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  • July 2008

    • Top 100 Olympians to Watch

      Time  |  Jul 28, 08 4:07 PM CDT

      Top 100 Olympians to Watch

      (Newser) - With the Beijing Olympics right around the corner, Time lists the top 100 athletes to watch. A sampling of stars gunning for gold, from the court to the pool to the track: LeBron James, basketball: This determined athlete's golden guarantee is raising hopes for the US team, which has lost to the likes of Greece and Puerto Rico in recent years. Dara Torres, swimming: No swimmer has qualified a fifth Olympic run—until now. This American broke that record and may break other ones, even at age 41. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • LeBron James  • athlete  • Michael Phelps  • Yao Ming  • Dara Torres  • Liu Xiang

    • Hand Will Keep Gymnast Hamm From Beijing

      Associated Press  |  Jul 28, 08 1:07 PM CDT

      Hand Will Keep Gymnast Hamm From Beijing

      (AP) - Paul Hamm will not be going to the Beijing Olympics to defend his all-around gold medal, the US gymnast announced today, because his broken right hand has not healed sufficiently. He also hurt his rotator cuff in his accelerated recovery effort. "I have put my heart and soul into my comeback and done everything I could to get ready in time to compete in Beijing," Hamm said in a statement. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • gymnastics  • US Olympic athletes  • Paul Hamm

    • Heavy Smog Greets Olympians

      Associated Press  |  Jul 27, 08 5:55 PM CDT

      Heavy Smog Greets Olympians

      (Newser) - Beijing has just 12 days left to clear its skies before the start of the Summer Olympics and things are still looking mighty smoggy, reports the AP. Visibility was a mere half-mile in some parts of the city and the Athletes’ Village was invisible from the nearby Olympic Green, despite drastic traffic restrictions in the capital. “It doesn't really look so good,” an Olympic committee member said. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • Beijing  • pollution  • Olympic Games  • air pollution  • smog

    • Chinese Gymnasts May be Underage

      New York Times  |  Jul 27, 08 8:05 AM CDT

      Chinese Gymnasts May be Underage

      (Newser) - Two of China's Olympic gymnasts may be younger than the cutoff age of 16, although their passports indicate otherwise, the New York Times reports. He Kexin and Jiang Yuyuan both hold papers citing 1991 birthdates, but previous competition records indicate they may be just 14. Why would China want to slip younger gymnasts onto its team? More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • age  • gymnastics  • passport  • gymnast

    • US Olympians Under 'Lockdown'

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Jul 25, 08 2:15 PM CDT

      US Olympians Under 'Lockdown'

      (Newser) - The US Olympic Committee is keeping a tight grip on its athletes headed to Beijing. Ninety percent of Olympians are being "processed" through California's San Jose State University, and the USOC has requested that they not leave campus or talk to outsiders, an experience some athletes are describing as "lockdown," reports the Mercury News. More »

    • Pierce: US Basketball Needs Win Worse Than Celtics Did

      Associated Press  |  Jul 24, 08 7:59 PM CDT

      Pierce: US Basketball Needs Win Worse Than Celtics Did

      (AP) - Now that the Boston Celtics are once again NBA champions, American basketball's next great championship hope falls to the men's Olympic team. "They need it worse than the Celtics needed a championship this year," said Celtics forward Paul Pierce. "The US has been a perennial basketball power and they just need to establish that once again. I think this is the team to do it." More »

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      basketball  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Boston Celtics  • Paul Pierce  • Boston

    • Iraq Barred From Beijing Games

      MSNBC  |  Jul 24, 08 1:21 PM CDT

      Iraq Barred From Beijing Games

      (Newser) - Iraq has been banned from next month’s Beijing Olympics because of what the International Olympic Committee calls government interference in the Olympic process, MSNBC reports. The Iraqi leadership dissolved the country’s Olympic committee, which is supposed to be an independent body of elected officials, and replaced it with a temporary group of their own selection. More »

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      Iraq  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Sunni  • International Olympic Committee  • Shia  • Iraqi government

    • Obama Buys $5M in Olympic Ad Time

      TV Week  |  Jul 24, 08 6:52 AM CDT

      Obama Buys $5M in Olympic Ad Time

      (Newser) - The Obama campaign has bought $5 million worth of network and cable television airtime to run during coverage of the Beijing Olympics, reports TV Week. It's the first major TV airtime purchase by a political candidate in 16 years. NBC and its cable channels will air 3,600 hours of Olympic coverage beginning August 8. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Obama 2008  • NBC  • matching funds  • ad campaign

    • US Swimmer 'Tests Positive for Banned Substance'

      Associated Press  |  Jul 24, 08 5:10 AM CDT

      US Swimmer 'Tests Positive for Banned Substance'

      (Newser) - American swimmer Jessica Hardy's Olympics may already be over. The 50-meter breaststroke world record holder has tested positive for a banned stimulant, insiders told the AP. Hardy has the right to pursue appeals, but if they fail she could face a 2-year ban and Team USA will suffer a major blow to its Olympic hopes. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • swimming  • USA Swimming  • doping  • sports doping

    • Beijing to Set Up Olympic Protest Zones

      Associated Press  |  Jul 23, 08 1:08 PM CDT

      Beijing to Set Up Olympic Protest Zones

      (AP) - Beijing will set up specially designated zones for protesters during next month's Olympics, a security official said today, in a sign that China's authoritarian government may allow some demonstrations during the games. "This will allow people to protest without disrupting the Olympics," said the director of the Shanghai Institute of American Studies, which lobbied Chinese leaders to set up the protest zones. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Olympic protests

    • Chinese Athletes Destitute After Glory Days

      NPR  |  Jul 23, 08 8:35 AM CDT

      Chinese Athletes Destitute After Glory Days

      (Newser) - Zhao Yonghua was a Chinese national skiing champion and won several gold medals. But now, at 31, she is bedridden from diabetes, exacerbated by overtraining. With no hope of recovery or employment, the former star finally had to sell one of her gold medals to raise money for treatment. As NPR reports, Zhao is only one of many athletes whose lives have been upended in pursuit of sporting glory. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • athlete  • gold medal  • Chinese athletes  • injured

    • Critics Make Sport of Olympic Mascots

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 23, 08 3:30 AM CDT

      Critics Make Sport of Olympic Mascots

      (Newser) - 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  •