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NEWS ABOUT: Olympic athletes

Olympic athletes stories: 22 news summaries

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Forget Olympics: Gladiators Takes Gold for Fun

Rocketball and Gauntlet make better TV than all that running and swimming

Aug 2, 08 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - American Gladiators wraps up just before the Olympics, and the Games will seem mighty dull by comparison, Ben Mathis-Lilley writes in the Washington Post.  Rooting for the team is what makes watching sports fun, he writes, and it's much easier to root for an ordinary joe playing Rocketball than... More »

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sports • NBC • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athletics • Hulk Hogan • American Gladiators • Olympic athletes

 US Olympians Under 'Lockdown' 


Organizing committee keeps close watch on athletes

Jul 25, 08 2:15 PM CDT
(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... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • San Jose State University • US Olympic Committee • Olympic athletes • Olympic security • US Olympic athletes

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