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Chicago mayor heads for Turkey to promote city

Associated Press
Nov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley will head for Turkey later this week to promote Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Daley will fly to Istanbul on Thursday f...
Wrestler banned 2 years for Olympic medal protest

Associated Press
Nov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - GENEVA -- The Swedish wrestler who dropped his medal in protest at the Beijing Olympics was banned for two years along with his coach for "scandalous behavior," the spor...
Marion Jones tells Oprah: 'I didn't love myself enough'

Associated Press
Oct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Disgraced track star Marion Jones says she often thinks she would have won gold medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, even if she hadn't taken a designer steroid known as ...
China's 2008 gold medalists were old enough

Associated Press
Sep 30, 2008 11:00 pm - GENEVA -- China's Olympic gold medal gymnasts at the Beijing Games were old enough to compete, but the team that won the bronze medal in Sydney eight years ago still fac...
Colangelo leans toward staying with USA Basketball

Associated Press
Sep 21, 2008 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- After building an Olympic gold medal-winning team, Jerry Colangelo might make a run at another championship with USA Basketball. "I'm kind of leaning toward c...
Phelps pledges support for Chicago's Olympics bid

By Deanna Bellandi Associated Press Writer
Sep 03, 2008 11:00 pm - The thought of wearing a skintight swimsuit in public makes many people cringe. But gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps said he wouldn't be surprised if he dons his Speedo...
Again the best, U.S. needs its best to stay there

By Brian Mahoney AP Basketball Writer
Aug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING - The 2008 Olympic celebrations were barely under way, and Jerry Colangelo was already thinking about work. "They forgot this was a six-year commitment," USA Bas...
A man with a plan helps United States strike gold on court

Associated Press
Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING - There was always going to be one game where character counted. There had to be, because the rest of the world had simply gotten that much better. That's why Je...
Redemption: U.S. hoops back on top at Olympics

Associated Press
Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Arm-in-arm, they climbed onto the middle of the medals platform, the spot that for so long was U.S. private property. Some players flashed their medals to the...
British, German activists deported from China

Associated Press
Aug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- China on Monday deported a British woman and a German man who took part in a protest during the Olympic Games, officials said, hours after eight American acti...

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