Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Tokyo's governor says he wants to bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics - a month after Japan's capital lost out to Rio de Janeiro for the rights to host the 2016 games.
SI.com (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
TOKYO (AP) -- Tokyo's governor says he wants to bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics -- a month after Japan's capital lost out to Rio de Janeiro for the rights to host the 2016 edition.
Pocket PC Thoughts (Free subscription) | yesterday
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/...9/30/c4209.html "Bell and Samsung today announced the exclusive availability of the Samsung OMNIA II touchscreen smartphone - the Official Mobile Device of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games - to operate on Bell Mobility's all-new HSPA network in November. The Samsung OMNIA II will be the perfect device for accessing Bell Mobility's upcoming offering...
Tokyo City (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo's governor says he wants to bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics — a month after Japan's capital lost out to Rio ...
First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
Whistler (BC), Canada - Snowmaking is an important part of early season preparation at Whistler Blackcomb in any given year. This year, while extra efforts are focused on readying the Alpine Skiing venue for the 2010 Winter Games, crews are also hard at work across both mountains to open up as much terrain as quickly as possible. And with Mother Nature's cooperation, the mountains have been pounded...
Payment News (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Visa has announced the global launch of its Olympic-themed marketing campaign for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Go World. According to Visa, "this global campaign, which features television, digital and out-of-home advertising, host market merchant activation programs and usage promotions, enables Visa to connect with cardholders and Olympic and Paralympic Games fans to drive preference...
sonupt5@gmail.com | 13 hours ago
Www.hiltonworldwide.com/officialguest - Get Hilton Worldwide Official Guest of Team USA Sweepstakes The grand prize includes a five-day, four-night trip to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and a $10,000 check for two lucky winners along with three guests each. The first prize will consist of a five-day, four-night trip to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and a $5,000 check for two
First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Park City, UT - The eyes of the world will be on Vancouver this February for the Olympic Winter Games. But ski and snowboarding athletes who hope to participate already began scrapping and fighting their way to Olympic Team spots beginning in September. The final Olympic ski and snowboarding teams will be named in January, as close as possible to the Olympics.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Quebec will spend one million dollars to assess whether it's capital city can put together a bid for future Winter Olympic Games.
Infidel Bloggers Alliance (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Obama Draws Criticism for Sitting Out Berlin Wall Anniversary Boy President will sit out the anniversary of one of the greatest milestones of the late 20th century. Voting "Present" once again. President Obama squeezed in a trip to Copenhagen last month to lobby, unsuccessfully, for Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. He plans to travel to Oslo next month to accept the Nobel Peace Prize,...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Michael Phelps says he's "not in the best shape" for the upcoming European World Cup meet in Stockholm. The Olympic great plans to use the competition to test his form and the old-style swimsuit that will become the standard next year. Phelps welcomed the ban... FIFA World Cup - Olympic Games - Stockholm - sport - World Cup
American Conservative Daily (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Below is a note sent to me today by Bill Dawson, one of my regular readers in Vienna, Austria. He is the author of the German History Blog , and offered this picture, note and other resources dedicated to this anniversary of an extraordinary day 20 years ago. The fall of the Berlin Wall. As he mentions below, it is unfortunate that the leader of the free world does not seem to deem it as significant...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
LAS VEGAS, NV (MARKET WIRE) iStreamPlanet, a leader of digital media strategy, services and software applications, and Vertigo, a premier design and application development firm delivering rich internet and media experiences in Microsoft Silverlight, announced a partnership today, designed to bring to market best in class, end-to-end high definition (HD) streaming solutions. iStreamPlanet and Vertigo...
copyranter (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Samsung, "official mobile device" of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, is looking for some "mobile explorers" to record " wow " moments at the event. Wow moments like this ridiculously fake one where a hockey player, frustrated by a hot goalie, steals a curling rock from nearby sweepers and blows it by the netminder high glove side (my hole of choice "back...
HTMF: Prince Rupert's Website (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
An interesting article on the rollout of a new network across Canada by Telus and Bell.. Any thoughts on what the long term impact is going to be on our locally owned telco/cable company? Certainly the idea of video feeds being delivered wirelessly opens up the concept of Rogers or Telus competing with all divisions of CityWest; Cell, Cable and Internet. http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/Business/2009/11/04/11636171.html...
The 3 latest articles published by users on Olympics :
sonupt5@gmail.com | 13 hours ago
Www.hiltonworldwide.com/officialguest - Get Hilton Worldwide Official Guest of Team USA Sweepstakes The grand prize includes a five-day, four-night trip to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and a $10,000 check for two lucky winners along with three guests each. The first prize will consist of a five-day, four-night trip to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and a $5,000 check for two
sonupt5@gmail.com | 11/07/2009
Schedule of Events: Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | Info About Vancouver Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics will be the third Olympics hosted by Canada, and the first by the province of British Columbia. Previously, Canada was home to the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. These will also be the first games to be held in an NHL market since the league allowed
willploq | 10/29/2009
It’s been some time now since one-armed bandit Dave won on the finale of this season’s Hell’s Kitchen, and while he had a won a chance to work at the Araxi Restaurant in Whistler, B.C., just in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics, that’s not until February next year, so for the mean time, he’s back in Il Giardino ‘86, the Italian restaurant in Cedar Knolls.
Videos