olympic-games Stories - Required Elements
Jo to miss early season games
Barcelona's Ronaldinho and Real Madrid forward Robinho will lead Brazil's assault on a first Olympic football gold in Beijing in August. Manchester United midfielder Anderson is one of three Premier League players selected in the 18-man squad. Manchester City's new record signing Jo, Liverpool...
NBC versus USOC
USA Gymnastics recently signed a tv deal to air its biggest events on NBC and its Universal Sports channel, according to the Associated Press. However, the article adds that the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) recently struck a deal with Comcast to have a network go on the air after the...
2008-09 US Yearbook: Pairs Edition
The second part of the 2008-09 Yearbook takes a look at the American pair crop. The American pairs are becoming that kid in class who the teacher just couldn't reach, although she or he had such high hopes for them. Let's hope this year goes a bit better. There are two US Skate America berths...
Morning Orange Juice, 7.7.08
Steve Mims of the Register-Guard has a great story on former Oregon State track star Dick Fosbury and the "Fosbury Flop" that he reinvented. Fosbury was a 1965 graduate of Medford High School, and ran track and field at Oregon State, where he perfected the flop. It was at the 1968 Olympic Games...
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