opening ceremonies

LGBTQ athletes from Great Britain, the Philippines, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela and the Refugee Olympic Team will bear flags in the Parade of Nations.

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 […]