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...injured hamstring. "I have a little tightness in the lower right hamstring," he said. "There are a lot of guys capable of running, and I don't want to hurt the chances for a gold medal. There are a lot of others who are capable." Johnson will leave Atlanta one gold medal short of his goal. "I'm disappointed I can't run in the 4x400, but I guess you can't get everything," he said. "I'm confident the four guys who go out will bring home the gold." The 1,600 team won its first-round heat Friday...
...suspense about who will win the men's basketball gold this Saturday night evaporated before the games were even awarded to Atlanta. Ever since the International Olympic Committee permitted NBA stars into the Olympics, it was a foregone conclusion that the U.S. would run away with the top spot. This year's collection of NBA multimillionaires hasn't blown away or awed the opposition like the original group. But nonetheless, no team has seriously threatened the Dream Team, and don't expect Yugoslavia to change that. Like the U.S., Yugoslavia goes into the gold medal match undefeated. Unlike the Dream...
...Americans are distressed by the domestic terrorism that occurred in Atlanta, but not all Americans are surprised by it, especially not older "people of color." I remember hearing my mother speak of barns and stores and homes "down South" that were burned and dynamited out. Domestic terrorism plagued our communities even during World War II. With the arrival of the civil rights era, things escalated. I am saddened for our country in this Olympic year. I am sorry to welcome you to the Domestic Terrorism Club, but some of us Americans have been unwilling members of it for a long...
...your coverage of the Atlanta Olympics, you failed to mention the in-your-face commercialism that abounded there (heck, the Olympic torch was burning out of a stylized McDonald's French fries carton). The opening ceremonies with pickup trucks and a good-ole-boy theme and the U.S.'s win-at-any-cost attitude all combined to make what was supposed to be the Centennial Olympics a joke. LUIGI PALAZZINI St. Leonard, Canada...
...Atlanta games deprived the TV audience of glorious uncertainty [PUBLIC EYE, Aug. 5]. Indeed, to tune in to the Summer Olympics was to confront images of prerecorded events decorated with music, slow-motion sequences and never-ending commercials. The spirit of the Games turned into a sentimental display of American athletic superiority. RAYMOND ROUBENI New York City...