When the high-flying Maurice Greene stood crying by the track after failing to qualify for the finals in Atlanta, that was a story worth telling then--not now.
After the former fastest man in the world, Donovan Bailey, battled back from a ruptured achilles and a pulled hamstring just to compete in Sydney, isn't it just a little tragic that a case of the flu forced the 32 year-old to pull up short 50m into his quarterfinal race?
Isn't the fallen story of the 1996 gold medalist in the 100-meters worth 30 seconds of air time?
Wouldn't it be worthwhile to see the glory with the tragedy?
All too often, adversity in the Olympics is always portrayed as being overcome. On NBC, there's always a happy ending.
Maybe I'm a bitter person.
Maybe I just don't want to see Marion Jones' picture-perfect smile splashed across the front page one more time.
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