Olympics are a relic of the 20th century
Based on columnist Cathal Kelly's criterion for Olympic greatness -- not how many medals you collect but what you embody for your times -- I'd call the highlight of week one the performance by Queen Elizabeth and James Bond on opening night. If they returned for week two, I'd watch them in anything: beach volleyball, synchro diving, badminton -- they were peerless.
Counter Olympics Network holds protest on opening weekend of London Games
On Saturday, July 28, the Counter Olympics Network (CON) held a demonstration in London on the first full day of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
