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...late afternoon sky is as solemn as it was in the morning. The town is quieter than yesterday. Tonight people will begin to wean themselves from the disaster reports and tune in to the excessively happy opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Atlanta. Flipping between channels, they will occupy antipodal worlds. Come the weekend, they will take their boats out on the bay, and eventually they will speak less and less of Wednesday night...
...human rockslides like Shaq is not deep; you will not find one at Wal-Mart. That's why the Houston Rockets' pivotman, Hakeem Olajuwon, got a $55 million, five-year contract extension and another African-born center, Dikembe Mutombo, signed with the Atlanta Hawks for a five-year, $50 million deal. The Miami Heat is on the verge of re-signing playoff flop Alonzo Mourning for $115 million over seven years rather than lose...
...hour or two, but it became clear that his support systems were inadequate. He was reduced to reading wire copy handed to him by staff members, making idle chitchat about Boeing 747 seat configurations and looking in vain for help from NBC aviation specialist Robert Hager, who was in Atlanta with little...
...News president Andrew Lack blamed some of MSNBC's difficulties after the crash on the fact that so much of NBC's production resources are in Atlanta for the Olympics. Still, he praised the channel's performance. "We were working in an emergency situation with a group of people who have known each other for barely 90 days," he said, "and I thought we did a remarkable job. Frankly, I can't conceive being tested under more adverse conditions. And the system held...
...team coverage of the centennial Olympic Games and, this week, writing our lead story about the opening ceremonies. Wulf cares about how sports relate to the culture, to entertainment, to how people express themselves. But he also focuses in on the nuts and bolts of many events; while in Atlanta he will cover baseball, basketball and field hockey. "I expect that these games will be terrific," he says. "At a certain point, track and field will take over." And how will the athletes cope with Atlanta's heat and humidity? "I think there will be a lot of world records...