If only the US Olympic Committee had chosen San Francisco over NYC, like they should have, and the Germans had chosen Hamburg over Leipzig (Leipzig??!?), like they should have — now that could have been a host-city contest to capture my heart.

At least the Hamburgers are trying again for 2016, last I heard. And one of the post-pick articles I read opined as to how Los Angeles now had a decent shot at 2016 — hopefully LA is trying for the 2016 Games, and that wasn't just an episode of wishful thinking from a member of the SoCal media elite. (If London can three-peat the Olympics, why can't we?)