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NBC announces intention to cover Olympics thoroughly
WatchdogIf, perchance, you have an interest in the Beijing Olympic Games next month, NBC is prepared to accommodate you, far beyond the capacity of any single human to consume. Click below for 1,850 words or so of details direct from......Tags: Television Industry, Dick Ebersol, Olympic Games, Softball, Multi-Sport Events
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NBC should sublet 30 Rock as a rental in August
WatchdogClick below for the complete, 2,308-word NBC release regarding its announcing plans for the Beijing Olympics.......Tags: Dick Ebersol, Marcelo Balboa, Olympic Games, Hoop Gymnastics, Track and Field
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Pay IOC president? yes, BUT...
Jacques Rogge told a German newspaper last week that future International Olympic Committee presidents no longer should be volunteers but paid employees. He is right. But only under this condition: If he or she is to be paid, the president who...
Tags: Orthopedic Surgery, Corporate Officers, Politics, National Hockey League, Sports Organizations
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Jim Thorpe's body must be moved closer to casinos, says ruling
Two significant things have changed in Oklahoma's Sac and Fox Indian Nation since the world's greatest athlete died six decades ago. One change is called the Shawnee Casino and the other change is called the Stroud Casino. They are just 25 miles apart...
Tags: Casino and Gambling, Laws, Lifestyle and Leisure, Human Interest, Crime, Law and Justice
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Conflicts of interest abound in IOC decision on wrestling
Wrestling was present at the creation. It is in the Book of Genesis, where Jacob goes to the mat with an angel. It is portrayed on a renowned, 2,500-year-old Greek vase, with Hercules wrestling the life out of the previously invincible Antaeus. It...
Tags: Voting, 2016 Olympic Games, Politics, Wrestling, Track and Field
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Bo still knows
Bo knows. When it comes to playing two sports at the professional level, the degree of difficulty has increased since Bo Jackson starred as a running back for the Raiders and outfielder/designated hitter for the Royals, White Sox and Angels in the...Tags: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, American League, Chicago White Sox
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Digest: Sagamore Farm's Walkwithapurpose wins Caesar's Wish at Laurel
Horse racing Sagamore Farm's Walkwithapurpose wins Caesar's Wish Trainer Ignacio Correas saddled Walkwithapurpose and Listen Boy in Saturday's $150,000 Caesar's Wish Stakes and saw them run first and second in the one-mile test for 3-year-old...Tags: Missouri Comets, Coppin State University, Morgan State University, Track and Field, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Digest: Whack leads hot Mount men to 83-71 win
College basketball Whack leads hot Mount to 83-71 win Rashad Whack scored 26 points to lead host Mount St. Mary's (13-13, 8-7 Northeast Conference) to an 83-71 win over LIU Brooklyn (15-12, 10-5) Thursday night. The Mountaineers have won four games in...Tags: Washington Nationals, Human Accomplishments, LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds, Track and Field, Virginia Cavaliers
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Jim Thorpe ruling portends disturbing questions about Ira Hayes
There cannot be anything less dignified than a bunch of lawyers fighting over the corpse of a hero who deserves to be honored and to rest in peace. Today, the battle is over Jim Thorpe. Tomorrow, maybe it will be over Ira Hayes. Thorpe won 1912...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Justice System, Lifestyle and Leisure, Fines, Whitehall
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Wrestling gets no respect from Olympic committee
Boy did the IOC executive board make a huge blunder and underestimate exactly what it was doing when it made a purely political decision by recommending the removal of wrestling for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Tennis, anyone? How about golf?...
Tags: 2012 Summer Olympics, Wrestling, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Olympic Games, Track and Field
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Elimination of Olympic wrestling shines light on IOC politics
As burning issues go in sports, the elimination of wrestling from the 2020 Olympics is a pilot light. What's more interesting is the strange politics and fractured logic that apparently still exist within the Olympic ruling body, the International...
Tags: Wrestling, Politics, Track and Field, Softball, International Olympic Committee
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Olympic softball field is just the stuff of dreamers
LONDON — It was a cool evening. The setting sun found a tiny hole in the clouds. The occasional sprinkle fell on Regent's Park, and tall grasses that looked as if they belonged on a Midwest prairie began to sway. Then you looked at the grass,...
Tags: Baseball, 2012 Summer Olympics, Sports Organizations, Awards and Prizes, Chicago Tribune Columnists
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