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moving on
David Yates wrote my favorite post about the Shanghai controversy. And now — so over it.
Packing today, Thanksgiving tomorrow and then an evening flight to San Francisco. See you there!
Published by stacy on November 21st, 2007 tagged Bridge, Shanghai | Comment now »
resolved
JOINT STATEMENT BY THE USBF BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE PLAYERS OF THE 2007 VENICE CUP-WINNING TEAM
The United States Bridge Federation (USBF) and the players on the US Venice Cup world championship bridge team are pleased to mutually announce that we have resolved all issues relating to events that occurred at the closing ceremony of [...]
Published by stacy on November 20th, 2007 tagged Bridge, Shanghai | Comment now »
resolved?
Did you see the segment this morning on the CBS morning show? The video is here.
Apparently, the players of USA1 have reached a settlement with the USBF and will face no sanctions for their controversial actions last month at the closing ceremonies of the World Championships in Shanghai. Non-Playing Captain Gail Greenberg had [...]
Published by stacy on November 20th, 2007 tagged Bridge, Shanghai | 9 Comments »
bbo commentary reprise
Lest things get out of hand, let me clarify: while watching USA1 – South Africa, I found the otiose chatter drifting in a potentially offensive direction and asked one participant to please stop. There was an interesting match being played, the gossipy chatter was distracting and annoying. These are the play-by-play guys, [...]
Published by stacy on October 15th, 2007 tagged Bridge, Shanghai | 5 Comments »
heading home
It’s about 7am in Shanghai, George is still sleeping and I’m about finished fiddling with the photos from last night’s closing ceremonies. Although they can be tedious, WBF banquets are grand affairs and we had a wonderful time last night. You’ll find photos here.
Now it’s time to finish packing and start thinking about [...]