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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,…

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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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Last Tuesday the United States Olympic Committee brought in Chinese cultural experts to speak to about 35 athletes. Their message: “Be good ambassadors. Don’t do anything that would offend.” Our first thought was what did they really learn? We love learning what’s…

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For Team Argentina, Nocioni in, Prigioni probably, Gabini maybe. And by the way, they ain’t afraid of the big, bad USA.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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What news could possibly emerge from the Men’s 10k Open Water World Championships that would top yesterday’s…

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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.”

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Spain, Australia rosters face injury problems; Cape Verde has hard economic issues to worry about

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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.

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