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Olympic Games (2008)
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
China’s gymnasts cleared in probe
Sports |
October 2, 2008
The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) said its investigation into the ages of the Chinese gymnasts who won the women’s team gold medal at the Beijing Olympics showed that there was no attempt to falsify ages. Read more
Friday, September 5, 2008
Paralympics boon to China’s disabled
World |
September 5, 2008
Never mind the prospect of a swimmer competing in the butterfly who has only one leg, or a long jumper who is blind. Read more
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Unsung hero
Sports |
August 31, 2008
Michael Phelps returned from Beijing to a Magic Kingdom, a Disneyland parade in a red convertible with Mickey Mouse at his side and America at his feet. Read more
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Games whet caterer’s appetite for growth
Business |
August 30, 2008
The athletes have checked out of the Olympic village, but Wang Gang and his wife, Liang Di, are still running around here serving Dongpo pork and other famous Chinese dishes to hundreds of Olympic staff. Read more
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
A high price for Chinese gold
World |
August 26, 2008
If anybody feels a pang of jealousy over China’s haul of Olympic gold medals, they need only pause to consider what the athletes went through to get them. Read more
Instant demands have cost at Beijing Games
Sports |
August 26, 2008
BEIJING – As that world-famous flake and occasional tennis player Goran Ivanisevic once said, after an especially difficult loss at the U.S. Open, I see the plane flying over and I can see my seat on it. Read more
Monday, August 25, 2008
WINNERS, SPORT BY SPORT
Sports |
August 25, 2008
Basketball: It was a little closer than most expected, but the U.S. redeemed its poor performance in Athens by beating Spain, 118-107, for the gold medal Sunday. Read more
Hungary gets gold in water polo
Sports |
August 25, 2008
BEIJING – Yingdong Natatorium turned into a little slice of Budapest on Sunday afternoon as the Hungarian men’s team cemented its status as the New York Yankees of water polo, winning a third straight Olympic gold medal. Read more
A look at the 29th Summer Games, by the numbers
Sports |
August 25, 2008
BEIJING – Count along with us as we look back on the 29th Summer Olympic Games. Read more
Mexico has reason for hope in future Games
Sports |
August 25, 2008
BEIJING – Paola Espinosa carried Mexico’s flag in the opening ceremony, and for the first week and a half of the Beijing Games, she carried her country’s Olympic hopes as well. Read more
As the Games fade, questions linger
Sports |
August 25, 2008
The torch has been extinguished, the mass exodus from Beijing has begun and all that remains of the 2008 Olympics are the memories, the DVDs and questions. Read more
Bahamas takes the crown in medals per capita
Sports |
August 25, 2008
Just as England once lived under the Tudor, China once lived under the Ming and the American League East once lived under the Torre, we earthlings live under a dynasty these days. Read more
Kobe Bryant an Olympic champion with U.S. basketball win
Sports |
August 25, 2008
Beijing
Kobe Bryant waved to the roaring crowd at Wukesong Arena, pounding his hand over his heart and beaming a smile as wide as all of China. Read more
REMEMBERING BEIJING
Sports |
August 25, 2008
Beijing
The air turned an eerie white four days before the opening ceremony, then became a murky haze that hung over this city for a week. Read more
Gold medal heralds the arrival of USA Volleyball
Sports |
August 25, 2008
BEIJING – As the U.S. men’s indoor volleyball team joyously and raucously celebrated its unlikeliest of gold medals, its coach, Hugh McCutcheon, found a private corridor to collect his thoughts. Read more
Hugh McCutcheon keeps the focus on his U.S. volleyball team
Sports |
August 25, 2008
Beijing
This Olympic story is an epic, the kind of real-life movie that captivates you and leaves you choking back tears on your family-room couch. Read more
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Her kids get medals for their fights
Sports |
August 23, 2008
BEIJING – Of all the Lopez family’s achievements in these Olympic Games, perhaps the most significant is this:
Ondina Lopez boarded a plane. Read more
X-rays good as gold in telling age
Science |
August 23, 2008
How do you tell the age of a Chinese gymnast? Read more
Clearing the way for the long run
Sports |
August 23, 2008
BEIJING – Forget disturbing weather forecasts and pollution-index numbers. Read more
