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Wrap-up: Letter from Sydney
STEVE HOLLAND/AP
Fireworks marking the end of the Olympic Games erupt over the Sydney Harbor Bridge and Opera House
These games were great, maybe the best ever, says Robert Sullivan — Mo, Marion, and especially Cathy were transcendent. Too bad you didn't see it all back in the U.S.A.

About the Closing Ceremony I had three thoughts: 1), Cheesiness with a zillion dollars behind it can be vastly entertaining, 2), this must be the weirdest parade to invade a stadium since Nero and , 3), the Aussies are in on the joke.




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Memo to NBC: How to Avoid a Greek Tragedy
Instead of fiddling with the ratings, says TIME TV writer James Poniewozik, the Peacock Network needs to wise up before the Athens Olympics

How NBC Stole the Olympic Spirit
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Subject: Ruffling the Horsefeathers
From: Joel Stein [TIME columnist]
Date: Monday, October 2, 2000; 6:10 p.m. EST
I have seen synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics and judo, and they do not come close to the ludicrousness of freestyle dressage.
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Subject: Bogongs Be Gone
From: Susanna Schrobsdorff [TIME correspondent]

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