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My Olympics:
Washington Post journalist David Maraniss spends his summers in Wisconsin — he grew up in Madison. Like many of us, he’s been watching the Olympics this week — and remembering a special summer, long ago.
David Maraniss is a journalist with the Washington Post. He’s the author of “Barack Obama: The Story” and, “Rome, 1960: The Summer Olympics That Stirred the World.” He spends his summers in Madison, where he grew up.
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