The Olympic Legacies Boston 2024 Won't Talk About (Storify) Our event last night Boston 2024 Campaign Making a Stop in Ashland (MetroWest Daily News) JP Progressives to Host June 3 Candidate Forum (JP Gazette) The Olympics will be on the agenda. Why Countries that Fight to Host the World Cup Are Wasting Their Time (WaPo) Westford Named in Boston 2024 Olympic Bid (Westford News) Highlighted Letter: Big Dig...into Wallets (Boston Herald) Capuano: I'll Decide on Boston's Olympic

Brookline Town Meeting to Vote on Opposing Olympics Bid (Boston Globe) Long-Awaited Postal Service Move Remains on Hold Despite Olympics Push (Boston Globe) Former Atlanta Mayor Says Olympics Were a Boon to the City (WBUR) Wonder what the 30,000 people who were displaced would say..... Stoughton Resident Urges Selectmen Not to Use Taxpayer Dollars for Olympics (Wicked Local - Stoughton) And in other mega-event news.... FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Sepp Blatt

The pushback against Shirley Leung's disaster of a column continues... Don't Tell Us What 'We' Think, Globe (Boston Globe) Shakespearen Taunting Does Not Advance Olympic Debate (Boston Globe) Shirley's Normal: Columnist Completely Misses the Mark...Again (Dig Boston) Dear USOC: Pay No Attention to Shirley Leung (Boston Globe) Calling Critics Children is Childish (Boston Globe) And some lessons from Brazil.... Empty World Cup Stadiums a Warning for Boston (Boston Globe) 'Olymp

Locals Split on Olympics Bid at Fields Corner Meeting (Dorchester Reporter) Keller @ Large: Don’t Trust Olympic Officials (CBS Local) Mayor Assured USOC Still Backs Bid (Boston Herald) Boston 2024 Official Tells Mayor ‘the USOC’s Committed” to Boston (Boston Herald) Supporters, Foes Speak out on Olympics Bid in Dorchester (Boston Globe) #Boston2024 Community Meetings Continue to Be Unsafe and Hostile Spaces for Opposition (Safe Hub Collective) Other Than That, Mrs. Lincoln, H

Can a Host Country Make Money on the Olympics or the World Cup? (The Brian Lehrer Show) No. Editorial: Many Questions Remain Over Prospect of Boston 2024 Olympics (Worcester Telegram) How Does Boston 2024 Pay Stack Up? (Boston.com) Behind the Push to Keep the Olympics out of Boston (The Scrum) Have Sports Become “Too Big to Fail”? (Only a Game) Rich Davey Insists Pols, Lobbyists Won’t Chase Public Funds (Boston Herald) Sure… Boston 2024 Hires Defended (Boston Herald) Olympic

Just Say No (The Economist) “Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup is bad for a city’s health.” ‘Ask the Mayor’ with Marty Walsh (WGBH) “On a daily basis I don’t hear the anti-Olympic thing.” Uh…you put a gag order on your employees. Keep the Common Olympics-Free (Boston Globe) Boston 2024 to Meet at Franklin Park March 5 (Jamaica Plain Gazette) Here’s the Key Part of Boston’s New USOC Agreement (Boston.com) Push to Make “Boston” Games, “Commonwealth” Games (WWLP) #WorldCup

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