LONDON — In the Olympics you go where the story is, which is what brought me to Wembley Arena Saturday afternoon for the badminton women’s doubles gold-medal match.
Yes, badminton. The Great Scandal of London 2012 took place in the world of badminton, where last week eight players from three countries were sent home for failing to give their best efforts in a match; i.e. what you or I would call dumping.
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Finally a niche in which Bob can showcase the full monty of his sporting expertise without a full range of poeple knowledgeable enough that can see through his abject transparency, like they do on most of his columns. Enjoy Europe, hopefully you'll stop in Ireland for a decade or so and, Bob and make sure the Globe's prepaid your return ticket.
Norton1 must have woken up about 2pm on the wrong sdie of the gutter.