After Initial Headaches, #Sochi Games Coming Together

Well, crowds are sparse, so hopefully more of the venues will fill up.

Other than that, perhaps it's getting better over there.

At LAT, "After a rocky few days, Sochi lurches toward functionality":

SOCHI, Russia — It was 2:30 a.m. and the stranger on the other side of the door wanted into my hotel room. "How many cards do you have?" he kept asking in broken English.

The lock rattled and eventfully broke. Still hazy from sleep, I did all I could to keep him from forcing the door open. Finally, he backed away as more footsteps hurried down the hall.

A new speaker identified himself as the hotel manager. He said the late-night intruder was a locksmith mistakenly sent to change the lock.

"I am sorry," the manager said.

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