>>>Baseball is popular in the Olympic’s and has been played since 1912. The >>United States does not do well in these events.
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>Well I think softball was just introduced and US does pretty well on that :).
>I wonder what other "widely played games" ... will become part of the olympic games.

Let your imagination run wild! Shoe tying (Velcro will win every time), opening beer cans (sounds like fun for some), and tobacco chewing (yuck) sound like possibilities! :)