Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
The president of China told his Russian counterpart on Wednesday that his country would continue to support the decision to hold 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia's resort city of Sochi.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has called for sanctions against Russia. Photographer: Zurab Kurtsikidze/EPAGeorgia's president Mikheil Saakashvili this morning said the US and European Union should come up with a package of flexible sanctions to punish Russia for its invasion of Georgia, including a boycott of Russia's 2014 Winter Olympics.Saakashvili said "developed countries"...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Television New Zealand said on Tuesday the 2008 Beijing Olympics may have been the last that New Zealand people can watch without paying for a subscription in New Zealand. Sky Television has secured the New Zealand broadcasting rights for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2012 Summer Games in London. TVNZ Chief Executive Rick Ellis said Sky TV securing the rights may...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
For starters, the two Olympics — one summer, one winter — are apples and oranges: The Beijing Games had twice as many athletes, twice as much media, more than four times as many tickets — and its $40 billion-plus budget dwarfs the Vancouver Games' approximate $2 billion budget for operations and facilities (though taxpayers there are spending another $1 billion to $2 billion on infrastructure...
Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008
During the Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese media asked British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell tough questions about how he intended to clean up the squalor of homelessness and drug abuse on Vancouver’s impoverished Downtown Eastside before hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics. They were legitimate questions. The Chinese media had obviously been well briefed about the [...]
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Sen. John McCain isn't the only one praising his vice presidential pick, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. So are Utah Democrats. They are breathing easier knowing that the enormously popular Mitt Romney, a Mormon and head of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, won't have quite
800-CEO-READ Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Vince Poscente understands the opportunities speed offers. At age 26, he took up speed skiing, and merely four years later, he would race to a Canadian national record of 135 miles per hour at the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France....
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
In February 2010 - that's just 17 months from now - the world will be watching the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, and marveling at the emergence of a metropolis that, in some respects, is comparable to Beijing in its modernity and ethnic...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
As Sen. John McCain prepares to announce his running mate on Friday in Dayton, Ohio, speculation is centering on candidates ranging from a former head of the Winter Olympics to an independent senator as the Arizona lawmaker’s choice to help him challenge Sens. Barack Obama and Joe Biden in the historic fall election.
Connecticut Bob (Free subscription) | yesterday
Former Nixon speech writer and annoying little fascist Pat Buchanan raves over Barack's speech. In other news: the Hell Bobsled Team is practicing for the 2010 Winter Olympics! (H/T to Daily KOS)
Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
... higher salaries (because of two more regular-season games) and a reduced preseason. And the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver are scheduled for Feb. 12-28, with NBC, one of the NFL's major broadcast partners on Sunday nights, the TV rights-holder for the Games. One proposal would start the regular season the week following Labor Day and last 19 weeks (with each team still having one...
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday
A ''swarm of earthquakes'' off the coast of Vancouver Island that caused no damage drew international attention yesterday as the global media shifted its gaze from Beijing to Vancouver, the site of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
A new generation of "Welcome to Utah" billboards is going up along highways entering the state. Unlike the past half-dozen years, when those billboards all heralded Utah's role as host of the 2002 Winter Olympics, the state's approach now will be more regional.
New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Michael O’Donoghue, 12, of Pearl River, N.Y., said, “I want to ask him if he can do another Olympics, and if he can also win another eight medals.” He confessed to having Olympic ambitions of his own — “Not only for the summer, but for the Winter Olympics too, because I ski and snowboard,” he said. “Every time I’m able to, I try to ski or swim or snowboard.”
Japers' Rink (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
"Hockey star Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals and David Schwimmer of TV's Friends were glad-handing at a reception promoting the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014." [Vancouver Sun]
