On Thursday, it'll be three months till the Olympics begin. Usually, there'd be a panic by now that construction was way behind schedule, but, incredibly, only a couple of major projects remain incomplete in Rio.
No, rather the question remains how much can go haywire during the games to distract us from our enchanting presidential campaign.
Click the audio to hear Frank Deford's take on this issue.
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