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Should the Olympics End Their Globetrotting? (New York Times)
Charles Banks-Altekruse’s argument for establishing a permanent site for the Olympic Games (“ Give the Olympics a Home ,” Op-Ed, March 1) misses the overriding point of the Games for the millions like me who sit at home and are captivated for two weeks every two years.

Jayson Stark: Washington Nationals phenom Stephen Strasburg makes quite a first impression (ESPN)
Hyped phenom lives up to billing with electric spring training debut for Nationals

England learn to expect success (BBC News)
How hockey can build on World Cup heroics

Today: H 9 /L -3 (Guelph Mercury)
John McKay reviews recent DVD releases. Russian officials preview what to expect at the 2014 Olympics. - Watch Online

Today: H 11 /L -1 (Guelph Mercury)
StatsCan predicts that one third of Canada's population will be a visible minority by 2031. John McKay reviews recent DVD releases. - Watch Online

DIGEST: Midfielder Lilly again training with Team USA (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Kristine Lilly, who has not played for the United States since December 2008, is among 24 women selected for a training camp ahead of exhibition games against Mexico on March 28 in San Diego and March 31 in Sandy, Utah.

With Games gone, Whistler's fun just beginning (San Francisco Chronicle)
Sure, watching the Winter Olympics was fun, but you probably can't ski 100 mph or do a double back flip in the half-pipe, and you probably have little interest in the luge or whatever it is they do in curling. But the recreational skier can still declare... Winter Olympic Games - Sport - Olympics - Events - Winter Games

All those apple apps have a slow-adopter intrigued (Everett Herald)
When it comes to new technology, there are your early adopters, who have to get everything first, and then there are people like me. I'm generally comfortable with getting something in the same decade that it comes out.

Olympic house lettings under starter's orders (Independent)
With the Winter Olympics over, the world's gaze turns to London which will host the summer games in two years' time. Concerns over transportation, ticket allocation and security aside, many Londoners – and those outside the capital but near major events – are thinking one thing: how can I make extra cash when the Olympics come? The most obvious answer is to rent out their homes to some of the ...

The fight on the beaches (Independent)
In the winter darkness a chill wind is blowing over Hastings Pier. Wild waves, like shape-shifting monsters of the deep, lash at its iron struts. Not far away, in the warmth of Hastings Town Hall, the politicians are bickering over the future of this local icon of the great seaside era.

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