1 months ago in News & Current Events - The International Olympic Committee praised Chinese organizers for their nearly flawless execution of the Games, but watchdog groups criticized the report for ignoring human-rights violations. ...

tags: olympic games 2008, olympic games, freedom and human rights, international olympic committee, human rights watch, committee to protect journalists, amnesty international, united states olympic committee, thomas, katie, rogge, jacques, beijing china

2 months ago in Sports & Recreation - A former official who oversaw citywide construction projects for this year’s Olympic Games has been given a suspended death sentence in a case that involved bribery and lavish living. ...

tags: beijing china, capital punishment, bribery, frauds and swindling, olympic games 2008

2 months ago in Sports & Recreation - All six members of the Chinese women’s gymnastics team met the age requirements to compete at the Beijing Olympics, officials from the International Gymnastics Federations said Wednesday. ...

tags: gymnastics, olympic games 2008, beijing china

2 months ago in Sports & Recreation - The swimmer Dara Torres has found her appeal greater than ever, despite failing to win gold in Beijing. ...

tags: torres, dara, olympic games 2008, swimming, olympic games

2 months ago in Sports & Recreation - A physicist has done the math and says Usain Bolt could have run the 100-meter final at the Beijing Olympics in 9.55 seconds if he had not slowed down to showboat. ...

tags: bolt, usain, olympic games 2008, track and field, running

2 months ago in Sports & Recreation - People who were kept from protesting are skeptical that there has been any real increase in freedom of speech, despite the hopes of the International Olympic Committee. ...

tags: olympic games 2008, demonstrations and riots, freedom of speech and expression, china

2 months ago in Sports & Recreation - Requirements that elite athletes provide their schedules so doping testers know where they can be found any time of night or day are proving trying for Olympians. ...

tags: olympic games 2008, tests and testing, steroids, coughlin, natalie, lochte, ryan

2 months ago in Sports & Recreation - Michael Phelps visited the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, but was so tired from his brutal traveling schedule that he didn’t follow through on the original plan to ring the opening bell. ...

tags: olympic games 2008, phelps, michael, swimming

2 months ago in Sports & Recreation - China’s decision to detain petitioners reflected the extreme irritability to even minor protest actions that gripped the capital during the Olympics. ...

tags: olympic games 2008, demonstrations and riots, freedom and human rights, china, police, wu dianyuan, wang xiuying

2 months ago in Sports & Recreation - Bloggers have uncovered government documents suggesting that Chinese gymnasts did not meet the minimum age requirements. ...

tags: he kexin, jiang yuyuan, international olympic committee, age, chronological, gymnastics, olympic games 2008

2 months ago in Sports & Recreation - The government is taking a step to shore up the reputation of that most dubious of national sports icons: the men’s soccer team. ...

tags: olympic games 2008, soccer, news and news media, politics and government, athletics and sports, propaganda, liu xiang, china, xinhua

2 months ago in Sports & Recreation - The Olympics’ star athletes are hoping to cash in on Chinas’s boom in sports marketing and sponsorship deals. ...

tags: advertising and marketing, olympic games 2008, china, wade, dwyane, athletics and sports, small business audience

2 months ago in Sports & Recreation - If you spent any time in front of the TV, you probably saw more of Beijing than I did. And you surely saw more of the Games. ...

tags: olympic games 2008, beijing china, china, mcgrath, charles

2 months ago in Sports & Recreation - It is any outsider’s guess what happens next in China after a successful Olympics. We, like the Chinese proletariat, will have to wait, hope and see. ...

tags: olympic games 2008, china, beijing china

2 months ago in Sports & Recreation - For London, the trap is to avoid being accused of wasting money on a short-lived event, while not being seen as skimping on the Olympic Games. ...

tags: olympic games 2008, olympic games 2012, london england, beijing china, olympic games, international olympic committee

2 months ago in Sports & Recreation - To reassert its global pre-eminence, the United States men’s basketball team did everything but rewrite the rules and restripe the courts. That last part is coming, though. ...

tags: basketball, olympic games 2008, national basketball assn

2 months ago in Sports & Recreation - Will the Olympics’ success lead China to domestic reforms or convince leaders that their current model is working? ...

tags: beijing china, china, olympic games 2008, politics and government, economic conditions and trends, civil rights, freedom and human rights

2 months ago in Sports & Recreation - The extent to which the Internet served as a supplement to television was unprecedented, and there were two clear winners: NBC’s Web site and Yahoo’s Olympics section. ...

tags: olympic games 2008, computers and the internet, news and news media, beijing china, online advertising

2 months ago in Sports & Recreation - A top Chinese sports official said that the gymnast He Kexin had moved from one team to another last year, and an incorrect birth date was written on the registration forms. ...

tags: gymnastics, age, chronological, olympic games 2008, he kexin

2 months ago in Sports & Recreation - Getting U.S. stars like Michael Phelps to perform live in prime time was just one of the moves that set up the spectacular success NBC achieved in the Beijing Games. ...

tags: olympic games 2008, beijing china, national broadcasting co, ebersol, dick, international olympic committee, television, computers and the internet, advertising and marketing