Topless Robot featured what’s apparently a copyright-infringing use of a popular anime character for a Beijing 2008 pamphlet:
So exactly who is this “Haruhi Suzumiya” character? And will this affect the upcoming Olympic games? Probably not.
And what’s with this Chinese-bashing?
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What’s happening around the Sports Channel? More than you can imagine!
David Kindervater of Every Morning Quarterback is in Phoenix for Super Bowl Media Day, while the rest of us are busy writing about some of the Top 10 things in sports.
This week in the b5media Sports Channel round-up, we offer some amazing lists assembled by […]
It seems that international handball has been racked by controversy lately. The Associated Press reported that the women South Korean team defeated their Japanese counterparts 34-21, in a replay of their original qualifying match. The news report cited the replay as a symptom of an issue plaguing the handball world:
They [South Korea and Japan] […]
29 January 2008 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today held a productive meeting with a number of EU Sports Ministers and their representatives at its headquarters in Lausanne. Aimed at fostering stronger dialogue between the governments and the Olympic Movement, this first gathering was a concrete step towards closer collaboration now that sport is […]
Last Monday, the organizers of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games unveiled their new National Aquatics Center, more pithily known as the “Watercube.” The news report on the venue reveals impressive specs:
The venue has 6,000 permanent and 11,000 temporary seats. Like the 91,000-seat National Stadium — the “Bird’s Nest,” which will be completed in March — […]
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24 January 2008 - The Presidents of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge, and of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the Hon. John Fahey, met today at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, to discuss cooperation between the two organisations and enhanced strategies in the fight against doping in sport. This was the first official […]
The 18-year old Filipino-American light welterweight boxer Adam Bigornia Fiel, from Palo Alto, California will be competing in his first major tournament outside the US. With parents originally from Cebu and Manila, he seeks to represent the Philippines in the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing. Fiel will get a taste of world-class opposition, as one […]
23 January 2008 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today launched the bidding process to host the 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2012. A letter was sent out to all National Olympic Committees (NOCs) informing them of the procedure and documentation available for cities interested in bidding for the Games.
The letter to the NOCs […]
I actually tried pronouncing his name out loud. Yes, I hard a difficult time doing it. I can’t even do it fast enough or even in a casual way. Heh. But enough about that. I reckon it’s more important that we take a look at who he is and what his connection is to the […]
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Written by Sandy Mitchell [email] for b5media.
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