Olson: Big boats, big fish and big bills
Big-time sporting events seem so much larger than life when we watch them on TV.
Especially in today’s age of high-definition broadcasts, the events seem almost as though they’re being broadcast from another planet, where people are more perfect, colors are more vibrant, fields are more special.
That made seeing hometown athletes Grant and Ross James compete in the Olympics in London this week all the more inspiring.
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