Olympics ‘08: U.S. men take gymnastics bronze
Posted August 12, 2008 at 06:46 PM by Joe Starr
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Beijing Results, Events, Gymnastics, Special Features, Videos
China won the gold medal it has long craved in men’s gymnastics Tuesday, while the Americans settled for bronze.
US defends softball gold, sport
Posted August 12, 2008 at 01:15 PM by Hariz Siddiqui
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Events, Softball, Special Features, Videos
Beijing may mark softball’s last appearance at the Olympics, and the US team wants to defend its gold medals as well as the sport. The IOC voted three years ago to drop softball and baseball after Beijing, which US players say was a mistake and a possible reaction based on…
Gay hopes to set 100m record
Posted August 11, 2008 at 03:43 PM by James Flesher
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Events, Track & Field, Special Features, Videos
World champion sprinter Tyson Gay says he’s ready to face Jamaican rivals Asafa Powell and Usain Bolt in Beijing. Gay says a hamstring injury is not bothering him amid expectations he will set a new world.
Spanish cyclist first athlete to fail doping test
Posted August 11, 2008 at 10:34 AM by Martha Jones
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Doping, Events, Cycling/BMX, Special Features, Videos
Spanish cyclist Maria Isobel Moreno became the first athlete to fail a doping test at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The 27-year-old tested positive for EPO having undergone the test on July 31. Excerpts from the International Olympic Committee’s press conference.
Rough start for American gymnasts
Posted August 10, 2008 at 01:40 PM by Martin Kennedy
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Beijing Results, Events, Gymnastics, Special Features, Videos
China issued the challenge, and the short-handed U.S. women couldn’t answer on Sunday.Now on to the showdown in the gymnastics team final at the Beijing Olympics, where every element truly counts.
U.S. spears gold for fencing
Posted August 10, 2008 at 10:37 AM by Jamal Walker
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Beijing Results, Events, Other, Special Features, Videos
Fencer Mariel Zagunis won the first U.S. gold in Beijing, further minting an American rise from obscurity to the leading-edge of the sport. The 23-year-old was the first American to capture gold in fencing saber in 100 years when she won in Athens, while Zagunis says after a 1-2-3 U.S.…
Phelps Wins Gold, Sets Record … 1 Down, 7 to Go
Posted August 9, 2008 at 09:23 PM by Martin Kennedy
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Beijing Results, Events, Aquatics, Special Features, Videos
Michael Phelps got one of his toughest races out of the way, and it couldn’t have been any easier. With President Bush cheering him on, Phelps dominated his first event of the Beijing Olympics on Sunday morning, crushing his own world.
Relative of US Olympic Volleyball Coach Killed in Beijing
Posted August 9, 2008 at 10:00 AM by Martha Jones
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Events, Other, Special Features, Videos
A knife-wielding Chinese man attacked two relatives of a coach for the U.S. Olympic men’s volleyball team at a tourist site in Beijing, killing one and injuring the other on the first day of the Olympics.
Olympics will be safe, says China
Posted August 5, 2008 at 10:00 AM by Adam Jacobs
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News
China stresses the Beijing Olympics will be safe following an attack that killed 16 policemen.
Fraudulent website offers tickets to Olympics
Posted August 4, 2008 at 03:47 PM by Bart Moylan
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News
The U.S. Olympic Committee is again asking a federal judge to shut down a Web site allegedly scamming people on Olympics tickets.
Olympics ‘08: One-of-a-kind venues
Posted August 3, 2008 at 12:49 PM by Jamal Walker
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Culture/History, Design/Art/Culture
The Chinese have built some of the most unique architecture to ever serve as an Olympic venue. Associated Press reporter Jason Bronis takes a tour.
China Blocks Journalists Access to Some Websites
Posted July 31, 2008 at 11:42 AM by Adam Jacobs
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Culture/History, Socio-Political
The Chairman of the International Olympic Committee Media Commission confirmed that some internet sites have been blocked by Chinese authorities, but these were unrelated to the Olympics.
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Posted June 27, 2008 at 09:42 PM by Adam Jacobs
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Track & Field, Special Features
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Team USA shooting comes together; Callahan poised for record books
Posted May 18, 2008 at 10:30 AM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Other, Featured Writers, Os Davis
The United States’ shooting team will be finalized this weekend, with the completion of this week’s Olympic team trials in Colorado, and one team member will enter the domestic Olympic record books simply by competing in Beijing.
On Thursday,…
Human Interest Saturdays: Oscar Pistorius
Posted May 17, 2008 at 02:54 PM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, 2008 Paralympics, Culture/History, Human Interest, Socio-Political, Events, Track & Field, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor
The big news this week for Human Interest Saturdays is of course the startling decision by Court of Arbitration for Sport to allow double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius the chance to qualify and compete in the Olympic…
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On October 9, 2008
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The problem is a new injury would leave him out of the competitions.