Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Proud to be TriniThursday, August 21st 2008Congratulations to Richard Thompson on his silver medal-winning run, and also Marc Burns, on being a finalist, in the Olympic 100 metres final. They are continuing the great tradition that started with McDonald Bailey and Hasely Crawford. Beijing 2008 brought back memories of when I represented T&T 52 years ago in Melbourne. It makes me proud to be a born...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
At 21, Mike Agostini competed in the men's 100m and 200m finals at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, and has held the "youngest ever" title among T&T track and field athletes ever since. Today, after a reign of 52 years, King Mike hands over the crown to Prince Renny. The youngest ever T&T athlete, in all sports, to secure a top-eight finish in an individual event at the Olympics is cyclist...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
He also brought a bit of the Olympics into the courtroom by comparing Saunders's position at the airport, when he was appointed, to that of silver medallist Richard Thompson, stating that both men had the entire country looking at them, waiting for results. Ferguson made the comparison to highlight the fact that at the time Saunders was appointed, he was under pressure by Government and the public...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Today marks the first time the Cabinet will hold its weekly meeting in the new building which now houses the Office of the Prime Minister at St Clair Avenue, St Clair. This means that for the first time since 1961, Cabinet will not hold its weekly meeting at Whitehall, Queen's Park West, Port of Spain, which had housed the Prime Minister's Office for the past 47 years. Today will also mark the first...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Never mind our recently-acquired status as World Cup finalists. We just don't have the pedigree to be complacent tonight in Havana. In the midst of all the attention devoted to the Olympic Games and hopes that the men's sprint relay team can add to Richard Thompson's silver medal, it's easy to overlook the significance of Trinidad and Tobago's opening semi-final round CONCACAF World Cup football qualifier...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
There is a lot of understandable euphoria over the Olympic success of Richard Thompson. But it seems the real lessons to be learned from his success and the great opportunity for Trinidad and Tobago to build on it may be missed, as they have been in the past. The lessons are not about sports but about goals, objectives, discipline, unremitting great effort, obtaining knowledge from competent sources...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
OPPOSITION LEADER Basdeo Panday has written a letter to Olympic silver medallist Richard Thompson to congratulate on his achievement. Thompson, 23, won silver in the men's 100 metre dash on Saturday after running a personal best 9.89. Usain Bolt won the event in a world record run of 9.69. In the letter dated August 18, Panday stated, "I wish to sincerely congratulate you for arising above all the...
freedarko.com (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
-Ta-Nehisi Coates has been doing excellent work since he took over from our dude Matthew Yglesias over at The Atlantic.com. Yesterday, he posted his (intentionally lame?) list of candidates to be spokesperson for the white race--a sort of counterpart to Al Sharpton--featuring such luminaries as Tamir Goodman, Leona Helmsley, and Princess Leia. Were there to be an actual
The Daily Cartoonist (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Comics Riff blogger Mike Cavna interviewed Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson on the topic of doing a kids strip after Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes. Richard sums it up: Oh boy, has it ever. Calvin’s little sneakers are big shoes to follow, and don’t even try to fill them. Watterson pretty much permanently defined [...]
Beijing Olympics 2008 Live (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- World record holder Jamaican Usain Bolt dashed to his first Olympic gold in the men's 100 meters final and set a new world mark of 9.69 seconds at Bird's Nest here on Saturday. Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago got the silver in 9.89 seconds and Dix Walte 2 Vote(s)
BwT (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
_*USAIN BOLT Winner of 100M Final at 2008 Beijing Olympics* _ *USAIN BOLT* *created a world and Olympic record in 100 - meters at 2008 Beijing Olympics with 9.68 Seconds.The darling of all the events in 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, 100-Meters men's final event is over
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Usain Bolt's triumph on Saturday was the most impressive performance I have ever seen in athletics. On the track, races are often won by mere hundredths of a second and this is more true in the 100 metres than in any other race because it is, of course, over the shortest distance.
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
I thank God for the technology that allowed me to witness on TV the most phenomenal men's 100 metres race in Olympic history. Jamaica's Usain Bolt and T&T's Richard Thompson's have created a huge pot from where the pride of all Caribbean people overflows. Our "Torpedo" Thompson gave this country what it needs now more than ever - a hiatus away from our many adversities and a reason to celebrate, to...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Spare our heroes the mamaguyTuesday, August 19th 2008When 100 metres silver medallist Richard Thompson returns home along with the rest of the Olympic team, please tell the Government not to mamaguy the population with all the cocktail pomp talk about his achievement bringing reductions in crime, gang violence, national unity, youth guidance and all of that propaganda. Yes, the Government can be expected...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Congrats to Richard Thompson and all the other athletes from T&T for their Olympic performance in Beijing. I do have to confess, however, that before these games, I didn't know much about our Olympic athletes - how many made up our contingent, who was representing us in what sport, what day they left for Beijing, etc. Did we have an official send-off for them' Was it public' I think I can safely...
