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Published: 10/5/07

It's Time to Start Bribing the IOC, Chicago

By  Michael David Smith - AOL News
It's Time to Start Bribing the IOC, Chicago

There's a perception in Chicago that it is the favorite to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, and some people even seem to think awarding the Games to the Windy City is a mere formality. But U.S. Olympic Committee chairman Peter Ueberroth says that couldn't be further from the truth. Ueberroth says Chicago is "in third or fourth place," definitely behind Madrid and Tokyo and probably behind Rio de Janeiro, too. Ueberroth says that means it's time for Chicago officials to develop relationships with the 119 voting members of the International Olympic Committee: "We all have to remember to keep ...

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