Lydia Rypcinski has reported on and promoted professional and amateur sports in more than 20 nations on six continents. She was a reporter for the Games News Service bureaus at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, and the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games. Based in Chicago, she is a sports correspondent for the Chicago Sun-Times and co-author of Sports Traveler Chicago, an insider's guide to the city's pro sports teams, events and venues. Contact Lydia with your comments and questions.