And, in fact, the US Olympic Committee and all other Olympic committees, Steve, are desperately hoping for that.
Former world number one golfer Tiger Woods and US Olympic skiing champion Lindsey Vonn have announced that they are dating.
Chicago was chosen to bid for the Games two years ago by the US Olympic Committee ahead of four other US cities.
While he will continue to be the Chairman of the US Olympic Committee, he will also provide leadership for EA until a permanent CEO is appointed.
He did not make the final of the Beijing Olympics 100m in 2008 as he attempted to come back from a hamstring injury at the US Olympic trials that knocked him out of the 200m.
If the panel treated the 2006 violation as a first offence and cut the ban to two years, he could be reinstated in May, giving him time to qualify for the US Olympic Athletics Trials from 27 June.
BBC: Gatlin won the 100m title at the Athens Olympics in 2004
But if the appeal is successful it could clear the way for Gatlin to receive a two-year ban for the 2006 test and become eligible to compete in May, a month ahead of the US Olympic trials for the Beijing Games.
BBC: Gatlin won the 100m title at the Athens Olympics in 2004
The city is also home to NFL and NBA teams, numerous US Olympic Teams including USA Diving, USA Gymnastics and USA Track and Field, which frequently host major championships in these disciplines, as well as the headquarters of the NCAA and thus virtually all college sports.
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The Southern Methodist University student added the US Amateur title at the Olympic Club in San Francisco to his earlier triumph at the prestigious US Public Links Championship.
Browne will represent the US Virgin Islands, which has a separate Olympic team because it is a US territory and not a state.
While the vast majority of us will never be Olympic athletes, there are lessons we can apply to other areas of our life, including our finances.
It's almost like the London Olympic Committee had us in mind when they cooked this up.
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Additionally, visual communication crosses cultures and languages with ease, as the recent Olympic Games reminded us.
The 2012 Olympic Games reminded us again and again that there are no guaranteed outcomes in sports and that athletic talent alone does not secure the gold.
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He also told us that half of the 8000 Olympic torchbearers will be 12-24 years old.
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After all, most of us don't dress like Olympic runner Usain Bolt when we go for a walk.
Many of us draw inspiration from the games and Olympic champions are in high demand as politicians eager to bask in their reflected glory clamour to appear alongside the new generation of superstars.
"NBC Olympics Live Extra puts the London Olympic Games into the hands of America's tablet and smartphone user, enabling us to once again use advances in technology to provide the broadest possible access to the thousands of hours of Olympic competition", said Gary Zenkel, President, NBC Olympics.
That will leave us the afternoons free - either to mooch about the Olympic site and soak up the atmosphere, or we can go into town before coming home.
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Considering that Brazil will host the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and recalling the US experience in organizing events of this magnitude and the interest of the US Government in sharing this experience with Brazil, the leaders welcomed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on Major Global Sporting Events, aimed at intensifying bilateral cooperation, particularly on infrastructure, safety, and security.
Scottish skier Alain Baxter was stripped of an Olympic bronze medal in 2002 after using the same US version of the inhaler.
Mr Obama, who was senator for Illinois and lived in Chicago before his election to the White House, will be the first sitting US president to take on such a direct role in an Olympic bid.
World number one Dwight Phillips of the US won with a mark of 8.54m, but reigning world and Olympic champion Irving Saladino of Panama failed to record a legal jump in three attempts.
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Most of us are probably not watching a lot of amateur wrestling on TV in our spare time during non-Olympic years.
"The onus is on us to find out what we're going to do to reclaim our powerhouse status, " former Australian Olympic swimmer Travis Nederpelt said Friday.
"They put us up in a little better hotel, " said Liney Halldorsdottir, secretary-general of Iceland's National Olympic and Sports Association.
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