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Mini Goes to Work at the Olympics
KickingTiresA very mini Mini is stealing a tiny bit of the spotlight at this summer's Olympic Games in London. BMW is putting quarter-scale versions of the Mini Cooper to work at the track and field events at Olympic Stadium, retrieving......Tags: Theft, Paralympic Games
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TV types and Chinese officials not seeing eye to eye
WatchdogThis story describes some serious disagreements between Chinese officials and TV people scheduled to televise the Olympic Games, including NBC. It poses the possibility that the Games will not be televised at all. Whew. Now I can do other things...... -
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: Pentathlon Swimming, Multi-Sport Events, Satellite and Cable Service, Gymnastics, Water Polo
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Olympic news
Roch Around the ClockIn case you missed it, Single-A Frederick pitcher Jake Arrieta has been named to Team USA for the Olympic games in Bejing.Arrieta tossed a scoreless inning in the Futures Game earlier this week. ...... -
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: Multi-Sport Events, Pentathlon Swimming, Gymnastics, Diving, Water Polo
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NFL Network officially tabs Bob Papa play-by-play man
WatchdogThe NFL Network this morning finally announced what WatchDog reported June 25: That Giants radio man Bob Papa has been hired to succeed Bryant Gumbel as its play-by-play voice alongside Cris Collinsworth. Excellent choice. Click below for the news...Tags: Denver Broncos, Multi-Sport Events, Cleveland Browns, Sports, Football
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Clamping down on dissent in China and at "The Club"
O, by the WaySports journalism normally doesn't get tangled up in First Amendment issues. It is our colleagues working in City Hall or are otherwise engaged with the "real world" who have to battle their way through freedom-of-speech issues. But a pair of......Tags: Sports Organizations, Multi-Sport Events, Lifestyle and Leisure, Arts and Culture, Sports
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Bush: 'Life after the White House'
The Swampby Mark Silva As his term nears an end, President Bush continually faces the legacy question. He answered it rather bluntly in an interview conducted on the eve of his final tour of East Asia coming next week. "What is......Tags: Government, George W. Bush, White House, Politics, National Government
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Bush: Congress stands in way of oil
The Swampby Mark Silva Americans are heading out for vacations. Congress has left town for August. And nothing is getting done about the high cost of gasoline, says President Bush, spending a couple days of his own at the family compound......Tags: Barack Obama, Government, George W. Bush, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Petroleum Industry
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Bushes in Beijing: A certain 'candor'
The Swampby Mark Silva This visit of President Bush to China, for the opening ceremony of the summer Olympics, was not only a sporting occasion. It was a family reunion. And it was political as well, on the ramparts, if not......Tags: Summer Olympics, Government, George W. Bush, White House, Politics
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Bush presses China on human rights
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush, making his last planned tour of Asia as president, took a stage in Banghkok today to deliver tough words for China which he is unlikely to make in any public appearances there this weekend. Bush,......Tags: Government, George W. Bush, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Multi-Sport Events
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Bush won't sway Putin on Georgia
The Swampby Frank James The limits of the U.S.'s ability to influence the course of international events are particularly on display right now as Russian leaders ignore U.S. demands to end their use of military force against the Georgians. President Bush,......Tags: Government, George W. Bush, Multi-Sport Events, Washington Post Co., Condoleezza Rice
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