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Beijing's Obstacle Course In "The Olympic Challenge," Pico Iyer insinuates that the world will regret awarding China the 2008 Olympics as it did with the 1936 Games in Berlin [Aug. 4]. Why even mention that established architect Albert Speer, the son of Hitler's architect, contributed to the design...
America's pastime, baseball, and its sister sport, softball, will be banished from the Olympic program after Beijing. But flag-waving Americans shouldn't be dismayed. For on Aug. 20, a new event will debut at the Olympics, a quintessential U.S endeavor that will make all the red-white-and...
That sport was a hit, so NBC is giving BMX cycling the Phelps treatment. The bikers will race during breakfast in Beijing, and NBC will air it live in prime time on Aug. 20. Track won't get that kind of placement.
More athletes than ever are competing in Beijing under flags (and, in many cases, names) different from the ones under which they were born, bending the very notion of national identity. For some observers, this growing trend is a symbol of how sport transcends national borders, giving athletes a chance...
Though Matt, 27, refuses to get depressed, pangs still pound his stomach. Shooting gets the spotlight only every four years, when the Olympics rolls around, and even then, something extraordinary - like back-to-back epic chokes - must take place for the sport to snare a headline. Ever hear of Americans...