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
Draw held for Olympic basketball tournaments
Posted April 27, 2008 at 03:12 PM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
Between games on the final day of the Good Luck Beijing 2008 women’s basketball tournament, Lisa Leslie and Wang Zhi Zhi ceremonially assisted Olympic officials in putting together the pools for Olympic play.
Good Luck tourney: Table set for back-to-back USA v. China
Posted April 24, 2008 at 08:08 AM by Os Davis
Section: Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
With four of each team’s five round-robin games in the books, the final day’s USA-China matchup will result in a final of ... USA vs. China.
Ouch! Oz loses game, Batkovic; Sterling digs Beijing
Posted April 23, 2008 at 03:40 AM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
Australia loses both battle and war in falling to Cuba, 60-52; coach Stirling does her part in talking up Beijing Olympic organization.
Good Luck tourney day 2: China stuns Oz
Posted April 21, 2008 at 12:32 AM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
The Good Luck Beijing 2008 tournament continues…
Upsets rule Good Luck Beijing 2008 tourney early
Posted April 19, 2008 at 09:05 AM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
Tipping off Friday at Beijing Olympic Basketball Stadium was the Good Luck Beijing 2008 Tournament featuring a six-pack of the world’s superpowers in women’s basketball.
Competitors at the event include Team USA, prohibitive favorite to take…
Boycott scorecard update: Canadians “No” on boycott, two individuals hold out
Posted April 18, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Culture/History, Socio-Political, Events, Other, Featured Writers, Os Davis
Ottawa-based public opinion research firm Phoenix SPI, upon releasing its most recent numbers, announced that “most Canadians would like to keep politics out of the Olympic Games, and do not want Canada to boycott the Beijing…
Michael Phelps Needs to Sleep
Posted April 7, 2008 at 05:00 PM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Aquatics, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor
No one would ever accuse American swimming phenom Michael Phelps of not being able to prove a point. Sunday’s Boston Globe lengthy profile of Phelps begins with a quote: “‘I’m far, far from being a morning person,’…
Judging the basketball field: The enigmas
Posted April 7, 2008 at 03:00 PM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis
Summer Olympian’s look at the field on court for XXIX Olympiad basketball continues. Today, a pair of teams that could go two and out. Or could ascend to the podium for the first time ever. You just can’t tell with…
“A monkey’s they do not give”: Updating the boycott scorecard
Posted April 6, 2008 at 02:00 PM by Os Davis
Section: Beijing 2008, Opening Ceremon., Culture/History, Socio-Political, Featured Writers, Os Davis
• Netherlands.Olympic boycott opinions and actions from the Netherlands, France, Great Britain, Australia, the US and Ireland
Enter the Villain
Posted March 31, 2008 at 08:04 AM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing Results, Culture/History, Events, Aquatics, Special Features, Columns/Blogs, Quote of the Day, Videos, Michael Sedor
My personal Olympics villain has emerged. It’s a multi-headed animal full of America-disparaging quotes and replete with shady performance-enhancing rumors. They’re cocky, they…
Torch Lit, World Records Fall
Posted March 25, 2008 at 02:07 PM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Beijing Results, Opening Ceremon., Culture/History, Olympic History, Socio-Political, Events, Aquatics, Columns/Blogs, Michael Sedor
The Olympic torch was lit yesterday in Olympia, Greece site of the Temple of Hera and the legendary birth of the Olympic Games. A bombastic ceremony of Greek actors in ancient costume lit the torch and passed it along while Jacques…
Multiple Swimming World Records Fall
Posted March 23, 2008 at 07:54 PM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing Results, Events, Aquatics, Columns/Blogs, Michael Sedor
Frenchman Alain Bernard has had five competitive swims so far this week at the 2008 European Swimming Championships held in Eindhoven, Holland – Two first round heats,…
Swimmers Battle Outside the Water
Posted March 19, 2008 at 05:00 PM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Aquatics, Columns/Blogs, Michael Sedor
One month ago Australian Eamon Sullivan smashed the eight-year old 50m freestyle swimming world record, the aquatic version of the 100m dash, lowering the record time from 21.64 to 21.56. From there the accusations, trashtalking, and sharply barbed slurs began.
Two-time…
Olympian Wins Medal 73 Years After His Death
Posted January 11, 2008 at 12:03 PM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: Events, Track & Field, Other
Australian middle-distance runner Edwin “Teddy” Flack won the first 800m run and the 1500m run at the inaugural 1896 Olympic Games which were held in Athens, Greece. The 21-year-old won the 800m in a time of 2:11.0 and the 1500m in 4:33.2.…
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