According to the newsletter which came in this morning’s email, a day ticket to the World Indoor Championships costs QR10. At today’s rate of QR3.6 to $1, that puts the price of tickets for all three days of World Indoors (assuming they’re available) at about $7.50.
Of course, you need to buy plane tickets to Doha and maybe a hotel once you’re there.
I was trying to find an excuse to use the phrase, “Eugene’s Onegin” in a story, but I’ve realized that it’s (a) too mean a thing to say about a person, for the most part, and (b) too obscure an allusion to get away with.
The scene: a media work room in the bowels of Icahn Stadium in New York. Time: About an hour after the end of the Reebok Grand Prix. It is silent except for the sound of laptop keyboards.
The door opens, and TYSON GAY peers around the room. Quietly, he walks to the far wall and picks up a meet poster. He is halfway back to the door, when
REPORTER: Hey, do you have a credential for this room?
…you saw headlines saying, “Obama nominates Sotomayor” and your reaction was, “The high jumper? Isn’t he Cuban?”
