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Baseball doesn’t fit Olympic mold

BEIJING — Terry Tiffee speaks the truth. The Olympics are a good experience for minor league baseball players, one that presents an elevated level of intensity from a midseason trip to Sacramento or Salt Lake City or fill-in-your-town-of-choice-here.

EYES WIDE SHUT
Ed Graney

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Great Wall no barrier to lattes, T-shirt stands

SOMEWHERE IN TIME BETWEEN QIN AND MING DYNASTIES — I blogged from the Great Wall on Thursday, sent the text via BlackBerry and stood beside the structure that is more than 2,000 years old in some places while watching people order Starbucks.

Enjoy races for what they bring

Racing critics tend to speak in broad negative strokes. Such as, the handicap division stinks behind Horse of the Year Curlin. Or the 3-year-old division is terrible other than Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown.

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Ed Graney

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