Windy City Olympics?


	Windy City Olympics?

Tom Van Riper

4-2-2008 12:16 PM

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Tom Van Riper says:

New York may have lost out on the 2012 summer games. But that isn't stopping Chicago from going after it in 2016. Rock star icons Michael Jordan and Barack Obama will be rolled out to make the second city's pitch. No word yet on Oprah.

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