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Miami seeking support in countdown to 2022 World Cup bid announcement
The Business of Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsJust 30 days remain until FIFA announces the host country for the 2022 World Cup. So the Miami Host City Bid Committee is continuing to rev up support to bring the world???s largest sporting event to the U.S. The committee......Tags: FIFA World Cup, Multi-Sport Events, Sports, Soccer
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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: Clubs and Associations, Olympic Games, Arts and Culture, Beijing Games, Rusty Brown
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Bob Costas sits down with Jacques Rogge
WatchdogClick below for NBC's transcript of Bob Costas' sitdown with IOC boss Jacques Rogge, as well as Costas' closing remarks last night. Limited blogging this week. Please be brave. You'll get through this, dear readers.......Tags: Marathon, Athletes, Olympic Games, Arts and Culture, Michael Phelps
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Obama: Chicago Olympics booster?
The Swampby Mark Silva Could Barack Obama's election as president be good for Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics? A columnist in Canada thinks so: "It was the day after the U.S. election and the Japanese were unhappy,'' writes Jack Todd,......Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, Recording Industry Association of America, Multi-Sport Events, Sports
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Obama video to open Olympic session
The Swampby John McCormick and Philip Hersh President Barack Obama has taped a video greeting that will be shown Saturday during an opening session with the International Olympic Committee evaluation team visiting Chicago this weekend. A White House official said....Tags: Barack Obama, Olympic Games, Oprah Winfrey, Sports, White House
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Obama's Chicago Olympics lure: Noticed
The Swampby Mark Silva Taking stock of President Barack Obama's "unprecedented" role in Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, Ken Vogel at Politico has called on some International Olympic Committee members who are noticing, too. "Any president would have...Tags: Barack Obama, David Axelrod, Summer Olympics, Public Relations, Recording Industry Association of America
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World Cup talks: South Africa and U.S.?
The Swampby Mark Silva At this moment, we are told, President Barack Obama is lobbying the head of FIFA to schedule a World Cup soccer tournament in the United States. And at this moment, we are told, FIFA president Joseph Blatter......Tags: Barack Obama, Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup, Lobbying, G8
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Chicago Olympics: Congress on record
The Swampby Richard Simon The House of Representatives today threw its support behind Chicago's bid to host the 2016 summer Olympic games. That puts Congress on record for an international contest that will be settled in October. ``The city of big......Tags: Judy Biggert, Government, Recording Industry Association of America, National Government, Multi-Sport Events
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Miami still in the running to host future World Cup
The Business of Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsAnd then there were 27??? The USA Bid Committee narrowed on Thursday its list of potential U.S. cities to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup to 27, including Miami and Land Shark Stadium. Eleven U.S. communities were stripped from......Tags: Emilio Estefan, FIFA World Cup, Multi-Sport Events, Alonzo Mourning, Music Industry
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Obama: Michelle 'best' for Copenhagen
The Swampby Mark Silva First Lady Michelle Obama plans to travel next month to Copenhagen, where the International Olympic Committee will select the host city for the 2016 summer games. It has been unclear whether President Barack Obama would accompany her......Tags: Barack Obama, Summer Olympics, Michelle Obama, Government, National Government
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Michelle Obama's Olympic bid: Kleenex
The Swampby Mark Silva It seems that President Barack Obama is intent on sending the First Lady to Copenhagen, without presidential backup, for a U.S. bid for the 2016 summer Olympics. And it seems the first lady has a strategy: "There......Tags: Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, Michelle Obama, Sports
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Obama: Copenhagen-bound for IOC
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated again at 4:10 pm EDT Let the games begin: President Barack Obama, who initially planned to let First Lady Michelle Obama represent the United States in Copenhagen this week, when the International Olympic Committee......Tags: Beijing Games, Michelle Obama, Pat Quinn, Lobbying, Arne Duncan
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