“As tales of 2010 glory dominate the media in balmy Vancouver, a very different Olympic-related story is unfolding on the other side of the Atlantic. The fragile recovery of the global banking system is now threatened by a potential default by dept-laden Greece that could cascade throughout the EU, and the world.”
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At Fanhouse, sports commentator Jay Mariotti details a history of growing complaints about the dangers of the luge course, going back over many months.  It appears that a whole week of practice wipeouts on the course — an unusual number — didn’t rouse any attention from the IOC or the International Luge Federation or the [...]

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