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Olympic Trials Countdown

Posted June 9th, 2008 at 9:00 AM by Jesse Squire

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics

u.s. olympic track and field trials logo june 27 - July 6 2008Seventeen days and counting. I got my Olympic Trials tickets in the mail today.

They are bright, shiny, colorful and artistic. They are also literally irreplaceable because the meet has sold out. For a brief moment I thought about going to the bank and putting them in the safe deposit box. Then I decided that would be a bit too much … or would it?

The ticket package, among other things, told me what could and could not be brought in to Hayward Field. You wouldn’t think they’d have to say that prohibited items include illegal drugs, explosives and guns, but I guess we do live in a litigious society. Absent from both the “OK” and “Not OK” lists were computers. What’s an online journalist to do?
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