew Fisher Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:35:52 +0000 http://www.viewfromthebleachers.net/?p=4643#comment-7112 Your splendid réportage, Tim, brings back memories of the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, which I anchored for the late, great NBC Radio Network. They were the last Games to feature the legendary rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, since by the 1992 Games in Barcelona, the USSR was (were, as the Brits would err) no more. In an attempt to outdo the USSR, which had boycotted the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the North Koreans also boycotted Seoul, leading to no small apprehension among those of us domiciled at the hotel closest to the border between the Koreas. As Bill Geist wrote jokingly -- I think -- in the New York Times, "North Korea is considering sending an unusually large rifle team to the Games." About cricket: Believe it or not, my little home town of Denville. New Jersey, actually hosts an annual cricket match between the police department and the Sri Lankan community. And taekwondo, the Korean martial art, was a demonstration sport in Seoul. Your splendid réportage, Tim, brings back memories of the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, which I anchored for the late, great NBC Radio Network. They were the last Games to feature the legendary rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, since by the 1992 Games in Barcelona, the USSR was (were, as the Brits would err) no more. In an attempt to outdo the USSR, which had boycotted the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the North Koreans also boycotted Seoul, leading to no small apprehension among those of us domiciled at the hotel closest to the border between the Koreas. As Bill Geist wrote jokingly — I think — in the New York Times, “North Korea is considering sending an unusually large rifle team to the Games.” About cricket: Believe it or not, my little home town of Denville. New Jersey, actually hosts an annual cricket match between the police department and the Sri Lankan community. And taekwondo, the Korean martial art, was a demonstration sport in Seoul.

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