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Beijing National Aquatics Center (aka the Water Cube) Beijing National Stadium (aka The Bird's Nest) Beijing National Stadium (aka The Bird's Nest) US Athlete Jonathan Horton takes part in a practice session of the artistic gymnastics event of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Horton said Wednesday his injury-hit team would not allow red-hot favourites China to intimidate them in front of a partisan Beijing Olympics crowd.(AFP/Lluis Gene)

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Rate Kick Kansas City's World Cup bid into high gear - Kansas City Star

Original at Beijing Olympics external link    Mon, Nov 9

While 4.7 billion people watched the 2008 Beijing Olympics, an amazing 26.3 billion watched the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Each game is watched by more … and more » Kick Kansas City's World Cup bid into high gearKansas City StarWhile 4.7 billion people watched the 2008 Beijing Olympics, an am...

Rate Britain's coaches told: “Now is our time” - insidethegames.biz (blog)

Original at Beijing Olympics external link    Mon, Nov 9

Steele said: "After the highpoint of [the 2008] Beijing [Olympics], some might have expected to see a dip in performance this year but the opposite is true. … Britain's coaches told: "Now is our time"insidethegames.biz (blog)Steele said: "After the highpoint of [the 2008] Beijing [Olym...

Rate Ralph Lauren: Women's Denver Leather Boot

Original at ThisNext external link    Mon, Nov 9

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Rate Ralph Lauren: Men's Olympic Games Down Vest

Original at ThisNext external link    Mon, Nov 9

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By hanahula Tags: 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, 2010 Winter Olympics, blue, down vest, Jimmy Cochran, men's outerwear, men's vests, outdoor sports, Ralph Lauren, red, skiing, slalom, sports, Team USA, TN Holidays, white, winter sports, winter vests Add to my wish list on ThisNext

This Week

 

Rate South Korea's Bo Bae Song wins Mizuno Classic for first LPGA Tour title - Metro Canada - Vancouver

Original at Beijing Olympics external link    Sun, Nov 8

South Korea's Bo Bae Song wins Mizuno Classic for first LPGA Tour titleMetro Canada - VancouverVANCOUVER, BC - The Vancouver Winter Olympics are less than 100 days away but they're already getting visitors, not necessarily welcome ones. … and more »

Rate Former Olympic skier Bogner to head Munich bid

Original at Seattle Times external link    Fri, Nov 6

Willy Bogner has been named head of Munich's bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Rate China plans for humanoid Olympics

Original at BBC News external link    Fri, Nov 6

Robots sports stars are being sought for an international robot Olympics to be held in China in 2010.

Rate Let the Games Continue!

Original at spinalcolumnblog.com external link    Fri, Nov 6

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By drlamar Remember the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, when we saw diving competitor Greg Louganis strike his head on the diving platform?  With a chiropractic adjustment delivered behind the scenes immediately after the incident by Jan Corwin, D.C., he was able to return to the board to win th...

Rate Ralph Lauren Winter Olympics Designs Revealed (VIDEO)

Original at Huffington Post external link    Wed, Nov 4

By The Huffington Post News Editors At the Beijing games, Lauren said he was mistaken for an athlete in an elevator because he was wearing the same flag-bearing styles - the highlight of a memorable trip. "For one brief moment, I could put myself in the shoes of an Olympic athlete," he said. WATCH: More on Olympics

Past Two Weeks

 

Rate "Colbert Nation" To Sponsor U.S. Speedskating Team In Vancouver Olympics

Original at Huffington Post external link    Mon, Nov 2

By The Huffington Post News Team NEW YORK — Of the many countries participating at the Vancouver Olympics, add Colbert Nation to the list. On Monday's "The Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert... NEW YORK — Of the many countries participating at the Vancouver Olympics, add Colbert Nation to the list. Links:

Rate 'Black' is beautiful, &c. -- By: Jay Nordlinger

Original at National Review Online external link    Sun, Nov 1

By webmaster@nationalreview.com (Jay Nordlinger) But NBC, the network covering the Games, had no way of communicating this fact to its viewers. Why? Because it had banned, at least de facto, the word “black.” So the NBC people were reduced to saying, “She’s the first African-American woman from any country to win a gold medal.” Yes, and that i...

Rate LA to Host 2010 World Cyber Games Finals

Original at Wired external link    Fri, Oct 30

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By Gus Mastrapa Chicago might have blown the Olympics, but Los Angeles will host the Grand Final of the World Cyber Games in 2010, the competitive gaming organization said Friday. This year’s Grand Final will go down in Chengdu, China. The competition begins on November 11th. See Also:

Rate Mean Reporter Undermines Birmingham Olympic Bid [Media Crack]

Original at Gawker external link    Thu, Oct 29

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By Hamilton Nolan Here's the setup: The mayor of Birmingham, Alabama was just convicted of 60(!) counts of bribery, and is likely headed to prison. The mayor's a former "award winning television journalist" who last year said that Birmingham should be hosting the Olympics by 2020. So after his conviction,...

October of 2009

 

Rate Opinion: How Golf Will Be Impacted By The Olympics, Part II

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Tue, Oct 20

By Michael Fitzpatrick But, team unity issues or not, they actually lost to Puerto Rico and Lithuania, narrowly defeated Greece and Australia to advance to the medal round where they were eventually defeated by Argentina. A decade earlier, a bronze medal by the USA basketball team would have been a humorous tho...

Rate How Golf Will Be Impacted By The Olympics: Part I

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Wed, Oct 14

By Michael Fitzpatrick After a 105 year hiatus, golf will be returning to the Olympics. Last week, the International Olympic Committee approved golf’s bid to be included in the 2016 games which will be held in Rio De Janeiro. Because in Australia, golf is a grass roots game.  Courses are plentiful and inexpensive.

Rate Stephanie Streeter, USOC Chief, Leaving After Chicago Olympics Bust

Original at Huffington Post external link    Wed, Oct 7

By The Huffington Post News Editors They found more to complain about when the board approved a pay package with a base of $560,000 – about 30 percent more than what Scherr earned. And even more when the USOC botched the introduction of its TV network and drew criticism from the International Olympic Committee.

Rate Michelle Obama Makes Chicago Olympics Presence Felt In Copenhagen

Original at Huffington Post external link    Wed, Sep 30

By The Huffington Post News Editors She is one impressive lady," said Kevan Gosper, a senior IOC member from Australia. "She has got great charm, great presence. She's very friendly, very informal, a very good listener. She's a great advocate for the games." More on Olympics

September of 2009

 

Rate Dave Zirin: Obama's Olympic Error

Original at Huffington Post external link    Tue, Sep 29

By Dave Zirin It's also difficult for Chicago residents to see how this will help their pocketbooks, given that Daley pledged to the International Olympic Committee that any cost overruns would be covered by taxpayers. Shoveling taxpayers' money into the Olympic maw is no better, especially in thes...

Rate Chicago Olympics: Why Pat Ryan Was Tapped To Run The Bid

Original at Huffington Post external link    Sun, Sep 27

By The Huffington Post News Editors CHICAGO — Pat Ryan isn't a gold medalist, like the leader of Madrid's bid committee. Nor does he have a long history with the International Olympic Committee, as the heads of Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo's organizations do. More on Olympics

Rate Opinion: Giles Slade: Winter Olympics: Gold Rush or Even Ground?

Original at Huffington Post external link    Thu, Sep 24

By Giles Slade We have hosted the Olympics more times than any other nation. Even in this bad year, we can show the rest of the world how it's done. In 1985, robbers broke into the home of John Kondrads, a retired Australian Olympic swimmer. The thieves took 16 medals including the gold medallion Konrads was a...

Rate Bode Miller, channeling Brett Favre, returns to skiing and U.S. ski team

Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com external link    Wed, Sep 23

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By Newsdesk Miller said he intended to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics if he makes the U.S. team. Miller, whose behavior while winning no medals at the 2006 Games was widely criticized, called U.S. Olympic Committee Chairman Larry Probst to say he would do his best to avoid a repeat of that.

Year 2009

 

Rate Opinion: Phelps Closes Worlds In Rome With 5th Gold Medal

Original at Huffington Post external link    Sun, Aug 2

By The Huffington Post News Editors Lochte was far off Phelps' world record in the 400 IM, touching first in 4:07.01. Phelps won gold at Beijing in 4:03.84, but decided to scale back his program heading into what will be his final Olympics. A pair of world records fell in non-Olympic events.

Rate Opinion: What's the "Ikea" for Success for Sweden at the 2010 Olympics?

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Sun, Jul 26

By Mark Ritter Team Sweden or “Tre Kronor” as they are also known, have been highly successful at the Worlds, and they won a Gold Medal at the 2006 Olympics. Let’s take a look at my picks to make the Olympic squad in 2010, it could be a sequel to 2006...Believe-That.

Rate Videogames in the Olympics? Olympic Athletes Sound Off

Original at Wired external link    Mon, Jul 20

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By Tracey John “If gaming was an Olympic sport and a skiing game was one of the events, I would definitely try to win an Olympic medal in virtual skiing. (laughs) That could be in one year, in five years or 10 years — you never know when that would happen. Maybe I’ll be done with real skiing by then so I’ll try to wi...

Rate Opinion: Giles Slade: The Winter Olympics -- Cough -- Welcomes You

Original at Huffington Post external link    Mon, Jul 13

By Giles Slade Anyway, I want you to enjoy our Olympiad. Please, tolerate our small town attitudes with Jon Stewart's or even Steven Colbert's good American humor (which, up here of course, is spelled with a 'u'). HUMOUR, eh? Canada-style. Learn to love it. More on Canada

Rate Opinion: Terror alert system too late for Olympics

Original at The Guardian (UK) external link    Sat, Jun 20

By Jamie Doward A £1.4bn critical response system to ensure emergency services can deal with a major incident such as the 7/7 bombings is now running so far behind schedule that it is unlikely to be ready in time for the London 2012 Olympics, according to leaked documents.

Rate Miley battles to make her mark

Original at EducationGuardian.co.uk external link    Fri, Mar 20

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By David Hopps At Ponds Forge this week, Adlington won the 800m freestyle in a time fast enough to have won Olympic gold, Jo Jackson beat her over 400m as the pair both swam inside the world record, and Ellen Gandy, at 17, announced herself as a world-class performer over 200m butterfly. "It is really encou...

Rate Opinion: Sky to lobby for screen crown jewels

Original at EducationGuardian.co.uk external link    Thu, Mar 5

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By Owen Gibson The International Olympic Committee is selling the rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics on a country by country basis after rejecting a bid from the European Broadcasting Union, a coalition of public service broadcasters, thus raising the prospect of some events being shown on pay TV f...

Rate Podcast: Tokyo's Kabukicho district told to dim its red light

Original at EducationGuardian.co.uk external link    Mon, Jan 19

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By Justin McCurry But for how much longer? With Japan eager to host the 2016 Olympics and the city's proselytising governor keen to clean away sleaze and crime, the ramshackle collection of ageing buildings housing bars and clubs catering to every sexual proclivity is in the authorities' firing line. Arm...

Rate Opinion: Dave Hill on why there should be no "austerity Olympics" in London 2012

Original at EducationGuardian.co.uk external link    Wed, Nov 19

By Dave Hill Yesterday the first conclusions of a review by KPMG of the cost of planned temporary venues emerged. The number-crunchers were called in at the insistence of London mayor and Olympic Board member Boris Johnson to see if serious savings would accrue from the sports in question taking plac...

Rate KPMG initial Olympics cost review recommends no venue changes

Original at The Guardian (UK) external link    Wed, Nov 19

By Dave Hill The fact that a third option is being considered illustrates the tensions at the heart of the Olympic board. London mayor Boris Johnson, who insisted on the KPMG review, is keen to drive down costs and Lord Moynihan, chairman of the British Olympic Association, wants to see a sporting lega...

Rate Opinion: Lessons for London from the Beijing Olympics

Original at Beijing Olympics external link    Sat, Nov 1

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By Bob This is one of the final posts on the Beijing Olympics Blog - the experiment is coming to an end, and to be honest, since getting back from China Bob has found it hard to summon up the time and enthusiasm to keep posting. To sign off it’s time to review the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics, ident...

Rate Podcast: Emil Zátopek: a Czech sporting hero

Original at Radio Prague external link    Wed, Oct 22

The early 1950s in Czechoslovakia was a bleak period in the country’s history, but there was also some escape from politics. In 1952 the Summer Olympics were held in the Finnish capital Helsinki and the undisputed hero of the games was the greatest Czech runner of all time, Emil Zátopek. Des...

Rate Beijing stars awarded national honours

Original at DRESONIC external link    Sun, Oct 5

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By Dresonic Jamaica finished the Beijing Olympics with a record haul of 11 medals - six gold, three silver and two bronze. Bolt, Powell and Campbell-Brown were bestowed with honours in the rank of Commander, and their colleagues in the rank of Officer.

Rate Opinion: The Gadget Lab's Top Stories for August 2008

Original at Wired external link    Thu, Sep 11

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By Jose Fermoso August 2008 was all about the Beijing Olympics, political party conventions, and the most widely anticipated event of all: Michael Jackson's 50th birthday (woo-hoo!). But the World of Gadgets was just as exciting, especially if you're an iPhone app aficionado....

Rate Podcast: PM signals future changes in sports funding

Original at Radio Prague external link    Fri, Aug 29

Few sports fans in the Czech Republic will forget the recent Beijing Olympics, where the country notched up six medals, three silver and three gold. The games featured a number of gripping stories, including the very first gold medal win of the games by shooter Kateřina Emmons as well as Ba...

Rate Podcast: Rough Brazilians a challenge to Czech referee of women’s football final at Beijing Olympics

Original at Radio Prague external link    Wed, Aug 27

Dagmar Damková, the first woman to referee at the highest level in Czech men’s football, recently reached another career milestone, when she officiated in the women’s football final at the Beijing Olympics. The USA beat Brazil 1:0 in that game, and though the ref herself obviously wasn’...

Rate Podcast: Human Rights Groups Ask IOC to Insist on Free-Speech Guarantees at Future Olympics

Original at Boycott 2008 Communist Olympics external link    Mon, Aug 25

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By noreply@blogger.com (MaKina) Human rights groups in the United States say the Chinese government did not live up to its promises to respect free speech and human rights during the Beijing Games, and they want the International Olympic Committee to insist on free-speech guarantees from the host of any future Olympic...

Rate Opinion: Apple has killed the video store; will ISPs be next?

Original at ZDNet.com.au external link    Wed, Aug 20

By edit@zdnet.com.au (David Braue) How Seven blew the internet Olympics The Olympics are nearly over, and the Australian team deserves kudos for an excellent performance all around. Yet even as the Olympic sun sets on the Bird's Nest for the last time this weekend, millions of spectators around the world will be scanning th...

Rate Opinion: Hoity-Toity Elitists Hate On Beach Volleyball, Fun

Original at gawker.com external link    Sun, Aug 17

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By Moe The Olympics: yay, a thing I don't need to add a contextual sentence lest you haven't been watching! Of course you're watching! At this point not having watched the Olympics is like not having heard of September 11. DMX himself knows about it! And NBC just got its best Saturday ratings in 18 y...

Rate Gawker's Complete Guide To Covering The Olympics

Original at gawker.com external link    Wed, Aug 6

By Hamilton Nolan It goes without saying that we will not be in Beijing to cover the Olympics. Furthermore, we've never been to Beijing, and our Olympic experience is limited to one pair of first-round tickets to see the Dream Team crush Kyrgyzstan or somebody in Atlanta in 1996. None of this precludes us from...

Rate How To: Guide for Olympic reporters on skirting censorship

Original at International Herald Tribune external link    Wed, Jul 30

Reporters Without Borders is encouraging journalists covering the Beijing Olympics to skirt censorship with tips on how to get around firewalls, lock computer files and find safe translators.

Rate Podcast: Hip hop OlympicsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Seattle Times external link    Sun, Jun 15

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We're not about Chinese hip hop, or American hip hop, or English hip hop," explained Meng, 26. "We're about Beijing hip hop. In Three's 'Beijing welcomes you back' live from Beijing. Beijing Wanbao' ('Beijing Evening News') In Three music video online

Year 2007

 

Rate Podcast: Olympics child labour claim

Original at BBC News external link    Sun, Jun 10

Child labour is being used to make official merchandise for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, say campaigners.

Rate Podcast: China to force rain ahead of 2008 Beijing Olympics to ensure clear skies, clean air

Original at AZ Central.com external link    Wed, Apr 25

BEIJING Chance of showers during the 2008 Beijing Olympics 50 percent. But Chinese meteorologists have a plan to bring sunshine.

Rate Podcast: Poor air, clogged roads bad news for Beijing

Original at AZ Central.com external link    Sat, Apr 21

Sooty air and chronic traffic congestion in the Chinese capital is still troubling the International Olympic Committee with the 2008 Beijing Olympics just 16 months away.

Rate Podcast: Dawn Fraser: still kicking

Original at Radio Australia external link    Sat, Apr 14

She broke and held 27 individual world records in the pool. She triumphed in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, the 1960 Rome Olympics and the 1964 Tokyo Olympics where she caused a real ruckus. Some versions of the story have dawn Fraser climbing a flagpole at the Japanese Emperor's palace to sou...

Year 2006

 

Rate Podcast: The Olympics Wrap-Up Show

Original at SoCal HockeyCast external link    Tue, Feb 28

By technologyted@mac.com Finally, we also honor a few of the notable speedskaters who won medals in the Olympics. Yes, it's not ice hockey, but it's on ice, so it's good enough for us. Besides, Apolo Anton Ohno, Joey Cheek, and Cindy Klassen are just so darn likeable that we need to mention them!

Rate Opinion: My Official Perfect Final Moment of the Olympics

Original at Washington Post external link    Sun, Feb 26

Hans and I exchanged some Olympics stories. We talked about our night of table top curling and Dire Straits and the Haka. He told me about the Opening Ceremonies, and how after two hours of waiting the Kiwis were suddenly told to run, and so the New Zealand Olympic delegation sprinted toward t...

Rate Podcast: Olympics, the NHL Break, and Gambling, Oh My!

Original at SoCal HockeyCast external link    Tue, Feb 14

By technologyted@mac.com This enhanced Podcast features a look at the U.S. and Canadian Women's Olympic teams. We also bring in the Good, the Sad, and the Ugly as we close out the NHL action prior to the Olympic break. Hear why the New York Rangers are our pick for the Good Team of the week. We also report on the honoring of Jim...

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