cbs4denver.com: Sports (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter says that if Chicago does not receive the 2016 Summer Games, Denver could be a viable candidate for the Winter Olympics two years later.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Could Denver bid for the Winter Olympics in 2018? Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter says if Chicago does not receive the 2016 Summer Games, Denver could be a viable candidate for the Winter Olympics two years later.
News1130 - All News Radio (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
The City of Vancouver is putting together a game plan to deal with potential emergencies during the 2010 Winter Olympics. Everything from natural disasters and major power failures, to communication breakdowns ...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Sochi's successful bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics has also left residents of Russia's city worried about their own future, says Steven Eke.
News1130 - All News Radio (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
The City of Vancouver is already working on plans to reduce traffic by as much as 35 per cent during the 2010 Winter Olympics. The draft traffic plan is designed to keep the city moving, and avoiding ...
Global News Blog (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
Global News Blog / IPS Jon Elmer VANCOUVER, Dec 1 (IPS) - A coalition of indigenous elders, social justice activists and community organisers is voicing opposition to the upcoming Winter Olympics, promising to continue their protests up to and throughout the 2010 games. Taking advantage of a three-day media briefing hosted by the official Olympic body [...]
Metroblogging Los Angeles (Free subscription) | yesterday
... and the BCS Champion, the Super Bowl Champion, and the Gold Medal Curling Team of the 2010 Winter Olympics have already been decided by HAL 9000. But you can still watch the events as they happen on a bunch of big TV screens. Dec. 3 Grammy Nominations concert at Nokia Theatre , LA Live, featuring performances by Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Foo Fighters, B.B. King, John Mayer, and Taylor...
SI.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... a shortlist in October, and IOC members will vote on the host city in February 2010 during the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.Even before the current global economic downturn, the IOC said the Youth Games should be staged in existing stadiums and venues and not burden the host city with new construction costs.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
They are the forgotten men of the 2010 Winter Olympics, their achievement lost to time and the accumulating hoopla of the biggest event in British Columbia's history. But without the long-ago efforts of former Vancouver Canucks owner Arthur Griffiths, Tourism Vancouver's Rick Antonson and then-NDP premier Glen Clark, there would be no Games here at all.
Anchorage Daily News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... animation film set for global release in early 2010 to coincide with the Vancouver Winter Olympics. The "spirit" or Kermode bear is a whitish subspecies of the black bear found on the British Columbia coast and as far north as Juneau. See a YouTube video and the Spirit Bear Youth Coalition site . Gov. Sarah Palin's polarizing quest for the vice presidency actually brought Utah Republicans...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
The countdown clock for the 2010 Winter Olympics has taken a timeout.Vancouver Olympic officials were notified early yesterday morning that the large digital clock had stopped.While the showpiece has taken a licking but kept on ticking before, this time it appears that faulty wiring and not vandalism is at work.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Make way for Mukmuk mania.After selling more than 200,000 kid-sized versions of official mascots Miga, Quatchi and Sumi, organizers for the 2010 Winter Olympics celebrated the first anniversary of their unveiling by introducing a new plush animal to merchandising tables across the country, a tuque-wearing Vancouver Island marmot known as Mukmuk.
News1130 - All News Radio (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
The countdown clock for the 2010 Winter Olympics has temporarily stopped working, apparently due to a technical problem. VANOC was notified early this morning that the large digital clock outside the ...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
... world's butt.' " This weekend that's what she's aiming to do at the season's first World Cup in Winterberg, Germany. "I just want to be home," she says. "I just can't, because he asked me not to be."Ted Uhlaender played eight seasons in the majors, including a 1972 World Series appearance with the Cincinnati Reds. He knows such glorified pursuits require singular vision and, too often, emotional...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics keep edging closer, but for Mira Leung, they're drifting further away.Once touted as a Canadian Olympic hopeful in figure skating, Leung seems to be falling off the competitive map.
