Apparently the softball people failed to make their case that the American-dominated sport with occasional showers of Japanese success has an international groundswell of support. Meanwhile, pacifist me continues to be hypocritically ecstatic that women's boxing will earn a berth. Only the human race could come up with the term 'sweet science' to describe two people pummeling each other into oblivion.

After Atalanta's quest to see golf eliminated from Olympic contention may have failed, as the sport has moved another step further toward gaining inclusion in 2016. I don't have a horse in this race but think there's probably no harm in trying golf. The arguments at AA about tennis' indifferent success as an Olympic event are duly noted, but they don't necessarily carry over. Golf is not as physically demanding which means there's no real reason to skip the Olympics just to prepare for majors. Most of its top players already choose to compete in nation v. nation competitions if they can, as opposed to the continual ducking of Davis and Fed Cup among some tennis stars. The spectacle would probably be a little weird, but no weirder than race-walking.

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