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
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Did you get your mother a card and some flowers for her special day? Well here’s another gift from the…
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…
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
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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…
Why Does Everyone Hate The Beijing Olympics? Part Two
Posted May 1, 2008 at 01:07 PM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Doping, Culture/History, Human Interest, Socio-Political, Events, Track & Field, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor, Special Features, Columns/Blogs
Now if you thought the Sunday New York Times’ front page article “Witness in Track Doping Case Is Ready to Name…
Three Americans Battle For Final Beijing Boxing Slots
Posted April 30, 2008 at 01:00 PM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing Results, Events, Boxing, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor
Boxing’s second (and final) Americas Qualifier got started on Friday in Guatemala City, Guatemala with three American pugilists aiming to join their eight already-qualified teammates in Beijing. In their first bout of the tourney middleweight Shawn Estrada picked up a decisive…
Why Does Everyone Hate The Beijing Olympics? Part One
Posted April 15, 2008 at 11:00 AM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Doping, Culture/History, Socio-Political, Events, Track & Field, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor
The April 13 Sunday New York Times was a veritable indictment of Beijing 2008 and the Olympics movement. How bad could it have been? The front page upper left hand corner article’s title was ”
Human Interest Saturdays, Hiroshi Hoketsu Edition
Posted April 12, 2008 at 09:30 AM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Culture/History, Human Interest, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor
Two weeks ago we wrote here at summerolympian.com about 58-year-old yachtsman John Dane III. He will be competing in the Olympics’s Star Boat sailing competition. At the time we were confident that he would be the oldest…
Amount of HDTV Olympics Coverage Explodes
Posted April 11, 2008 at 05:00 PM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Culture/History, Design/Art/Culture, Socio-Political, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor
Did you spring for that 46” high-definition plasma or LCD extravaganza of a TV for Christmas this year? Maybe you balked but then realized you just had to have it for the Super Bowl? Or maybe you were a savvy buyer and held…
U.S. Softball Spotlight: Monica Abbott
Posted April 9, 2008 at 11:23 AM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Culture/History, Human Interest, Events, Other, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor
Pitchers win championships in the intense climate of fast-pitch softball. They stare down their batting adversary from just 43 feet away before whipping the horsehide to home plate at an incredible speed. Hitting a world-class softball pitcher is much more difficult than…
Women’s Soccer Plays For Olympic Berth on Wednesday
Posted April 8, 2008 at 03:49 PM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing Results, Events, Soccer, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor
The United States women’s soccer squad faces the lightly-regarded Costa Rican side this Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. in Ciudad Juaraz, Mexico for a trip to the Beijing Olympics. The Stars and Stripes finished at the top of the CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualification Group A table with…
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