The NBC comedy “30 Rock” had an episode last week where one of the characters, Kenneth, had stopped believing in himself and a friend, Jenna, created a personal video essay for him to show him why he “personifies the Olympic spirit.”
Of course, NBC is the network that will broadcast the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games […]
The co-captains of the United States Olympic Soccer team are giving new meeting to the term “Soccer mom.” Kate Markgraf, 31 and Christie Rampone, 32 both have pre-school age children–and both will be heading to Beijing in August to compete on the US Olympic Soccer team. This is the third Olympics for both women. They […]
Zara Phillips, one of Queen Elizabeth’s granddaughters, will be competing for Team Britain in the equestrian events at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
Five riders were selected by the British Olympic Association today including 26-year-old Phillips who won "the individual gold on Toytown in the three-day eventing competition at the World Equestrian Games in Aachen, […]
The Olympic flame made it to the top of Mount Everest where it was lit! That is very exciting, especially in light of all of the protests and controversy that have followed it around the world. A climbing team hiked to the 29,030-ft peak and protected the flame by carrying it in a lantern […]
The third and final phase of individual tickets to events at the Beijing Olympics are sold out. The ticketing began on Monday, May 5 at 9am and many events were unavailable by 930am. (You can see the action better on TV, anyway…and you don’t need a passport.)
(photo © Newscom)
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No, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games organizers aren’t going to replace real action with a "green screen" but they are going to entertain viewers with one that is environmentally-friendly. The Xicui Entertainment Complex has erected a gargantuan screen that is lit entirely by LED lights! It’s fully self-sustaining since the "Greenpix" LEDs are powered fully […]
Dara Torres already has an Olympic record of which to be proud. She’s competed in four Olympics and has eight medals (including four gold ones) to show for her effort. But that’s not enough for the 41-year-old Californian. She’s hoping to compete in Beijing, which would make her the oldest US swimmer to ever […]
The World Health Organization has issued a statement saying that the highly infectious virus that has already claimed the lives of 24 children in China probably won’t be a threat to the Beijing Olympics. They add, however, that it is too early to tell whether it has peaked. I must mention that, according to the […]
This is incredible! I was just on the USA Today site where I read that Natalie Du Toit of South Africa, is the first amputee to qualify for the Olympics! In 2001, she was hit by a car while riding on her scooter and lost her left leg as a result but that hasn’t […]
The Olympic torch has arrived on the Chinese mainland after stops on the Chinese island territories of Hong Kong and Macau. The torch will criss-cross the vast country before arriving in Beijing on August 6.
(Map: Newscom)
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The Olympic Torch is just part of what Light the Torch covers. We discuss the coming Beijing Olympics as well as future and past Olympic Games, Olympic athletes, and Olympics issues and news.
Written by Jeanne Dupuis [email], and Sandy Mitchell [email] for b5media.
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