Fraudulent website offers tickets to Olympics
Posted August 4, 2008 at 03:47 PM by Bart Moylan
Section: Beijing 2008, Beijing News
The U.S. Olympic Committee is again asking a federal judge to shut down a Web site allegedly scamming people on Olympics tickets.
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…
USOC Displays Bad Form At Media Summit
Posted April 18, 2008 at 09:30 AM by Jimmie R. Markham
Section: Beijing 2008, Events, Track & Field, Featured Writers, Jimmie Markham, Special Features, SoundOFF
I spotted an interview titled “U.S. Olympic Team Media Summit Press Conference” that featured Brian Clay, Walter Davis, Lashinda Demus, Allyson Felix, Reese Hoffa, Carmelita Jeter, LaShawn Merritt and Terrence Trammell and it left me scratching my head for a minute. Since…
Where’s the Beef? Concerned U.S.O.C. to Provide its Own Meat for Meals
Posted February 21, 2008 at 04:57 AM by Rich Rodriguez
Section: Beijing 2008
The United States Olympic Committee, who are very concerned about the quality of meat from China being used in meals for athletes, has taken the bold step of importing their own supply of lean protein to feed over 600 US athletes scheduled…
IOC, IAAF move forward on Marion Jones doping case
Posted November 6, 2007 at 03:00 PM by Martha Jones
Section: Events, Track & Field, Doping
International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge has confirmed that former Olympic champion, famous sprinter Marion Jones, would face further action by the IOC after IAAF’s treatment upon her.
After years of denying she had ever used performance-enhancing drugs, Jones admitted in court that she’d taken…
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On October 9, 2008
versace 4127 said:
The problem is a new injury would leave him out of the competitions.