Monday, September 8, 2008
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ATLANTA -- Dwight Howard and his Olympic gold medal have been nearly inseparable since the Beijing Games.| • 2 out of 3 people worldwide tuned in for Olympics |
| NEW YORK -- More than two out of three people worldwide tuned in for the Beijing Olympics. |
| • U.S. boxing coach Dan Campbell retires |
| U.S. boxing coach Dan Campbell retired Friday after his attempt to remake the American team backfired in Beijing with its worst showing in Olympic history. |
| • Howard visits Atlanta alma mater with gold medal |
| ATLANTA -- Dwight Howard and his Olympic gold medal have been nearly inseparable since the Beijing Games. |
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 |
| • Phelps using $1M bonus to start swim foundation |
| NEW YORK -- Michael Phelps will put his $1 million bonus to good use, announcing plans to start a foundation promoting water safety and youth swimming. |
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 |
| • Olympic gymnast Liukin honored in hometown parade |
| PARKER, Texas -- Olympic gold-medalist Nastia Liukin has been greeted by flocks of fans at a welcome-home parade in her North Texas town. |
Thursday, August 28, 2008 |
| • Michael Phelps in NYC to boost youth swimming |
| NEW YORK -- Michael Phelps wants everyone in the pool. |
| • Beijing is fertile ground for MLB baseball scouts |
| BEIJING -- Used to be baseball scouts could get by on nothing more than an eye for talent, a stomach for greasy-food dinners and a tolerance for flea-bag roadside motels in places like Mobridge, S.D., or Tupelo, Miss. |
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 |
| • Americans establish Olympic camp for Iraqi girls |
| KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- During the next Summer Olympics in 2012, Sarah Hillyer hopes to be rooting for the Iraqi women's basketball team. |
| • Greatest athlete of all time moniker a tricky one |
| I knew I was going to hear someone say it, so I braced myself. |
| • Greatest athlete? The world has changed since Jim Thorpe |
| BEIJING -- The U.S. Track and Field folks sent out this quaint little e-mail Friday, moments after American Bryan Clay won the Olympic decathlon. The subject line was: "Clay claims 'World's Greatest Athlete' moniker." |
Monday, August 25, 2008 |
| • Slideshow: Beijing Olympic Closing Ceremony August 24 |
| StandardNET Extra: See highlights from the Beijing Olympic Closing Ceremony on August 24, 2008. |
| • The good, bad and ugly from the Olympics |
| So now that the Beijing Olympics are history, the question must be asked: Did China accomplish its mission? |
| • Fidel Castro: Corrupt judges hurt Cuban Olympians |
| HAVANA -- Fidel Castro on Monday defended the Cuban taekwondo athlete who kicked a referee in the face at the Beijing Olympics, saying Angel Matos was rightfully indignant over his disqualification from the bronze-medal match. |
| • Eight points to make on NBC's Olympic coverage |
| Who knew 3,600 hours of broadcast television and video streaming could fly by so quickly? Seems like it was only 17 days ago that the Summer Olympics began. But now Beijing is in the books. |
Sunday, August 24, 2008 |
| • Slideshow: August 23 Beijing Olympic highlights |
| StandardNET Extra: See highlights from the Beijing Olympics on August 23, 2008. |
| • What we'll remember from 2008 Olympics |
| BEIJING -- The two premier athletes at the Beijing Olympics propelled their bodies faster than anyone ever had. And that's what the Olympics are, at heart -- a test of the human body. |
| • Archer Lorig picked to carry U.S. flag in Closing Ceremonies |
| BEIJING -- It turns out U.S. athletes, at least those who compete in the Olympics, have a world view. |
| • Roundup: Relays rebound, baseball bronze |
| BEIJING -- Sanya Richards took the baton for the final lap of the 1,600-meter relay with the U.S. in second place. Three turns later, Richards remained several strides behind, yet another disappointment looming. |
| • The best and worst of times for volleyball's Hugh McCutcheon |
| BEIJING -- Even gold couldn't soothe the heartache. |
Saturday, August 23, 2008 |
| • Bloggers with Utah ties talk about being in China for the 2008 Olympics |
Read blogs from Utahns about the Olympics. |
| • Slideshow: August 22 Beijing Olympic highlights |
| StandardNET Extra: See highlights from the Beijing Olympics on August 22, 2008. |
Friday, August 22, 2008 |
| • Slideshow: August 21 Beijing Olympic highlights |
| StandardNET Extra: See highlights from the Beijing Olympics on August 21, 2008. |
| • U.S. soccer delivers the gold |
| BEIJING -- They came to the Beijing Olympics as a team trying to find its way, still adjusting to a new coach and each other, still smarting from a loss that brought humiliation on and off the field. |
Thursday, August 21, 2008 |
| • NEW Videos from the 2008 Olympics |
| Watch videos from The Associated Press about the ongoing Olympics in Beijing. |
| • Slideshow: August 20 Beijing Olympic highlights |
| StandardNET Extra: See highlights from the Beijing Olympics on August 20, 2008. |
| • American men beat Aussies, advance to semis |
| BEIJING -- Don't doubt this U.S. men's basketball team -- and sure don't challenge them, either. |
| • U.S. men's volleyball team rallies |
| BEIJING -- Real-life, tug-at-the-heartstrings drama has been part of the entire Olympics for the U.S. men's volleyball team. |
| • Like lightning, Bolt sets record |
| Jamaican runner wins 200 meters |
| • A drop of disappointment hits USA track and field |
| BEIJING -- The loudest sound in Olympic track and field is the clang of a falling relay baton. |
| • Mom makes good on promise, beats fear of flying to see kids compete |
| BEIJING -- Of all the Lopez family's achievements in these Olympic Games, perhaps the most significant is this: |
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