Chicago news (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Olympic organizers intend to "bear down" on costs in the wake of the global financial crisis and do everything possible to avoid overruns on the $17 billion budget for the 2012 Summer Games.
CBS 4 - South Florida's Source for (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Olympic organizers intend to "bear down" on costs in the wake of the global financial crisis and do everything possible to avoid overruns on the $17 billion budget for the 2012 Summer Games.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Olympic organizers intend to "bear down" on costs in the wake of the global financial crisis and do everything possible to avoid overruns on the $17 billion budget for the 2012 Summer Games.
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
LONDON -- Olympic organizers intend to "bear down" on costs in the wake of the global financial crisis and do everything possible to avoid overruns on the $17 billion budget for the 2012 Summer Games.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Olympic organizers intend to "bear down" on costs in the wake of the global financial crisis and do everything possible to avoid overruns on the $17 billion budget for the 2012 Summer Games.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
LONDON -- Olympic organizers intend to "bear down" on costs in the wake of the global financial crisis and do everything possible to avoid overruns on the $17 billion budget for the 2012 Summer Games.
DigitalBattle (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Former CEO of monolithic publisher Electronic Arts, Larry Probst, now has a new job heading the US Olympic Committee. He will be tasked with garnering financial support in the country’s current unstable economy, as well as helping Chicago secure its bid to host the 2016 Summer Games. "He brings to us a number of skills," [...]
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Olympic organizers intend to "bear down" on costs in the wake of the global financial crisis and do everything possible to avoid overruns on the $17 billion budget for the 2012 Summer Games.
China travel industry news (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
... from Nielsen reveals that interest in travelling to China rose from 45% of respondents before the Games to (wait for it, wait for it) 51% afterwards. Yes, your maths is correct - all that effort, money, disruption and trouble and China may, if they’re lucky, have impressed 6% of the people! Also, fascinatingly, interest in visiting China was highest in Hong Kong. Would you not, we humbly...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Eight years ago, Will Groulx was based in Virginia while serving in the Navy, studying for a career in medicine, when a motorcycle accident left him a quadriplegic.Today, Groulx, 34, wears an Olympian's gold medal.A month after the 2008 Olympic Summer Games left Beijing, sports competition continued at the venues during the Beijing Paralympic Games held Sept. 6 to 17. Groulx, one...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
... in the fight against cancer. The broadcast special will feature Olympic champions of the 2008 Summer Games, led by Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin, along with other members of Team USA. The gymnasts' performances will be paired with icons of song, including Grammy-award winner Carole King, Cyndi Lauper, and Billboard sensations Natasha Bedingfield and Jesse McCartney. Also appearing...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
All blood samples taken during the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing will be re-tested using new methods to detect performance-enhancing drugs, the IOC announced on Wednesday, Oct. 8. "The IOC intends to retest the samples collected this summer during the Olympic Games in Beijing," IOC spokeswoman Emmanuelle Moreau told the German news agency dpa. "Substances that will be tested...
SportsFilter (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
I found this very interesting. I've played both sports, but like the cricketers in the article, couldn't adjust my batting technique to the demands of the baseball swing.However, the former Australian captain Allan Border was a top grade baseball player, and another former captain, Ian Chappell, wasn't bad either. Unfortunately, cricket is a summer game, too, which limits the chances...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Though they've been growing in popularity for a few years, purchases of home trampolines are on an upward trend, in part spurred by their presence in the Summer Olympics.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Thoughts while (still) deleting dated releases and messages left over from the Beijing Olympics ...• Although the performance of Michael Phelps and the hugely successful Summer Games might still be on everybody's mind, it's time to turn our attention from swimsuits to sequins: We're just more than two weeks away from figure skating's ISU Grand Prix opener -- Skate America in Spokane,...
