I like Dan Wetzel--he's an enjoyable sportswriter, but I never thought of him as particularly political.
Until yesterday, when he connected with his inner Dave Zirin.
Dan took some umbrage with the Olympic Committee Chairman bitching about Usain Bolt's "attitude" in the 100M final.
I found it an enjoyable shocking read, as all the major media had agreed not to talk about China.
Dan said "fuck that."
All the promises made to get these Games — on Tibet, Darfur, pollution, worker safety, freedom of expression, dissident rights — turned out to be phony, perhaps as phony as the Chinese gymnasts’ birthdates Rogge was way too slow to investigate.
One of the most powerful men in sports turned the world away from his complicity. Instead, he has flexed his muscles by unloading on a powerless sprinter from a small island nation.
Read it, as Dan kicks the Olympics in the Ass, and basically asks China to drive a tank over him.
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