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It's Tuesday January the 26 around 7:39AM and

The 2010 Dreading Games

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Awkward. Sports Illustrated is on to us. Dave Zirin writes about the mood of Vancouver on the 17-day eve of the games.

"When I arrived in Vancouver, the first thing I noticed was the frowns. The International Olympic Committee has leased every sign and billboard in town to broadcast Olympic joy, but they can't purchase people's faces. It's clear that the 2010 Winter Games has made the mood in the bucolic coastal city decidedly overcast. Even the customs police officer checking my passport started grumbling about "$5,000 hockey tickets." Polls released on my first day in Vancouver back up this initial impression. Only 50 percent of residents in British Columbia think the Olympics will be positive and 69 percent said too much money is being spent on the Games."

Ouch. I couldn't really find a picture for dread. So I chose a picture of Leonardo Dicaprio's girlfriend Bar Refaeli on a beach somewhere which is completely un-dreadful. Can't wait to see what she does this year, oh thank you internet for a preview. The infamous Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue comes out February 9th. Just before games time. Am I the only one who is kind of feeling like getting the winter games was kind of a rip job? No beach volleyball? Honestly.

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