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• Opinion: 'Blade Runner' ruling subverts nature of sport
Should anyone who must run on prosthetic legs be allowed to compete in the Olympics or other sporting events? Oscar Pistorius, a college student from South Africa, has been told he can compete in the Beijing games this August, in either the 400-meter ...
• China, air travel and the 2008 Beijing Olympics
BEIJING - One of the biggest questions surrounding the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is whether China’s fast-growing but seriously stretched aviation system will be up to the task of handling the 2 million visitors expected to pack the Chinese capital ...
• Officials say '08 Chinese gymnasts were of age
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - China’s gold medal gymnasts were old enough to compete in the Beijing Olympics, the sport’s governing body said Wednesday, though it still had questions about the team that competed at the 2000 Sydney Games. Two members of ...
• Send your photos of the Olympics Opening Ceremony
Don't look now, but the colors are changing. The days are getting shorter and the mornings a little crisper. You know what that means: fall foliage! Send in your best fall photos. We'll pick the best of the best and feature them in an upcoming photo ...
• Olympics beware, rednecks going for gold
More than a few athletes have been accused of doping over the years, but the competitors at the "Texas Redneck Games" might just be dopes. These sportsmen forgo the shotput for the "mattress chuck" — in which two-man teams heave a mattress from the ...