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Westerly man to train for 2010 Olympics (Westerly Sun)
Michael Bradley of Westerly will be leaving Iraq next month to train and compete for a spot on the U.S. bobsled team for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Bradley currently is on active duty in Iraq providing air crew life support to F-16 pilots.
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NBC gives Americans a beginner's course in all things Chinese (Shanghaiist)
NBC's US$1 billion deal to become America's official Olympic media for the Beijing 2008 Games was part of a record breaking $2.3 billion deal that included the the 2004 Summer Olympics ($793m) and the 2006 Winter Games ($613m). In what they've called the single most ambitious media project in history, NBC has sent the largest media contingent of about 3,000 to produce a whopping 3,600 hours of ...
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NBCU’s Beijing Bounty: 196 Million Viewers Through Sunday (MultiChannel News)
Through the first 10 days from China, NBCU TV properties have amassed 196 million viewers, trailing just the complete totals of the 1996 Summer Games from Atlanta (209 million), the 1994 Winter Games from Lillehammer, Norway (204 million) and the Summer Olympics from Athens (203 million) four years ago, according to officials at the programmer.
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Business cashes in on Olympics (The Morning Call)
Palram Americas has been contracted for 3 world events. Palram Americas has been contracted for 3 world events.
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Editorial: Can Reno-Tahoe handle the Winter Olympics? (Elko Daily Free Press)
Just before noon Thursday, a story slid across the Associated Press wire caught my eye. It's title, “Official pushes Reno-Tahoe Olympic bid in Beijing.”
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Gymnasts to put on show in 'Champions Gala' (The Springfield News-Leader)
Tonight's Must-See: Olympics, 7 to 11 p.m., NBC.
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Official: Beijing Olympics become biggest broadcast event in Olympic history (People's Daily)
An official with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said here on Wednesday that the Beijing Olympic Games look to be the biggest broadcast event in the Olympic history. There is an unprecedented amount of Olympic sports content available, with around 5,000 hours of coverage provided for viewers in around 200 countries and regions worldwide through the rights holding broadcast partners, ...
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News Briefs (Glenview Announcements)
Preparing for winter
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A bittersweet taste for local athletes at Beijing Olympics (The Providence Journal)
Alicia Sacramone displays class while coming up short on the mat and Demetrius Andrade’s actions after losing his bout raise some eyebrows.
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BMX rocks its Olympic debut (NBC Olympics)
Rock music blared, cheerleaders bounced and bikers crashed. Everything went according to plan when BMX made its Olympic debut Wednesday, writes Alan Abrahamson. Four U.S. riders advanced, too.
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