Don’t look for Roger Clemens on the US Olympic baseball team this summer. Team USA GM, Bob Watson said today that he won’t consider the 45-year-old former Yankee pitcher and seven-time Cy Young Award winner. Said Watson to the Associated Press, “”From my standpoint, we don’t need that type of distraction.”
One of Watson’s duties as […]
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.)
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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 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.
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The United States Women’s Field Hockey Team won the Olympic qualifying tournament in Kazan, Russia on April 24, going 6-0 in the tournament. They defeated Belgium in the gold medal game 3-1.
The United States team joins a 12-team field that includes China, Germany, Argentina, the Netherlands, England, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Spain, and South Africa. […]
The Olympic Torch hit Chinese soil on Friday, at least that of the territory of Hong Kong. The eight-hour relay was relatively free of protest (as was expected) and criss-crossed the city, using 120 runners, including Hong Kong’s only Olympic golf medal winner, windsurfer Lee Lai-Shan.
Pictured above is the conductor of the Hong Kong Orchestra, […]
Beijing marked the 100-day countdown to the Olympics yesterday with much celebration. Among the events were a concert with 100 singers, a song and dance presentation at the Forbidden City, and a mini-marathon around the National Stadium and the Olympic Aquatic Center.
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The Olympic Torch ended the international portion of its relay Tuesday in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The Torch will now travel to Hong Kong on Wednesday to begin the 100 days celebration and its relay throughout mainland China.
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The US State Department issued a travel alert on Friday for US citizens traveling to China for the Beijing Olympic Games, which begin on August 8. The release from the State Department says,
“Any large-scale public event such as the upcoming Olympic Games may present an attractive target for terrorists. There is […]
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The third (and final) stage of ticket sales for the Beijing Olympic Games will begin May 5 and last through June 9 (or as long as tickets remain available). More than 1.38 million tickets, in 16 sports, will be available through the […]
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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