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  • July 2008

    • Critics Make Sport of Olympic Mascots

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  13 hours, 36 minutes ago

      Critics Make Sport of Olympic Mascots

      The troubled run-up to the Beijing Games hasn't spared the cartoon mascots, the Wall Street Journal reports. China's critics have already created mock characters for the five—like "GenGen Genocide"—and superstitious Chinese fear a link between the "witch dolls" and the disasters the country has suffered this year. The already hyper-commercialized "Fuwa," or good-luck dolls, are a fish, panda, Tibetan antelope, swallow and the Olympic flame. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Olympic Games  • 2000 Sydney Olympics  • mascot

    • Beijing Faces Glut of Hotel Rooms

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 18, 08 12:55 PM CDT

      Beijing Faces Glut of Hotel Rooms

      Beijing’s newest construction binge may lead to a glut of rooms as hoteliers race to finish new properties before the Olympic Games begin in August, the Wall Street Journal reports. When the Games open, Beijing will have 50 five-star hotels, more than double the total of five years ago. While three-quarters of those rooms are booked, fewer than half the rooms at four-stars are reserved. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • Beijing  • Olympic Games  • luxury hotels  • hotels  • hospitality

  • June 2008

    • The Best Athlete on the Planet

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 20, 08 12:40 PM CDT

      The Best Athlete on the Planet

      If Earth could only send one guy to a galactic Olympics, who would it be? The Wall Street Journal had a panel of sports experts hash it out, and its top 10 might surprise: Roman Sebrle: Czech decathlon champion wins on versatility. LeBron James: What can’t the NBA star do? Floyd Mayweather Jr.: Boxing's demands make its top dog a lock for this list. More »

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      list  • LeBron James  • Alex Rodriguez  • athlete  • Olympic Games  • Sidney Crosby  • Roger Federer  • LaDainian Tomlinson  • Floyd Mayweather Jr.  • Liu Xiang  • Ronaldinho

    • Jim McKay Dead at 86

      newser  |  ESPN  |  Jun 7, 08 12:34 PM CDT

      Jim McKay Dead at 86

      Veteran sportscaster and TV journalist Jim McKay has died at age 86 of natural causes, ESPN reports. McKay is most famous for hosting ABC’s Wide World of Sports, and for covering the tragic 1972 Olympics in Munich, which were marred by the Black September attack on Israeli athletes. McKay won one of his 13 Emmys for his coverage of that event. More »

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      obituary  • Olympic Games  • sports journalism  • Munich  • Sports Emmy

    • Ballroom Dancing Seeks to Step Into Olympics

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 7, 08 5:52 AM CDT

      Ballroom Dancing Seeks to Step Into Olympics

      An explosion in the popularity of ballroom dancing has got fans hoping it can quickstep its way past golf, bridge and bowling to the top of the waiting list for new Olympic sports, the Wall Street Journal reports. Olympic honchos place a lot of importance on big audiences, and the global success of Dancing With the Stars has pulled in tens of millions of viewers. More »

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      sports  • Olympic Games  • dance  • International Olympic Committee  • dancing  • Dancing With the Stars

    • NBC's Olympic Ad Sales Lag

      newser  |  New York Post  |  Jun 4, 08 2:19 PM CDT

      NBC's Olympic Ad Sales Lag

      With the Beijing Games just more than two months away, NBC is still well short of Olympics advertising sales goals, the New York Post reports. Though the network says sales are strong, sources say it's between $150 million and $300 million off, with pro-Tibet protests and the slow economy keeping advertisers on the sidelines ahead of the Aug. 8 opening ceremonies. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • advertising  • NBC  • Olympic Games  • TV networks  • advertising sales

  • May 2008

    • Harding Skates Back Into Spotlight

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  May 23, 08 5:20 PM CDT

      Harding Skates Back Into Spotlight

      What read like a closed book in 1994 is falling open in a Tonya Harding tell-all, reports Newsweek in an interview with the fallen figure skater. The Tonya Tapes argues that Harding wasn't just uninvolved in Nancy Kerrigan's knee-whacking—she planned to rat out her ex-husband to the FBI until he intervened, backed by two enforcers and a gun. More »

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      crime  • book  • Olympic Games  • figure skating  • innocent  • Nancy Kerrigan  • Tonya Harding

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Olympic Flame Lit Amid Brief Protest

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 24, 08 6:44 AM CDT

      Olympic Flame Lit Amid Brief Protest

      The Olympic flame was lit this morning in Greece, in a ceremony briefly interrupted by human rights protesters. As the Chinese Communist Party secretary—also the head of the Beijing Olympics—spoke, three demonstrators evaded massive security to run onto the field at the stadium in Ancient Olympia. One managed to unfurl a black banner depicting the Olympic rings as handcuffs before they were detained, the AP reports. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • protests  • Olympic Games  • Olympic torch  • Greece  • Tibetans

    • Marion Jones Reports to Jail

      newser  |  Fort Worth Star-Telegram  |  Mar 8, 08 6:09 AM CST

      Marion Jones Reports to Jail

      Marion Jones has entered a federal prison in Texas, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. The disgraced former sprinter is beginning a 6-month sentence for lying to investigators about her use of performance-enhancing drugs and about her role in a check-fraud scam. She has already returned her Olympic gold medals and her name has been removed from the record books. More »

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      steroids  • Olympic Games  • sentencing  • Marion Jones  • probation  • federal prison  • athletics

    • Indian Athletes Aim for Gold on Billionaire's Buck

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 7, 08 8:51 AM CST

      Indian Athletes Aim for Gold on Billionaire's Buck

      Young Indians are training for this summer’s Olympics with the backing of a London-based billionaire steel magnate, the Wall Street Journal reports. Lakshmi Mittal was dismayed by India’s poor showing at Athens in 2004—where the burgeoning superpower earned only a single silver, while archrival China won 32 golds—and founded the Mittal Champions Trust to identify and support promising athletes. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • India  • Olympic Games  • Bangalore  • billionaires  • Lakshmi Mittal

  • February 2008

    • Brit Olympians Hit With Gag Order on China

      newser  |  Daily Mail (UK)  |  Feb 10, 08 9:04 AM CST

      Brit Olympians Hit With Gag Order on China

      British athletes headed to the Beijing Olympics are being required to sign a controversial document barring them from criticizing the Chinese government, reports Britain's Daily Mail . They must promise "not to comment on any politically sensitive issues," said a spokesman for the British Olympic Association, which wrote the contract. Athletes who refuse to sign won't be allowed to travel to the August games, he told CNN. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Olympic Games

    • Freeze of Century Grips China

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Feb 4, 08 4:56 AM CST

      Freeze of Century Grips China

      First it was the snow, now it's the cold wreaking continued havoc in China, leaving millions stranded and millions more without power in the coldest winter in a century. President Hu Jintao chaired an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss rescue efforts in the nation where scores have died, as desperate migrant workers struggled in vain to return home to their families in time for the Lunar New Year. More »

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      China  • Beijing  • Olympic Games  • Hu Jintao  • Shanghai  • winter storms  • Guangzhou

  • January 2008

    • China Shines Image for Olympics

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  Jan 30, 08 2:29 PM CST

      China Shines Image for Olympics

      With less than 200 days to go before the Summer Olympics, Der Spiegel takes an in-depth look at China’s feverish preparations and finds a sprawling bureaucracy working overtime to project the perfect image to the world. But while Beijing might clean the smog, and even prevent rain, making communist China look like an open and free society won’t be easy. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • human rights  • Olympic Games  • Communist Party  • Olympians  • Chinese athletes

    • Judge Sends Jones to Slammer

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 11, 08 12:25 PM CST

      Judge Sends Jones to Slammer

      A federal judge threw the book at Marion Jones today, sentencing the disgraced Olympian to 6 months in prison for lying about steroid use and participating in a check-fraud scam. Jones begged the judge not to separate her from her family, and prosecutors said they were okay with a zero-month sentence. Instead, the judge gave her the maximum sentence recommended in her plea deal. More »

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      steroids  • Olympic Games  • Marion Jones  • BALCO  • track and field

    • 'Bowman the Showman' Found Dead

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jan 11, 08 2:50 AM CST

      'Bowman the Showman' Found Dead

      Former US figure skating champion Christopher Bowman was found dead yesterday in a Los Angeles motel room, AP reports. Authorities suspect a drug overdose. Bowman, 40, won US figure skating titles in 1988 and 1992 and wowed the crowds at the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics. His flamboyant personality and exuberant performances won him the nickname "Bowman the Showman," but his life off the ice was troubled. More »

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      Olympic Games  • overdose  • skating  • figure skating

    • Gatlin Gets 4-Year Ban

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jan 1, 08 10:51 PM CST

      Gatlin Gets 4-Year Ban

      Olympic 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin won't be competing this year in Beijing—or in any other track and field meet—after receiving a four-year ban for a failed drug test in 2006. The sprinter had been arguing his case, saying, for one thing, that a prior doping charge shouldn't count as his first offense, reports the Washington Post. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • Olympic Games  • track and field  • testosterone  • Justin Gatlin

  • December 2007

    • Nazi Architect's Son Has His Own Designs

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  Dec 22, 07 6:14 AM CST

      Nazi Architect's Son Has His Own Designs

      It’s hard to make a name for yourself when you share a name with your father, harder when the father was a famous Nazi architect and friend of Hitler. Urban planner Albert Speer constantly battles the association, keeping a low profile, and, though he has made his mark worldwide, avoiding Berlin. Now, he has his sights on bringing the 2018 Winter Olympics to Munich. More »

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      Germany  • Nazi  • Olympic Games  • Adolf Hitler  • architecture  • urban revitalization  • Munich

    • Kerrigan Plotter Dies at Age 40

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Dec 16, 07 3:31 PM CST

      Kerrigan Plotter Dies at Age 40

      A plotter in the 1994 attack on skater Nancy Kerrigan died this week of natural causes at age 40, the AP reports. Brian Sean Griffith, ex-bodyguard to figure-skating Olympic hopeful Tonya Harding, confessed to helping organize the attack on Kerrigan days after it happened. Griffith served 14 months and later changed his name from Shawn Eckhardt to start a new life. More »

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      obituary  • scandals  • Olympic Games  • assault  • attack  • skating  • figure skating  • Nancy Kerrigan  • Tonya Harding

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