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Olympics: New IOC guidelines allow beach volleyball players to cover up
Channel Guide MagazineRemember the ensuing hoopla when American soccer player Brandi Chastain whipped off her jersey to reveal a relatively modest black sports bra when her penalty-shootout kick bested China in the 1999 Women’s World Cup? Just in time for the 2012 London... -
IOC decision on Marial is reason to cheer
LONDON – Professional journalists try to keep the proper distance from subjects we write about. That ethical guideline does not prevent us from feeling human emotions about some of the subjects. So I wanted to cheer early Saturday afternoon when I...
Tags: Road Running, Sports Organizations, Wars and Interventions, Philip Hersh, Sports
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South Sudanese marathoner gets into Olympics as independent athlete
Guor Marial, the South Sudanese marathoner whose man-without-a-country Olympic plight was first brought to light by the Tribune five days ago, will be able to compete in the London Summer Games under the Olympic flag. The International Olympic Committee'...
Tags: Chicago Marathon, Sports Organizations, Sports
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Olympic ticket roads blocked for many Londoners
LONDON -- When they are not complaining about traffic dislocations and commuting slowdowns created by designated Olympic lanes and the expected crush of Olympic visitors on public transport, Londoners' most frequent complaint about the upcoming Summer...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Trips and Vacations, Sports Organizations, Philip Hersh, Travel
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IOC should honor slain '72' Israeli athletes in Olympic Opening Ceremony
These days, silence holds just as much power – and maybe more – in sports than words. Perhaps that is why the International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge dug his feet in the ground against honoring the slain Israeli athletes...
Tags: Elections, Sports Organizations, Sports, Politics, Barack Obama
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A Woman’s Place: Qatar, Brunei and Saudi Arabia send female athletes to the London games.
Channel Guide MagazineIt’s hard to imagine the Olympics without the ladies. In fact, for lots of us — especially us fellow females — our first, or best, Olympic memory is entirely girly. Nadia Comaneci. Mary Lou Retton. Dorothy Hamill. Kristi Yamaguchi. Flo-... -
In the Pipeline: Making noise over minute of silence
With the Olympics starting this coming week, I wanted to point out that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the worst day in Olympic history. In 1972, at the Munich games, eight Palestinian terrorists killed two Israeli athletes and took nine...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Terrorism, Sports Organizations, Disneyland Park, George Santayana
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Olympics: Iran news renews flap about not facing Israeli athletes
World NowAfter an Iranian official said that Iranian athletes would play “every country” at the Olympics, it seemed the London Games would put a halt to Iranians boycotting games to avoid facing off against Israelis. But the question is up in the air... -
Tasty Olde English food no longer pie in the sky
LONDON – It wasn’t so many years ago that if you told friends of plans to be in London for a month, they would have said. “You have to eat English food that long?” To everyone but a pompous Frenchman, that notion thankfully become...
Tags: Summer Olympics, Pies and Tarts, Sports Organizations, Lamb, Sports
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What if Chicago had hit gold with 2016 bid?
LONDON — What if, on Oct. 2, 2009, in Denmark, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge had said: "Tonight I have the honor to announce that the Games of the 31st Olympiad are awarded to the city of ... Chicago."? In the nearly three...
Tags: Leona Lewis, David Beckham, Michael Jordan, Jimmy Page, Summer Olympics
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An Olympic tragedy
In September 1972, the world watched in disbelief as 11 Israeli athletes were murdered by the Palestinian terrorist organization "Black September" at the Summer Olympic Games in Munich. The story, and Israel's decade-long retaliation, have been captured...
Tags: Marketing, Summer Olympics, England, Avery Brundage, Sports Organizations
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Belarus leader denied entry to Britain for Olympics or otherwise
World NowBelarus President Alexander Lukashenko, viewed by many as Europe's last dictator, will not attend the London games after being denied a British visa, officials said Wednesday....
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|Story| HB Independent
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| Los Angeles Times
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|Column| Chicago Tribune
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|Column| Chicago Tribune
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|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jul 25, 2012
| Los Angeles Times
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