opening ceremonies

We watched the whole parade of nations for fashion choices and saw some creativity and a lot of parkas.

Nathan Crumpton is a worthy successor to Pita Taufatofua.

Pita Taufatofua has gone viral in each of the last two Olympic Games for resembling a Greek God.

U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe takes a public stand against Olympic protest ban.

Notes from the Day 1 of the Gay Games in Cologne, Germany. A lackluster ceremony: There's not much to be said about the Opening Ceremonies. Pedestrian is about right (or I could just copy the headline from the Winter Olympics opening). The time leading up to the start, when the 9,000 athletes were clustered outside […]

The vuvuzela was in full force at the opening ceremony. As I tried to interview people on camera a couple hours before the start of the ceremony, this loud, obnoxious noise (there is no other word for it than “noise”) emanated from a corner of the teams’ gathering spot. Sure enough, it was Team South […]

Pop singer Taylor Dayne will perform the official anthem “Facing a Miracle” at the Gay Games Opening Ceremony Saturday in Cologne. “Facing a Miracle” was written by a team of composers from Sweden and The Netherlands; Peter Hägeras, Bruce R.F. Smith, Dan Sundquist and Ralph van Manen. The song writers won the international composer competition […]

Now, now, the headline is deliberately provocative, and a play on what I wrote for the Opening Ceremonies, which got our friends in the North so indignant. I have them on tape, so haven't started watching, but I did see that they spoofed the torch malfunction. Use this as your Closing Ceremonies thread, and I […]