Olympics coming to a city near you?

Okay - I'm sure that local interest in international sports is likely to drop off now that the US loss to Ghana has eliminated them from the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but chew on this for a while...

I know its the 2016 Olympics....

And I know this is just the presentation to the US Olympic committee....

And I know that the International Olympics Committee will not decide until 2009, but...

the Olympics coming to Philadelphia - how awesome would that be?!

Philadelphia had its opportunity to present its case to the USOC yesterday and justify why it should host the 2016 games. Philly is competing with four other cities - Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, and San Francisco - to be the official US bid for the 2016 games.

I for one, hope to hear bells - Liberty bells, that is - tolling out this announcement!

In the meanwhile - start saving now - tickets should go on sale in about...10 years! - In the meanwhile, you can probably see me at Pickels wathcing the rest of those soccer matches...