As anyone who is happy to have a four-day work week knows, Friday is Independence Day. On this Fourth of July, we'll take a moment to reflect - reflec ... View all

Mutant seaweed may sink sailing hopes at Beijing Olympics They have battled dense smog, strong tides and no wind but now British sailors training for ... View all

NEW WAVERLY, Texas - Shawn Johnson rarely rests during her workouts. The 16-year-old from West Des Moines, is full of energy from start to finish duri ... View all

A star-studded, presumably better prepared U.S. Olympic men's basketball team was announced Monday, led by expected starters Kobe Bryant, ... View all

‘Anti-China’ groups threaten Olympics By Mure Dickie in Beijing July 5, 2008 A top Chinese security official has warned that “anti- ... View all

When I was a kid growing up in Woodland Hills, California – a suburb in the San Fernando Valley we always had a July 4th parade. It was not very big. ... View all

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) is the first among the four Left parties lending "outside" support to the UPA to secure a mandate fro ... View all

Torres, 41, makes record 5th Olympic swim team (07-05) 04:00 PDT Omaha , Neb. -- Natalie Coughlin is 25 years old, an elder stateswoman of swimming. ... View all

johnb7501 - Saturday, 09 Aug 2008, NSW, Sydney Region - Inner West Ever driven over Iron Cove Bridge and watched the rowing shells knifing ... View all

Being in Atlanta for the 1996 Olympics remains the most memorable sporting event I've attented... for now. At that time, I perceived the Olympics as b ... View all

‘Anti-China’ groups threaten Olympics By Mure Dickie in Beijing July 5, 2008 A top Chinese security official has warned that “an ... View all

U.S. SUBMITS ENTRIES FOR LONDON OLYMPICS, INCLUDING THE TUG-OF-WAR TEAM: The names of 135 male athletes have been forwarded to authorities in London y ... View all

LAS VEGAS - The final six Olympic wrestling berths were decided Sunday night."I'm going to win a gold medal (in Beijing)," said 23-year-old Ben Askren ... View all

What an amazing day in sports history! I have always loved swimming and I have always loved the Olympics. As a kid, I was glued to the television du ... View all

All of us living in Beijing know our landlords have been salivating for months over the windfall they just know they’re going to make by jacking ... View all

Rafael Benitez has lost his battle to prevent Javier Mascherano from going to Beijing after he was yesterday named in Argentina’s Olympic squad.The de ... View all

OMAHA - Brendan Hansen thought his toughest competitor in the 200-meter breaststroke was a half a world away. Turns out, he was in the practice pool w ... View all

EUGENE, Ore. - The rivalry is not yet Ali-Frazier, Russell-Chamberlain or McEnroe-Borg, but LaShawn Merritt and Jeremy Wariner may be forging a classi ... View all

Peter Vanderkaay, a gold medalist at the 2004 Olympics with the 4x200 freestyle relay team, isn't worried about Beijing's pollution despite being diag ... View all

LAS VEGAS - Olympic berths in judo and wrestling will be up for grabs in the same arena this weekend. While judo hopeful Katie Mocco likes the new co ... View all

LAS VEGAS - Patricia Miranda, an Olympic bronze medalist in 2004, came into this year's U.S. Olympic trials as the clear favorite in the 105.5-pound c ... View all

LAS VEGAS - Two and a half weeks removed from his high school graduation, 18-year-old Jake Deitchler of Minnesota earned a spot Saturday night on the ... View all

LAS VEGAS - Ronda Rousey, who needed less than three minutes of total match time to make the team, now looks to become the USA's first Olympic medalis ... View all

Growing up a pony-tailed patriot in America's heartland, shooting hoops on a cement slab at her family's rural Rapid City, S.D., home, where a flag pr ... View all

DES MOINES - Everybody, back in the water.Officials for the Hy-Vee Triathlon determined Wednesday that a swimming stage will be included in this weeke ... View all

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Ryan Lochte bounds off an elevator at the University of Florida swimming offices displaying wild, curly blond hair, a sheepish gr ... View all

INDIANAPOLIS - Troy Dumais moved into elite company in USA Diving history Saturday, but his primary goal is still on the horizon.The 28-year-old Calif ... View all

PHILADELPHIA - After naming Paul Hamm and Jonathan Horton to berths on the U.S. Olympic men's gymnastics team Saturday, a five-man selection committee ... View all

INDIANAPOLIS - After two Olympics and 14 years on the U.S. national team, Laura Wilkinson knows all about comebacks from injuries, from bad breaks, f ... View all

Considering their results, U.S. Olympic trainers are pretty low-key about a flexibility-improving unit that is one of the few research-based training ... View all

The Olympic games have always had their share of unusual sports. Take the biathlon. I mean, who decided that cross-country skiing and then shooting st ... View all

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IOC President: 'Freedom of expression is a basic human right, and that application of rule 51 is a matter of common sense.' "A person's abilit ... View all

Author: Terry Kay Posted: Yesterday 8:15 pm (GMT -7) Topic Replies: 8 Never tried being Dr.Frankenstein mixing up 134-A & R-12. The mixing of ... View all

Legendary Olympic athletes including Roger Federer, Yao Ming, Laure Manaudou, Liu Xiang and Yelena Isinbayeva are among the stars of the International ... View all

Senior Israeli sportsman and one of Olympic Committee’s favorites to win Beijing medal tests positive for non-enhancement drug; International Sa ... View all

TODAY: Putin takes Sochi plans off track to comply with environmental organizations, tax cuts for NGOs raise concerns; UK press has reservations about ... View all

Sport was at the centre stage of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s visit to Vancouver this week. Reviewing the progress of the prepara ... View all

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I'm not an expert on this, but from all of my various conversations with "energy" experts... I have heard some interesting comments. For instance, it' ... View all

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As the heat wave struck the west coast of America, farm workers had to cope with temperatures upwards of 90+°F. Many such workers are what they euphem ... View all

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I started to make this comment in the JZ and Twitter today but decided to save it for the blog. This kind of statement needed to be said to a larger a ... View all

Prince Charles once referred to China’s leaders as “appalling old waxworks,” but the British Olympic Committee seems to find them in ... View all

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