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Five early impressions after awakening in Beijing this week for the Olympic Games

1. This is a country we don’t want to invade. Of the 1.3 billion people, 700 million seem to be dressed as police officers and security personnel while standing at attention. They’re guarding everything from cell phone towers in barren fields to firetrucks outside media village apartments. One policeman just stares at a barb-wired fence all day, a tad more busy than a parking attendant at UNLV football games.

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Sierra Vista edges Green Valley

The Green Valley baseball team got away with its first five errors Thursday with relatively little damage.

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Big-bang ceremony to kick off Games

China is expected to set a new standard for spectacle today when it kicks off the 2008 Summer Games with an opening ceremony meant to wow the world and proclaim the arrival of a new global power to be reckoned with.

NYRA should push for Curlin-Big Brown showdown

Jess Jackson, the owner of 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin, announced this week that his champion colt’s next race will be the $500,000 Woodward at Saratoga on Aug. 30. That’s great news for the New York Racing Association, which runs Saratoga.

Carpentier deserves extension

The last role we want for Patrick Carpentier next year is to be a spectator at races.

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