Winter Olympics, Vancouver Edition: An Insider's Guide to the Legends, the Lore, and the Games
Fiji Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Two of Fiji's trained Doping Control Officers (DCOs) have been officially invited to take part at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Anti-Doping Program from January to March 2010.
Pedestrian.tv (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
According to The Courier Mail Foxtel have enlisted MTV VJ Ruby Rose and Canadian crooner Michael Buble to headline their coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Rose will "host extreme sports such as snowboarding and freestyle skiing", which we assume is the result of a Foxtel intern finding the above picture on the internet, while Buble will take Ice Hockey. Foxtel's TV director Brian Walsh...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Rusty Goepel was named the new chairman of the organising committee for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics replacing Jack Poole who died last month.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Modeling the games after soccer’s World CupEditor, The Times:Thank you for your series of articles on the Olympics [“Olympic business stays in the ‘family,’ ” page one, Nov. 17].Unfortunately, it is disheartening to see how the Olympic ticket sales are being managed, and the price gouging occurring within package sales. I think the Vancouver Organizing Committee and the...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Police had said they planned to use the so-called long range acoustic device (LRAD) as a public address system to communicate with large crowds, and not as a weapon.
BrandDunk (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Quick name 5 athletes that will compete in the upcoming Winter Olympics… Now name 5 athletes that competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing… Which was easier to do? Majority of people (especially in the United States) will be able to name athletes who compete in the Summer Games. Very few will know the names of [...]
Times of India (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Actor Akshay Kumar has been nominated India's ambassador to the 2010 Olympic games in Canada. He is the only actor in the list of 14 international celebrities invited for the Olympic torch relay in Vancouver.
Britannica Blog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
While Vancouver may be the star of the show, the entire Canadian province of British Columbia is eagerly awaiting the arrival of the 2010 Winter Olympics – making it the perfect location for a winter holiday in Canada this year. Packed with ideas for ski holidays in North America, the twin locations of Whistler and Vancouver are set to draw holidaymakers from around the world during the two-month...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The IOC is pleased with the court decision barring female ski jumpers from the Vancouver Olympics saying the games can proceed as planned.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
I went up to City Hall the other day to watch some of our state legislators, members of the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means, figure out some of same to wipe their hands of what one called "our fiasco" at Squaw Valley. Various state and federal agencies...
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
THE British Columbia Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed a bid by women ski jumpers to force Vancouver Olympic organisers to let them compete.
Worldcups-The latest sports feeds (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Women ski jumpers sue for the right to compete in the Vancouver Olympics and stop men from jumping if women can’t. Unless a Canadian court decides otherwise, the ski jumper with the longest flight on record at Vancouver’s Olympic facility will not attend the winter Games in February. She is not allowed to compete. Olympic ski jumping is [...]
Strange Bedfellows (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Hosting of 2010 Winter Games "does not appear to have directly drawn a significant number of visitors in British Columbia and Canada," reports independent PricewaterhouseCoopers study.
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Akshay has been nominated India's ambassador to the games, and is the only actor in the list of prominent torchbearers from across the world
Newsgasm (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
I am so excited!!! The Winter Olympics are my favorite EVER! Here are some of the promos they're running in case you've missed them... Get stoked!!! Here's Shaun White: And, Apolo Ohno:...
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