At ski racing media centers across North America, John Dakin was often performing the most important job in the room as chief ...

Carmen, that beguiling Andalusian beauty created by a 19th-century French writer and afterwards made legendary by artists of different nationalities—in opera, dance, and film—continues to fascinate.

At ski racing media centers across North America, longtime Vail Valley local John Dakin was often performing the most important job in the room as chief of press. But to him, it wasn’t a ...