Don't expect foreign spectators for the Beijing Winter Olympics or even an Olympic Torch relay is the prediction from the debut edition of The Mixed Zone, a weekly podcast with Around the Rings founder Ed Hula and Managing Editor Gerard Farek. This week's podcast also covers the election for a new ice hockey federation president and the low key presence for the IOC at the U.N. General Assembly. 

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