Team Argentina notes: All aboard the bandwagon!
Posted May 14, 2008 at 12:34 PM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
For Team Argentina, Nocioni in, Prigioni probably, Gabini maybe. And by the way, they ain’t afraid of the big, bad USA.
Royalty Returns to the Olympics
Posted May 13, 2008 at 09:00 AM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Culture/History, Human Interest, Events, Equestrian, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor
Zara Phillips’ recent confirmation as a member of the five-person British equestrian team took no fan of the sport by surprise. She is the reigning world eventing - a rugged combination of equestrian’s three disciplines…
Mother’s Day Olympians
Posted May 12, 2008 at 01:43 PM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Culture/History, Human Interest, Socio-Political, Events, Basketball, Soccer, Softball, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor
Image details: "Fan Celebration Tour" finale served by picapp.com
Did you get your mother a card and some flowers for her special day? Well here’s another gift from the…
Beijing 2008: Last hurrah for Pepu Hernandez
Posted May 8, 2008 at 10:34 AM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
With a starting team comprised of wall-to-wall NBAers, Team Spain hardly needed psychological incentive to add to all the talent taking the floor at the Beijing Games; Los Españoles have that as well.
Said motivation takes…
Beijing Price Tag Difficult for Olympic Parents
Posted May 8, 2008 at 08:17 AM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Culture/History, Human Interest, Socio-Political, Events, Aquatics, Boxing, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor
While your watching the your favorite athlete at the Beijing Olympics this year the cameras will inevitably flash to his/her nervous parents. Maybe one of them has left their seat out of anxiety, maybe one has their eyes covered, or maybe they’re…
Performance-Enhancing Drugs and the Olympics
Posted May 7, 2008 at 09:00 AM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Doping, Culture/History, Olympic History, Socio-Political, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor
Performance-enhancing drugs and the Olympics. The proverbial elephant in the room. Someone’s not afraid to talk about it and it’s none other than Victor Conte, head of the infamous Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (Balco) lab and supplier to countless would-be cheaters. In…
The Pangs of Puerto Rican Patriotism
Posted May 6, 2008 at 12:01 PM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Culture/History, Human Interest, Socio-Political, Events, Boxing, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor
The Wall Street Journal has had the most thoughtful, insightful, and interesting Beijing Olympics coverage of any English language news source. Their nonpareil work continued today with this excellent Page One article about the Puerto Rican…
Whirlwind Finish and Post-Race Drama at Men’s 10k Open Water Worlds
Posted May 5, 2008 at 01:00 PM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing Results, Events, Aquatics, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor
Image details: 2008 Australian Championships: Day 3 served by picapp.com
What news could possibly emerge from the Men’s 10k Open Water World Championships that would top yesterday’s…
Team USA slayer Schmidt gets Ordem de Rio Branco
Posted May 5, 2008 at 10:17 AM by Os Davis
Section: Culture/History, Olympic History, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
Oscar Schmidt, all-time Olympic Games scoring leader and b-ball star in five Olympiads, was this week given Brazil’s top honor to private citizens, the “Ordem de Rio Branco.”
Injury buzzsaw trims Olympic squads
Posted May 4, 2008 at 10:25 PM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
Spain, Australia rosters face injury problems; Cape Verde has hard economic issues to worry about
Briefs: Taekwondo, Baseball, Archery, Yoga, Sailing
Posted May 4, 2008 at 03:30 PM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Baseball, Other, Featured Writers, Os Davis
News briefs: Iran and China look good in taekwondo; death of Olympic baseball bad for Cuba; US Olympic Archery Trials continue; one man’s bid for yoga as Olympic sport; North Ireland names sailing team.
Paralympic Champion Swimmer Qualifies for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Posted May 3, 2008 at 09:00 PM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing Results, Culture/History, Human Interest, Events, Aquatics, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor
South African Natalie du Toit qualified for the Beijing Olympic Games today in the 10 kilometer open water race after finishing fourth at…
Human Interest Saturdays: Chinese-Canadian Olympians
Posted May 3, 2008 at 03:00 PM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Culture/History, Human Interest, Events, Aquatics, Other, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor
Not every Chinese-born Olympian will be competing for their birth country in Beijing. Dozens of competitors now living throughout the world will be making a homecoming during this years’ Olympics. In fact eight will…
Gary Hall, Jr. Ready to Face the Sprinting Newbies
Posted May 2, 2008 at 06:00 PM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Aquatics, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor
Image details: Swimming - Finals served by picapp.com
Beware 50m men’s freestyle johnny-come-latelies. The 33-year-old Gary Hall, Jr. is tanned, rested, and ready to return himself to the the…
The Purple Rose of Darfur
Posted May 2, 2008 at 01:00 PM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Culture/History, Socio-Political, Featured Writers, Os Davis
Mia Farrow, of all people, becomes a key player in the Olympic protest movement with the delivery of a speech scheduled for Friday at the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club. The subject of the talk is to be Sino-Sudanese relations and…
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