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Olympic awards that never made the podium.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 26-FEB-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Olympic awards that never made the podium.(Sports)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard

It's almost over and just in time. After 16 days and about 64 hours of prime-time Olympics broadcasts, some of us sports fans are permanently embedded in our sofas.

Spectacular crashes, on-air temper tantrums, oversized egos taking a beating - and then there were the actual Games. They kept us (mostly) glued to the tube.

Now that most results are in, we've got a few awards we'd like to give out. Herewith, the official couch potato's Olympic medals:

Enigmatic host award: Does Bob Costas actually like sports anymore? Was he in Italy or faking it from some studio in New York City? If it hadn't been for the occasional visit from a gold-medal athlete, how would we...

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