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By PAUL NEWBERRY
AP Sports Columnist
What if they threw an
Olympic party, but no one
was willing to host it?
That day could be coming,
and sooner than you might
think. With news Friday that
Stockholm is likely to pull
out of the race for the 2026
Winter Games — just days
after it was approved as a
candidate city by the In-
ternational Olympic Com-
mittee — there is an ever-
increasing chance that no
one will be left to hear its
name called by the time
the final decision is made
next year. The only other
cities interested in host-
ing are Calgary, Canada,
and the combined Italian
bid of Milan and Cortina
d’Ampezzo. But Calgary’s
proposal faces a crucial
referendum next month —
and polls suggest it hardly
has overwhelming support
— while Italy’s plans are
marred by a lack of gov-
ernment backing and the
memory of Rome pulling
out of the race for both
the 2020 and 2024 Summer
Games . As if cities needed
any further reminder of
what a boondoggle the
Olympics is: Pyeongchang
is already pondering
whether to raze some of
the venues it built for this
year’s Winter Games be- Astros vs. Red Sox might just
cause there’s simply no
use for them, while Tokyo is be the real World Series
set to spend a staggering
$25 billion on the next Sum-
mer Games — and maybe
even more. Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale throws to a New York
“They’ve got to rethink Yankees batter during the first inning of Game 1 of a baseball
the whole model,” said American League Division Series on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, in
Mark Conrad, who runs the Boston.
sports business program at
Fordham University. Associated Press
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