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Jamaica sweeps the sprint golds in Beijing
Reuters - Thu Aug 21, 1:23 PM ETBEIJING (Reuters) - Jamaica made a clean sweep of Olympic sprint golds on Thursday with victory in the women's 200 meters humbling the United States, the traditional track and field superpower.
Off the Wires
- US beats Brazil 1-0 for gold medal AP - 41 minutes ago
- US softball team loses 3-1 to Japan, denied gold AP - 1 hour, 52 minutes ago
- Bad day for US at softball, track — and much more AP - 2 hours, 37 minutes ago
- China's Chen wins women's 10m platform gold AFP - 2 hours, 54 minutes ago
- NBC trying to keep the Phelps glow AP - Thu Aug 21, 2:53 PM ET
News Stories
- China's Choreographed Detentions at The Washington Post - Fri, Aug 15, 2008
- Behind the Opening Ceremony, a Paralyzing Fall at The New York Times - Thu, Aug 14, 2008
- China Olympic ceremony star mimed at BBC - Tue, Aug 12, 2008
- As a coach mourns, his team tries to regain focus at Boston Globe - Mon, Aug 11, 2008
- Volleyball team trying to cope with death at Toronto Star (reg req'd) - Mon, Aug 11, 2008
Feature Articles
- After Glory of a Lifetime, Asking 'What Now?' at The New York Times - Mon, Aug 18, 2008
- Everybody in the pool: Torres inspires older women AP via Yahoo! News - Thu, Aug 14, 2008
- Olympic stars struggle to score showbiz gold Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu, Aug 14, 2008
- Bloggers enraged over "pretty face" fakery Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed, Aug 13, 2008
- Michael Phelps: A Real GOAT Time.com via Yahoo! News - Wed, Aug 13, 2008
- The Incredible Evolution of the Olympics LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News - Tue, Aug 12, 2008
Opinion & Editorials
- Michael Phelps is not the greatest Olympic athlete in history at The Los Angeles Times - Thu, Aug 14, 2008
- The Beijing Olympics is bringing the IOC into disrepute Daily Telegraph (UK) - Thu, Aug 14, 2008
- Jokes about the Olympics McClatchy Blog - China Rises via Yahoo! News - Tue, Aug 12, 2008
- Age Before Snooty at The Wall Street Journal - Mon, Aug 11, 2008
- Lezak's swim is one for the ages at SI.com - Mon, Aug 11, 2008
- Pop the cork at The Los Angeles Times - Mon, Aug 11, 2008
Related Web Sites
- Yahoo! Sports: 2006 Turin Winter Olympics
- sports-focused news and exclusive analysis.
- Torino 2006
- official site of XX Olympic Winter Games to be held February 11-26, 2006.
- International Olympic Committee
- official site of the Olympic movement. Includes information on the election for the 2012 Summer Games.
- Beijing 2008
- official site for 2008 Summer Olympics.
- Vancouver 2010
- official site for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
- United States Olympic Committee
- includes athlete profiles, an events list, and a look at summer and winter sports.