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Football has opened its eyes wide to the
benefits of world travel since a member of Ron
Atkinson's West Brom squad stood with his team-mates at the Great Wall of China.
The Blues set off the preseason in fine
fashion Wednesday, blanking Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 4-0 in China. Peep
the photos below. Looks like Deco is already finding form.
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NBC to Stream thier NFL games live on the internet this season.
Posted 3 hours ago at SportsFilter
Amnesty International Protest Olympics With Disturbing Posters
Posted 21 hours ago at FanIQ Blog
Amnesty International Is Trying To Haunt Your Olympic Dreams [2008 Beijing Olympics]
Posted 24 hours ago at Deadspin
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Spencer Hall is at SEC Media Days and
marveling at the corporate efficiency of it all. Only
running twenty minutes late! Practically on time for Birmingham. If the Cultural Revolution had taken place in Alabama and not in China, they, too would ...
At the start of the Clausura 2008 season,
few American soccer fans had heard of Michael Orozco.
Now, though, he's become a part of the U.S. national team system and will represent the U.S. in the upcoming Summer Olympics. And while he'll be away ...
(07-23) 20:24 PDT -- Outfielder Nate Schierholtz finally
found a ticket out of Fresno. He is going
to Beijing with the U.S. Olympic team. Schierholtz was named Wednesday as a replacement for injured Cardinals outfield prospect Colby Rasmus . This is ...
The Olympics begin in August, and they're in
China, so, you know, it should be a rather
fascinating world event, if you're into fascinating world events. And we are proud to welcome back our Deadspin Beijing Bureau , our own trio of correspondents ...
More good news from Beijing today as a
gaseous substance flooded the Olympic Broadcasting Center that will
house thousands of broadcasters from around the world next month. Via Newsday.... BEIJING (AP) _ Hundreds of people were evacuated Wednesday ...
Beijing is setting up designated demonstration areas -
MILES away from the Olympic Green, and the main
festivities. Plus, you've got to apply for permission to protest!
Chinese authorities are hunting bombers who killed two
people in attacks on commuter buses yesterday morning, just
three weeks before the Beijing Olympic Games begin. The first bomb exploded at 7:05 a.m. on a bus at a stop on People's Road West, one of the main thoroughfares of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, which borders Vietnam, Burma, and Tibet in China's far south.
The reports say it is a mild ankle
sprain. LeBron has had a few of those, and
with rest he is able to shake them off. So this shouldn’t worry Cavs fans too much, as long as we’re hearing the truth, and it is a mild sprain. With little time before the Olympic team [...]
Interesting note in the Chicago Tribune yesterday :
While NBC is sending an astonishing 2,900 people out
to Beijing to cover the listless Olympics, not every sport will be called by on-scene broadcasters. Ten sports will be called by announcers who ...
For most of the players, today was the
first training session as part of the Olympic team.
The core group has been together several times since the end of 2007, but of course there were some new faces as well. Newcomers to the team who trained today ...
by Tracer Bullet , Staff Writer I was
lounging pool-side with a cocktail at the palatial Manse
EC this morning when Editor-in-Chief and billionaire tyrant DC Scrap dumped a bottle of hideously expensive champagne over my head. "Get your lazy ass to ...
One of the hottest topics among Chinese basketball
reporters recently is what is the real target of
the national men's basketball team at the Beijing Olympic Games. Li Yuanwei, vice president of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and director of the Chinese Basketball Management Center, said the goal at the Olympics is to advance to the quarterfinals.
This years Robocup 2008 tournament featured miniature humanoid
robots competing as a team to win the soccer
tournament hosted in Suzhou China. The robots were able to complete passes, chase down lose balls, albeit very slowly(think Abel Xavier), and score goals. Could this be the future of soccer? Will we see Jozy Altidore partnered up top in the 2014 World Cup by Wynaldatron #9? Videos included..
Whatchutalkin' bout... And One is p r
e t t y excited ...: *whistles innocently the
themes to NBA 01 --09* China's new black friend. The Zoner thinks China is a bit sketchy : when you consider the deadly pollution, tibetan oppression and now add in this--they got the olympics how? Digital ...
You there. Yes, you. Don't you love freedom,
apple pie, and John Mellencamp-crooned commercials? Of course you
do. But you also hate traffic. "Oh God, everyone else driving is such an idiot! If they watched where they were going, I wouldn't be ...
Many of the numbers related to NBC and
its Olympics coverage are staggering: The network will employ
2,900 people, including 106 commentators, to broadcast 3,600 hours of the Summer Games in Beijing across seven channels and NBCOlympics.com. But ...
From Beijing Boyce: Tom Miller of the South
China Morning Post reported today that bars in central
Beijing have been instructed to not serve blacks or Mongolians during the Olympics: Beijing authorities are secretly planning to ban black people and ...
We have further evidence that when thinking of
China, one should imagine it as an alien world
totally unready to deal with anyone who doesn't happen to be Han Chinese. According to the South China Morning Post, the authorities in Beijing asked ...
kobebryant071808.jpg In a couple of weeks Beijing will
turn into a party town and Sanlitun is predicted
to be the epicenter of the Olympic night events. The South China Morning Post has however reported that the bar owners in the area were asked to ...
So Coke came out with a new commercial
surrounding the Olympics and Lebron and Yao are featured
as both a cartoon and their real selves. Via Ball Don't Lie.... That was all things weird and exciting at the same time. It's like a America versus ...
An article by Bao Tong, one of the
most well–known important Chinese dissidents. He speaks out about
the true political aims behind the Beijing Olympics. 1. The problem of 'Saving Face' The Beijing Olympics are a great opportunity for China to show off its splendour to the world. Since the Olympic Games take place every four years, a new venue must be found every four years. It is not that ...
Group C
Belgium
Brazil
China
New Zealand
(a BallHype Original article) SAN DIEGO: The setting
was a sold-out Torero Stadium, where the Americans hosted
the Brazilians in an international friendly seen live on Fox Soccer Channel. --- These are the same two teams who met in the 2004 Olympics Championship, and they are both preparing for the 2008 tournament which begins 3 weeks from tonight in China. --- ...
CHINESE officials implicated in an embarrassing spy scandal
involving a female Danish football team will not be
punished after the International Olympic Committee's ethics committee's refusal to investigate the allegations. The issue has raised ...
2008 USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team Training
Schedule ... June 28-29 Las Vegas Training Las Vegas,
Nevada June 28 (12:00-3:00 p.m.) USA Team Training Cox Pavilion, UNLV, Las Vegas, Nevada July 21-25 Las Vegas Training/Exhibition Las Vegas, ...
The hottest orgy with a celebrity dress -
Ever want to sniff Stacy Keibler’s crotch? Buy her
dress, like Busted Coverage did - Alyssa Milano - Here’s what NCAA Football 09 needs - Lauren Conrad may very well be coming to your town - Kids love beer if they’re Cubs fans - Five fictional movies that changed reality - Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel no longer ...
Drogba and Lampard set to board plane to
China for pre-season tour.
From Chinaview comes news that Olympic race walker
Song Hongjuan sang the wrong song to the lyrics
of EPO. Doping earned the former Olympian a four year ban (we think #107 below). Former Chinese Olympian Song Hongjuan has been banned ...
Ever since the Chinese government pulled that bullshit
capture of Jack Bauer, I haven’t been a big
fan of the pork fried rice free samples at the mall. But the Lo Mein Warriors took one step in the right direction today, releasing its list of banned and restricted items for Olympic spectators. Not sure whether it’s safe knowing that security used this same list for the Kanye West Glow In The Dark
The Olympics should not be boycotted but there
are ways that we can still enjoy the games
and still show China that their support of Sudan and Sudanese Oil is unacceptable. This campaign targets the sponsors of the 2008 Olympic games. Join this campaign if you're interested and support Darfur.
Includes a drunk soccer ref from Belarus, a
flying bullfighter from Spain and a Olympic fan from
China that sticks pins with different flags in his head.
Let’s put President Bush’s decision in context: no
U.S. President has ever attended Olympic Games held outside
of the United States. Ever. President Bush’s decision to attend the Olympic Games in Beijing has been taken in the face of the opposition of various U.S. Senators and Congresspeople, thousands of pro-human rights groups all over the world, millions of American citizens, as well as ...
Apresentação dos Jogos Olímpicos de Pequim, China 2008
Os Jogos Olímpicos são um evento multi-desportivo internacional dividido
em dois, os Jogos Olímpicos de Verão e os Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno, que são disputados de quatro em quatro anos, o que equivale a uma Olimpíada.




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