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Reports from Belo Interactive contributors at the Olympics in Sydney, Australia10/01/2000 Matt Zaffino: There's no place like home
This is the place I've called home for the last 3 weeks: Media Village at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. 09/30/2000 Carolyn Thornton: As Games ebb, a look at Sydney
SYDNEY, Australia -- Flat like a lizard drinking -- you, of course, know that's an Aussie saying for working hard, right? -- for my first two-and-a-half-weeks here in Sydney, there wasn't a whole lot of time to see the sites. John Banks' e-mail home
SYDNEY, Australia – I see dead people, thousands of them, every day at the Olympics. 09/29/2000 Cheering on the underdogs: The heart of the Olympic ideal
Olympic Gold was struck for the quintessential Ammerican game Wednesday night at Sydney Baseball Stadium. 09/28/2000 John Miller: Diary from Down Under
Sometimes when Mark and I find ourselves
in a huge moment of excitement and pandemonium, all logical thought goes
right down the toilet. Riding the bus in Sydney
SYDNEY - One of the highlights of my day-to-day routine here has been, believe it or not, the bus rides. 09/26/2000 Michael E. Young's e-mail home
Except for the accents and cars on the wrong side of the road, it's difficult to tell Sydney from any incredibly well-kept American city – if such a thing exists. 09/25/2000 Mark Johnson: Daily from Down Under
It's the mid-way point of the Olympics and things are beginning to shape up nicely. The US is in control after wonderful outings in the pool and look to "dominate" in the Athletics (which is what they call Track and Field everywhere else). 09/24/2000 John Miller: Daily from Down Under
Today I got on TV. Not like regular TV - this was network, baby. The crew was shooting some sort of Children's program in the commissary. I think it was called, "How to suffer cardiac arrest at the Olympics." The cameraman didn't speak very good English, but he seemed awfully impressed with my lasagna and hard boiled eggs. He moved in tight, and said, "Yah, dis is goot!" I didn't know if he was talking about me or my food. Matt Zaffino: An authentic Aussie tribute
They all sing. Every single one of them. On key, or off, it doesn't really
matter, nobody cares. 09/22/2000 John Miller: Daily from Down Under
If sheep-shearing were an olympic event, I'd have some pretty awesome coverage for you. 09/21/2000 All in a G'day's work
Sports writer's ambitious quest to see 25 events in 1 day falls short 09/20/2000 Mark Johnson: Notebook from Down Under
I'm at the badminton venue hoping to catch the world's best at a sport I
grew up playing. Actually I only played the game during family picnics and
weekend barbecues during the summer, but with all the picnics we had, I played a lot of badminton! Michael E. Young's e-mail home
NBC's Today Show has set up camp between Sydney Olympic Stadium and the Aquatics Centre at the center of the Olympic Park, roughly 10,000 miles from its usual haunts in New York. Each night at 10 (that's 6 a.m. back home), they set lights up like something from Close Encounters, and people gather like mosquitoes around a bug zapper. 09/19/2000 John Banks' e-mail home
SYDNEY, Australia – We made a real killing today. At least that's what I'm told. Barry Horn's e-mail home
SYDNEY, Australia – Home for the stay in Australia is the Olympic Media Village, which is located either 20 minutes from the heart of the Olympic action or an hour. It all depends on your bus driver du jour. John Miller: Diary from Down Under
The International Broadcast Center is an interesting place. Especially the
NBC section. The room is chock-full of computers, editing equipment and 46,000 miles of cables and wires, probably sucking up most of the electricity
in Eastern Australia. 09/18/2000 John Banks' e-mail home
SYDNEY, Australia – It's a beautiful, crisp spring morning Down Under, a perfect day to watch people here do what they do best. 09/16/2000 John Miller: Daily from Down Under
Today I bought a jar of vegemite. Two jars, actually. I thought one of them might be good for a little schtick on camera. 09/15/2000 Spectacle? It's bigger than that
I have covered some of the nation's biggest sporting events over the past 20 years. Josh Davis' e-mail home
As I walk down the Village sidewalk lined with the flags from some 200 countries, I think how awesome it is to be at the Olympic Games again! 09/14/2000 John Miller: Notebook from Down Under
Today I woke up, recalling that one of my personal goals in Australia was to test the "Swirling Toilet Theory." 09/13/2000 John Banks: Postcard from Sydney
SYDNEY, Australia – Sydney is a 17-hour trip by air from Dallas - two hours and change to Los Angeles and about 14 hours from LA to Sydney. A little perspective: That's nearly three round-trip flights from Dallas to New York. Or maybe a wait in line last month at Hurricane Harbor. John Miller: Notebook from Down Under
I have trouble connecting to the Internet from home. What made me think I could do it from Sydney? 09/12/2000 Mark Johnson: Notebook from Down Under
Somewhere above the Pacific Ocean.
So this is what they mean when they say "long flight!" 09/07/2000 How to speak Australian |
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swimming gold medalist Ryan Berube 
