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17 Nov 14 : 20 | Hoff Switches to Phelps Coach Katie Hoff, who failed to live up to the hype surrounding her at the Beijing Olympic Games, has announced that she will be training under Michael Phelps’ coach, Bob Bowman in the future. The 19-year-old fellow Baltimore native earned two Bronze Medals and one Silver Medal in Beijing–no small... Source : Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News |
17 Nov 14 : 32 | Bode Miller Back on the Podium in the Slalom For the first time in more than two years, Olympian Bode Miller got a chance to stand on the medal podium this weekend. The 31-year-old Olympic Silver Medalist (Salt Lake City), two-time world champion, and last year’s overall World Cup leader, was just beat out by France’s Jean-Baptiste Grange... Source : Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News |
14 Nov 14 : 41 | Baseball Makes its Case for Olympic Reinstatement A team of six, including Baseball Federation president Harvey Schiller and Detroit Tigers center-fielder Curtis Granderson, addressed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Geneva on Friday, hoping for baseball to have a place in the 2016 Games. Two of the IOC concerns were the recent... Source : Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News |
11 Nov 21 : 17 | Scenes from Sochi The 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia (along the Black Sea) are just 1914 days away. Below are some scenes of the Olympic site beginning to take shape. It’s certainly a lovely place. It’ll be interesting to see how it develops. (photo credit: Newscom) Tags: Sochi 2014Share This Source : Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News |
07 Nov 18 : 54 | Liu Xiang to Have Surgery in US Liu Xiang of China, the 2007 world champion and 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 110m hurdles event, will be having surgery to remove calcifications around his Achilles tendon in the United States, his coach announced on Friday. The 24-year-old was forced to withdraw from the 110m hurdles event in... Source : Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News |
06 Nov 18 : 14 | Will Obama’s Victory Help Chicago’s Olympic Bid? At least one prospective 2016 Olympic city is worried that the election of Chicagoan, Barack Obama as president of the United States will give Chicago an advantage in the selection process. Japanese organizers have reportedly been concerned that all of Chicago’s recent attention from the... Source : Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News |
04 Nov 17 : 52 | Maurice Greene on DTWS - Week Eight Just when I thought that Olympian sprinter, Maurice Greene was going to be the next to be eliminated on the ABC reality show, “Dancing with the Stars,” he steps up his game. Last night the two-time Gold Medalist and his professional dancing partner, Cheryl Burke performed the Samba with flair... Source : Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News |
04 Nov 16 : 52 | Former Olympian Flees Hungarian Prison Sentence Peter Farkas (pictured above at right), who won the Gold Medal at the 1992 Games in the 82kg class of Greco-Roman wrestling, fled a Hungarian courtroom on November 3 during a break in the proceedings after being sentenced to a five-year prison term for operating a marijuana growing facility. The... Source : Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News |
03 Nov 09 : 42 | Olympian Radcliffe Wins New York Marathon Four-time Olympian, Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain was the fastest female finisher at this weekend’s New York Marathon, a 26.2 mile race that snakes through all of the city’s five boroughs. Radcliffe is one of just two women to win the race three times. She won in 2007 and in 2004. Radcliffe... Source : Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News |
03 Nov 14 : 13 | Skate Canada Results Skate Canada, a Grand Prix figure skating event, was held this past weekend in Ottawa. Here are the results: Mens: Patrick Chan (Canada), Ryan Bradley (USA), Evan Lysacek (USA). Below is the Gold-Medal-winning performance: Ladies: Joannie Rochette (Canada), Fumie Suguri (Japan), Alissa Czisny... Source : Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News |
30 Oct 21 : 16 | Stones to Headline London Olympic Opening Ceremonies The Opening Ceremonies for the 2012 London Olympic Games may just be worth the price of an airline ticket “across the pond.” Reportedly the show will include performances by the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Elton John, Phil Collins, Sting, and other British rockers. All I can say is “WOW.”... Source : Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News |
29 Oct 16 : 03 | FIG to License Gymnasts to Help Prove Age In an attempt to prevent future controversies like the one in Beijing where two Chinese Gold-Medalists were accused of being younger than the 16 years required for Olympic competition, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) announced on Monday. Beginning January 1, all junior and senior... Source : Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News |
29 Oct 15 : 52 | Maurice Greene on Dancing with the Stars - Week 7 Our remaining Olympian, Maurice Greene made in through the elimination night in week seven of the ABC reality show, “Dancing with the Stars.” However, I think his days way be numbered unless he picks up his game. The Gold-Medal-winning sprinter’s waltz lacked grace and charisma this week.... Source : Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News |
27 Oct 14 : 39 | Grant Hackett Retiring Australian Olympic, long-distance swimmer, Grant Hackett is announcing his retirement from swimming at Australia’s Swimmer of the Year awards banquet this evening. The 28-year-old has seven Olympic Medals to his name, including three Golds. Hackett competed in the Sydney, Athens, and Beijing... Source : Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News |
26 Oct 21 : 32 | Nadal Wins Prestigious Sports Award It’s been quite a year for Spanish tennis player, Rafael Nadal. He won two Grand Slam tennis tournaments; he won the Gold Medal in the men’s individual competition in Beijing; and he replaced Roger Federer as the #1 mens tennis player in the world. Now add to that list the Prince of Asturias... Source : Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News |
27 Oct 13 : 57 | Kim Wins Skate America Eighteen-year-old Korean, Yu-Na Kim handily won the womens individual competition at Skate America in Everett Washington yesterday. Although Kim’s performance wasn’t perfect, it had a grace and fluidity that the other skaters’ routines lacked. Even more amazingly, this was her first appearance... Source : Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News |
26 Oct 21 : 12 | World Cup Skiing Season Begins var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(320,213,216271,"http://pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resourc es/Css/css2.css")}catch(ex){}}() For those of us eager for the Winter Olympic Games to get here, there was a teaser this weekend as the season began for world cup skiing at the FIS Audi Alpine... Source : Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News |
24 Oct 19 : 06 | Maurice Greene Hangs In on DWTS Our remaining Olympian, sprinter Maurice Greene has made it to the half-way point on the ABC reality show, “Dancing with the Stars.” He and professional dance partner, Cheryl Burke danced the Salsa, earning a 27 out of 30 from the judges. No video is available of their performance, but there is... Source : Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News |
23 Oct 20 : 42 | Win a $200 Amazon Gift Certificate to Celebrate the Breeder’s Cup In celebration of the Breeder’s Cup, we are having a little contest here in the Sports Channel. And what can you win? A $200 gift certificate to Amazon to do whatever you please. How do you win? That’s easy. All you have to do is leave a comment on any five of these blogs. You can choose which... Source : Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News |
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