I like the idea of an emerging China during these 2008 Olympics (opening ceremony schedule here), but I dislike most forms of nationalism so I’m a little torn about whether or not to root for Chinese athletes to win stacks of gold medals. In either event, one of the big storylines of these Olympics [...]

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Plenty of interesting food experiences to be had in Beijing at the Olympics. I want to read an interview with the    guy who eats nothing but Pizza Hut and McDonalds while he’s there. Pictured above are seahorses on skewers, which are mentioned in this Yahoo! article that hasn’t hopefully already been displayed on [...]

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I know everyone is dying for some more cricket discussion.  I found a point-counter-point regarding the idea of admitting cricket into the London 2012 games and whether it should be admitted in the Twenty20 format or the regular, days long test cricket format. This is a very  interesting debate and completely relevant to our discussion [...]

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