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Note: The latest in our series on sports venues no longer in use looks at The Forum in Inglewood, California. For more entries, click here. For sports fans of a certain age in Los Angeles, the Forum was a special … Continue reading
Two years ago I wrote a post for Mrs. Fan‘s sports blog, the Rebel State, called “When Your Team Does The Unthinkable And Wins.” And at the time, if you were a fan of the Los Angeles Kings, winning a … Continue reading
Note: The latest in our series on sports venues no longer in use looks at Munich Olympic Stadium, used for the 1972 Summer Olympics. For more entries, click here. During our recent trip to Europe for the Winter Olympics, we … Continue reading
Note: This is the first entry in a series we’re calling “Venues Past” — our way of honoring the stadiums and arenas of yore that hosted historic moments and entertained millions before being resigned to either tumbleweeds or the wrecking … Continue reading
The Winter Olympics are over, and while we’re usually a little misty-eyed at the conclusion of this particular event, there’s a particular sentimentality that comes with the end of the proceedings in Sochi. Of course, this was the first Olympics … Continue reading
The Sochi journey is over — Mrs. Fan and I left town in the wee hours of Monday morning. On the one hand, we had such a blast over five full days that we were definitely sad to go; on … Continue reading
Our last day of attending 2014 Winter Olympics events in Sochi was meant to be as chill as possible, since we figured that by this time fatigue would set in. I was right — I had blisters on my feet … Continue reading
Only two words needed to sum up this day: USA-Russia. (OK, “USA” is an acronym, so I don’t know if that counts as one word or a representation of three, but you get the picture.) Anyway, holy cow. The rest … Continue reading
We’ve devoted most of our planning for this 2014 Winter Olympics trip to watching events at the arenas within Sochi’s coastal cluster — after all, Mrs. Fan and I are fans of hockey, curling and other pursuits that require a … Continue reading
For Mrs. Fan and I, Thursday’s experience at the 2014 Winter Olympics began before the sun came up. The biggest reason for that was that sunrise in Sochi didn’t happen until close to 8:30 a.m. (!), but still, it was … Continue reading
