Rio 2016: Occupy Takes Swing at Olympic Golf Course (Guardian) Why Beantown May Want to Throw This Sports Contest (MSNBC – The Cycle) An interview with Andrew Zimbalist Sports Extravaganzas: Games That Must Stop (Economist) Mitt Romney’s Ties Key to Boston Olympics Push (Boston Globe) Smith Professor: Boston Olympics Bid ‘Crazy’ (Daily Hampshire Gazette) Olympic Committee Chairman Pitches 2024 Games to South Coast (The Herald News) Boston 2024 Group’s Fundraising Limited to N

‘Circus Maximus’ Tallies the Real Cost of Hosting the Olympics (WBUR) Cities Could Win Economically by Losing Olympics (Scientific American) Make Way for…Beach Volleyball? (Boston Herald) An Olympic-Sized Problem: System Groans Under Weight of Demand (Boston Globe) Meet the Guys Who Got the Boston 2024 Movement Started (Boston.com) Boston Mayor Meets with Group Opposed to Olympics (WWLP) No Boston Olympics met with Marty. I can’t see Marty changing his mind just based on meet

A lot of coverage of yesterday’s public meeting, highlighting the fact that the people were overwhelmingly opposed. I storified my tweets from it. Overruns Are Focus on Public Meeting on Boston Bid (NYT) Olympic Concerns Aired at Community Meeting (Boston Globe) Hundreds Attend First Public Meeting on Boston Olympics (CBS Local) Boston’s First Olympic Meeting Packed (My Fox Boston) Mayor, Community Discuss Boston 2024 (NECN) Mayor Holds 1st Meeting on Boston Olympics, Draws B

A slow day given the blizzard. Five Reasons Boston is a Poor Fit for the 2024 Olympics (RTT News) Tarr Bill Requires Legislative Approval of Olympics Bid (Daily News of Newburyport) Sad that Republicans, not liberal Democrats, have been taking the leadership on this. The latter have been silent or supportive. Changing Boston’s Map, Olympics Style (Boston Globe) The Globe mocks Boston 2024’s invention of neighborhood names. Boston Hosting the Olympics Would Be an Epic Fail (Ma