Isn't this what make the Olympics great?

Is dousing the Olympic torch a crime (or a tort)?

SPORTSbyBROOKS found this 4/12/2008 on sports-law.blogspot.com

On the Olympic torch's path around the world to the site of the 2008 summer Olympics, the torch has been a target of protests directed at the repressive actions of the competition's host government. China's recent crackdown on Tibetan monks has been ...

The IOC Does Not Feel Your Pain

chimprage posted 4/11/2008 from www.deuceofdavenport.com

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Words to live by if you're International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge. Athletes can be expelled from the Beijing Games if they display Tibetan flags at Olympic venues including their rooms. Rogge said that participants are free to express their political views but would face "sanctions" if they engage in propaganda. Whatever, dude. The IOC ...

China Ruins Olympics' One Chance To Be Interesting

chimprage posted 4/10/2008 from www.deuceofdavenport.com

Chinese officials said today that they have uncovered and foiled a terrorist plot to kidnap athletes, foreign journalists and tourists at the Olympic games in Beijing. 35 people from a "vast terrorist gang" have been arrested in the past few weeks and officials are keeping on top of things to prevent anymore syndicates from popping up and succeeding. Damn. Not that I really wish anyone to ...

Yesterday's party

nittanywhiteout posted 4/10/2008 from sportsillustrated.cnn.com

Its time for the Olympic Flame to be put out permanently.

The Olympic Flame, Stoking Fires Of Protest

Larry Brown Sports found this 4/9/2008 on s2nblog.wordpress.com

There are a lot of people not taking very well to the torch run for the upcoming Beijing Olympics. There have been attempts to douse it in Greece and now France, and when it comes through San Francisco, in its sole North American appearance ...