Olympic Games
London may be better, not bigger
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31, 2008 – After the enormity that was the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, a clear call for sanity is being sounded in London, host of the next Olympic Games, […]
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U.S. tracksters better at the Trials than at the Games
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29, 2008 – The Olympic Games are over and for the world’s top track & field athletes, it’s back to business as usual. The highlight will be Jamaican world-record holder Usain Bolt […]
Olympic Games
That Legacy Thing
LOS ANGELES, May 1, 2008 – “It’s the first city ever in the world that managed to turn Olympic Games into a downturn in tourism, which is incredible,” wailed Chris Brown, the managing director of […]
Olympic Games
Race for the Rings: What did Paris do wrong?
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 11, 2005 – In the aftermath of London’s upset of Paris in the race to host the Games of the XXX Olympiad in 2012, the hand-wringing in France and the sharp comments […]