41. But there is a gap of knowledge about most Olympic sports and the people who are competing in them. 42. But unlike other Olympic sports, most of the work here is done before the Games begin. 43. But what is not open to question is that water skiing has been a demonstration Olympic sport twice and already is in the Pan American Games. 44. By contrast, some traditional Olympic sports such as wrestling remain largely unnoticed. 45. Compliance issues are not uncommon among the governing bodies of Olympic sports, with up to a dozen of them in some stage of review. 46. Dara Torres would be a great story, but there are no great stories left in Olympic sports. 47. Despite their deepest wishes, Gordy Sheer and Chris Thorpe know that the two-man luge is the Rodney Dangerfield of winter Olympic sports. 48. Drug testing in Olympic sports is so deficient that there is no certain way to tell whether athletes are using illicit substances to enhance their performances. 49. Economics also explained the very different treatments CBS gave to two new Olympic sports. 50. Efforts advanced Wednesday to outlaw legalized betting on college, high school and Olympic sports.. |