The Olympics are supposed to promote peace and goodwill among people and countries. But only one day after the U.S. Olympic Committee announced plans to launch a new cable channel dedicated to ...

In hindsight, considering the wild success of the Los Angeles Olympics, it might seem odd that anyone did not want to be part of the games that opened 25 years ago this week. The Soviet Bloc had ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A controversy over the U.S. committee’s plans to launch its own ...

Olympics Get A Bailout, Too : Planet Money The British government announced a huge cash advance to the struggling developers of the 2012 Olympic village. Planet Money The Economy Explained ...

All he's going to do is get better, and hopefully, in the 2012 Olympics, he can be part of the team, and we'll have some fun," remarked James, per Peoria Journal Star. LBJ spotted greatness in D-Rose ...

Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics has been turned down by the International Olympic Committee, Reuters and the Associated Press just reported. We'll have more as the news comes in. Scroll ...

Martin Griff / The Times Banners at the Boise Airport tipped me for on some pretty exciting news for the state capital of Idaho. A Google search lead me to these details at this website: From 7-13 ...

Improved Air Quality During Beijing Olympics Could Inform Pollution-curbing Policies. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 07 / 090724113548.htm ...

SYDNEY, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Australia's world and olympic breaststroke champion Leisel Jones is skipping next year's world championships in Rome in the hope of prolonging her career.

President Barack Obama’s personal appeal to deliver the 2016 Olympic Games to his hometown of Chicago was rejected in a swift rebuff that threatened to diminish his political clout at home and ...