All of which is to say that while Billups was right to flame the Blazers in his postgame confidence ... trying to just ...

the City of Paris, the French government, the IOC and the CNOSF, the Opening Ceremony is being remade anew. For the first time in the history of the Olympic Summer Games, the Opening Ceremony will not ...

Built in its current form in 1972 and designed by architect Roger Taillibert (the man behind the design of Montreal’s Olympic Stadium), the “Parc” is ideally positioned to host the Paris 2024 Games.