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Smithsonian Magazine: No Bob Costas? Why the Ancient Olympics Were No Fun to Watch No Bob Costas? Why the Ancient Olympics Were No Fun to Watch Nearly 3,000 athletes have faced the icy rinks and snowy ramps in Italy for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

The Olympic Games are host to rare athleticism and national pride. So before we bid the ... A view of the ancient ruins of the Stadium at Olympia with its centerpiece 210-yard track. Roger Wood/Corbis In the hills above Olympia, I awoke before dawn, feeling bleary-eyed from the Greek wine ...

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