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"We played tennis and lost. George was tired, and I played lousy.'' So wrote former U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush in his diary on June 4, 1975. The George who was tired that day was Bush's son and current President George W. Bush - jet-lagged, no doubt, because...
The boisterous game, in which players try to toss Ping-Pong balls across a table into cups of beer and drink if theirs are hit, is becoming so popular that it is in the midst of a backlash. Some cities and campuses troubled by the binge-drinking culture that accompanies...
For thousands of athletes and coaches, touchdown in Beijing marks the culmination of years of hard work. But for a select few, flying into Beijing has also been a homecoming. Chinese coaches are just the latest "Made in China" export, and this month, many are returning so their international charges...
Journeymen coaches have long been part of the sporting narrative, with European soccer managers flitting between rival nations and Eastern Europeans spanning the world to run gymnastics camps. But China has only recently started offering coaches for export. For decades, the People's Republic's state-run sports system was...
But as China transformed over the last two decades from an Olympic afterthought to athletic powerhouse and travel restrictions on its citizens eased, Chinese coaches suddenly have found themselves in hot demand. With the Games in Beijing, their home-turf knowledge is an advantage. Their expertise is particularly valued in...