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Jul 13 2008

Bolt fires another Olympic warning - Reuters

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AFP

Bolt fires another Olympic warning
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Barney Spender ATHENS (Reuters) - Jamaica's Usain Bolt laid down another marker for the Beijing Olympics when he ran the fastest 200 meters of the year ...
Usain Bolt hammers out Beijing double gold warning AFP
Bolt posts fastest 200 time of year at Athens meet The Associated Press
Bolt blasts to fastest 200m of the year CNN International
International Herald Tribune - Washington Post
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Jul 13 2008

US Olympic Trial Team Is Shut Out in Futures Game (Update1) - Bloomberg

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US Olympic Trial Team Is Shut Out in Futures Game (Update1)
Bloomberg - 5 hours ago
By Danielle Sessa July 13 (Bloomberg) -- A group of minor-league players trying to make the US Olympic baseball team was shut out by a club made up of ...
Futures Game to highlight young talent MLB.com
Futures Gamers hoping to go to Beijing MLB.com
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Jul 13 2008

Hurdles star Jana Rawlinson apologises for Athens Olympics media … - Melbourne Herald Sun

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CBC.ca

Hurdles star Jana Rawlinson apologises for Athens Olympics media ...
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 1 hour ago
It was the 400m hurdler's most candid appraisal of her tumultuous lead-up to the Athens Olympics, when the daily soap opera about her injured knee turned ...
Jana's slow burn for London The Australian
Mottram's mountain high Sydney Morning Herald
London calling, Rawlinson accepts challenge The Age
Jamaica Observer - ABC Online
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Jul 13 2008

China squeezes advertising space for Olympic drop-ins - Sydney Morning Herald

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China squeezes advertising space for Olympic drop-ins
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 1 hour ago
THE Chinese Government has begun restricting advertising space in Beijing, giving preference to the sponsors of the Olympic Games. ...
Create your own Olympics viewers guide USA Today
Olympic Sponsors to Benefit Under a Tougher Stance in China New York Times
Network opens its online Olympic coverage CNN
Sudbury Star - Hollywood Reporter
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Jul 13 2008

China's media freedom is in name only - Sydney Morning Herald

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New York Times

China's media freedom is in name only
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 39 minutes ago
He said the introduction of Olympic reporting regulations 18 months ago to allow foreign, but not domestic, reporters to travel freely and interview anyone ...
China pledges media freedom at Olympic Games The Associated Press
Beijing 2008 Olympics: China gets ready to smile for the cameras Telegraph.co.uk
A jittery China awaits the Olympics International Herald Tribune
Times Online - International Herald Tribune
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Jul 13 2008

Men's Olympic favorites win Chicago beach volleyball - Chicago Tribune

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Men's Olympic favorites win Chicago beach volleyball
Chicago Tribune, United States - 3 hours ago
Dalhausser and Rogers showed why they will be gold-medal favorites at the Summer Games in China with a 21-13, 21-15 victory over US Olympic teammates Jake ...
Olympic beach volleyball teams square off in Chicago Open finals nwitimes.com
Rogers, Dalhausser get best of fellow Olympians NBCOlympics.com
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Jul 13 2008

Drug questions dog Dara - Los Angeles Times

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Washington Post

Drug questions dog Dara
Los Angeles Times, CA - 2 hours ago
Torres, who hadn't competed in Olympic trials in eight years, can understand the nature of sport, in this post-Barry Bonds, post-Marion Jones world. ...
Paul Lewis: Super tales fall flat after dope scandals New Zealand Herald
Torres takes on fifth Olympics at 41 AFP
Wessler: Let Dara be a freak of nature Peoria Journal Star
BBC Sport - San Luis Obispo Tribune
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Jul 13 2008

Olympic buzz: A bit about Beijing - Kansas City Star

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Olympic buzz: A bit about Beijing
Kansas City Star, MO - 3 hours ago
He’s the 18-year-old son of Connie Carpenter-Phinney and Davis Phinney, both of whom won Olympic cycling medals. Taylor grew up in Boulder, Colo., ...
After years of waiting, BMX set to go big time USA Today
China thinking small to take gold-medal crown USA Today
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Jul 13 2008

Olympic buzz: A bit about Beijing - Kansas City Star

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Olympic buzz: A bit about Beijing
Kansas City Star, MO - 1 hour ago
He’s the 18-year-old son of Connie Carpenter-Phinney and Davis Phinney, both of whom won Olympic cycling medals. Taylor grew up in Boulder, Colo., ...
After years of waiting, BMX set to go big time USA Today
all 23 news articles

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Jul 13 2008

Doping scandals once again overshadow Olympic weightlifting … - CNN

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Doping scandals once again overshadow Olympic weightlifting ...
CNN - 30 minutes ago
Instead, weightlifting yet again is sullied by doping scandals ahead of an Olympics. Bulgaria has withdrawn its entire team after 11 athletes tested ...

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