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(6:08) TIME's Sean Gregory shoots hoops with the
LeBron James, who promises the US Olympic basketball team
will take the gold in Beijing, after the relative disappointment of bronze in Athens, 2004. --- LeBron James leads TIME's new list "100 Olympic Athletes to Watch"...
The biggest media village in Olympic Games history
officially opened in northern Beijing on Friday morning.
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When Chinese officials lobbied the International Olympic Committee
(IOC) to add synchronized pole dancing as a demonstration
sport, it met with surprisingly little resistance. While the event was initially to take place at an exclusive “gym” in downtown Beijing, it’s since been moved to a bigger venue to accommodate what’s expected to be a large, boisterous crowd of pole dance devotees.
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Iowa’s Lolo Jones is certainly one of the
cutest Olympians who will be competing in Beijing -
just for kicks, let’s remind everyone about Elka Graham , Dominika Kopcik , and Katie Mocco -but once she collects her Gold medal in the ...
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Top earning female athletes, Wie makes top earning
female athlete list, Female athletes, Earning Female athletes
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Latest Sprots News Reena Kumari's Olympic hopes are
all but over with the archer failing to make
it to the list of 57 athletes who will represent India in Beijing.
It’s still an Olympic sport, which can’t be
said of softball . But beach volleyball seems to
experiencing a jump in popularity, so the NCAA has voted to add it to a list of sports they’re considering to make into actual ...
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You damn right. I said gold medal. LeBron
“Illustrated Man” James has thrown down the gauntlet to
the rest of the basketball-playing world by telling them they are playing for the silver and bronze because Team “Dream Team ...
Iranian authorities are considering whether or not to
allow state television to broadcast women’s events at the
upcoming Beijing Olympics. In question is the dress of the female competitors. Iranian women are required to wear an Islamic ...
A note at my door from MVN Soccer
prompted me to post this awesome Nike Courage video
on THE CAVEMAN NETWORK.
The biggest blame of all that I have
for Iraqi officials is for not going to Lausanne.
I went there last fall for a meeting, and it was one of the most beautiful places on Earth, with great scenery, clean streets, and fresh air. The Olympic place, where IOC is located, is awesome, too. They definitely missed out on a chance to get some respite from the hellhole that is Baghdad.
Haider Nawzad and Hamza Hussein rowing on the
River Tigris
The Olympics are coming! The Olympics are coming!
On 08/08/08 you will be able to witness the
opening ceremony firework extravaganza above the Olympic Forest Park and a portion of the Great Wall.
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U.S. swimmer Jessica Hardy has tested positive for
a banned stimulant and expedited arbitration proceedings aimed at
resolving whether she will remain eligible for the 2008 Olympics have been launched. Hardy, 21, of Los Angeles, tested positive at the ...
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Jessica Hardy, Olympic bound swimmer, has tested positive
for a banned substance just two weeks before the
Beijing Games. The 21 year old from Long Beach, California has left the Palo Alto training facility and returned to her home on Wednesday night while her case is reviewed.
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It’s official, the 2008 Beijing Olympics are here!
Milk has unleashed their Olympic themed Got Milk? advertisement
in this weeks Sports Illustrated to celebrate the 2008 games, which kick off on August 6th. Ten athletes appear in the advertisement, ...
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Jessica Hardy has apparently tested positive for clenbuterol,
a banned stiumlant. She is scheduled to swim in
four events in Beijing. Her attorney is seeking an expedited arbitration hearing. This kind of doping violation could lead to a two-year ban.
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Much is written about Shawn Johnson, but how
much do you know about America’s number two gymnast,
Nastia Liukin?For the video go to Lightthetorch.com
President George Bush hosted members of the US
Olympic and Paralympic teams at the White House this
morning, just days before the teams leave for Beijing.
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Holland’s Olympic football squad was announced 22nd by
their coach, Foppe de Haan. For the roster go
to Lightthetorch.com
Canadian kayaker Adam van Koeverden has been named
his country’s flag bearer at the upcoming Beijing Olympic
Games. He had the disctinction of carrying the flag during the closing ceremonies after he won the gold and bronze medals in flatwater kayaking.
Pearline Williamson, 78-years old, chased down a mugger
and retrieved her stolen purse in North London today.
She is the grandmother of Simeon Williamson, Britain's best chance for a gold medal in the 100-meters in Beijing.
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If the Beijing Olympics' five cuddly mascots go
down in history as a dud, their creator wants
no part of the blame.
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Shhhhhhhhhhhhh, WADA is lips sealed on this, but
leaks say that Tour de France drug cheat Ricardo
Ricco fell to a stealth drug attach by WADA and the drug manufacturer. The new EPO preparation -- CERA -- appears to have a trojan horse ...
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!
It's amazing how much of a spin networks
can put on a simple press release. NBC had
been receiving some bad press as of late for not coming close to selling out their advertising spots for the Olympics, but they want you to know they're okay. ...
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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.
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 ...
Well, its Monday, and you know what that
means. No, it's not time to go back to
work. It's time to objectify beautiful female athletes! So, in that great spirit, I give you perhaps the only reason you'll need to actually sit down and watch the ...
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 ...
Latest Olympics News Compared to an Olympic athlete,
the Formula One driver of old would not stand
a chance in fitness terms.
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The Beijing Olympic torch was relayed Monday on
the sea off Olympic co-host city Qingdao's coast ...This
is the first time the sacred flame is transferred on the sea since the Olympic torch relay kicked off ... Zhang Xiaodong, windsurfing world champion and silver medalist for women's Mistral at 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, received the torch from Huang Sheng, vice governor ...
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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.
Greece, which stunned the United States in basketball
two years ago, will join the Americans at the
Olympics in a strong Group B, which now includes all three medalists from the last world championships.
Normally basketball is an afterthought for Iranian sports
fans, given the popularity of soccer, weightlifting and wrestling.
But with Iran's national basketball team preparing for its first Olympic appearance in 60 years, that has changed.
The site heynielson.com enlisted the help of bloggers
including Juiced Sports Blog, Sports Agent Blog, The Sports
Hernia, With-Malice, Ladies..., The Big Picture, The Sports Lounge, Real Clear Sports, Hoops Addict, Raw Sports, Black Sports, Undrafted Free Agent, and others to create questions for this Olympics quiz.
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'Just Do It' turns 20. Nike marks the
occasion by putting out another fast-paced commercial geared to
the Olympics. What athletes do you recognize?
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The Nielsen Company invited SportsAgentBlog.com to help curate
HeyNielsen.com’s Summer Olympics Trivia Challenge.






























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