BUDAPEST — This is from someone who lives in Los Angeles: it is a pity that Budapest dropped out of the race for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Democracy is what it is. The will of the people is what it will be. But if these first few days of the 2017 FINA world championships are any indication, and they are, Budapest would make a great stage for a Summer Olympics. “First of all, well done, Hungary,” the Australian national swim team coach Jacco Verhaeren said at an opening news conference. ...| 3 Wire Sports by Alan Abrahamson
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — In a Samaranch-style bit of kabuki theater, the decision itself having been ordained long ago, the full membership of the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved the double allocation of the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games to the last two cities standing in the campaign, Los Angeles and Paris. In theory, the IOC will announce whether it's LA first and Paris next, or vice-versa, at another all-members assembly in Lima, Peru, on September 13. In real...| 3 Wire Sports by Alan Abrahamson
You know that feeling you have in the morning when you wake up and, groggy, you’re fumbling in the darkness, and you grab a pair of socks from your drawer, and you think — you think — you have a pair that matches but you’re not sure because one might be navy blue and one might be black? Like, you are pretty sure they’re the same but, hmm? You turn on the iPhone light. Whatever. Close enough. You rush out of the house. Later, in the light of day, it’s super-obvious: they’re not e...| 3 Wire Sports by Alan Abrahamson