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…
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…
U.S. Men’s Soccer Is Going to Beijing
Posted March 21, 2008 at 10:53 AM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing Results, Events, Soccer, Columns/Blogs, Michael Sedor
The United States Men’s U-23 Soccer Team booked their place in Beijing Thursday night with an assured 3-0 victory against northern rivals Canada. 18-year old phenom Freddy Adu led the way by scoring two goals, setting up another, and infusing his teammates…
Baseball Takes Beijing By Storm
Posted March 16, 2008 at 01:00 PM by Michael J. Sedor
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Culture/History, Olympic History, Socio-Political, Events, Other, Featured Writers, Michael Sedor, Columns/Blogs
This week Beijing was all about baseball. The San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers played two exhibition baseball games there this Saturday and Sunday in the Olympic Stadium. The games were broadcast on Chinese television to over 700 million…
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Very commendable that they worry also about the environment and not only about…