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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.

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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.

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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…

How China saved Olympic women’s basketball, 84-81

Posted May 2, 2008 at 10:00 AM by Os Davis

Section: Events, Basketball, Featured Writers, Os Davis

In upsetting Team USA in the finals of the 2008 Good Luck Beijing women’s basketball tournament, the Chinese ladies’ team may have put a little suspense back into the Olympic women’s hoops.

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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…

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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.

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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…

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…

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 Alpha Dogs

Posted March 31, 2008 at 09:10 AM by Os Davis

Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News, Featured Writers, Os Davis

For my introductory work as SummerOlympian.com in-house basketball writer, this week sees a brief look at the field for the XXIX Olympiad. Nine teams have qualified for the Games thus far, with continental tournament placers from Argentina, the…

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,…