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Maple Leaf Cool? Get Used to It, Please
By Michael McKinley - Politics DailyVANCOUVER – The Vancouver Winter Olympics ended with fireworks and festivity, the city and nation exuberant at its tally of gold medals, with the most glorious coming when Sid "The Kid" Crosby fulfilled Canada's fondest Olympic wish -- and national mythology -- by scoring in overtime against a dangerous and talented Team USA to win men's Olympic hockey gold on Canadian ice for the first time ever. The joyful heat of that moment and those Games still ripple through the March sunlight of this stunningly beautiful city, the cherry blossom trees a brilliant pink against the Pacific blue sky ...
Great 'Robberies' in Olympic History
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Feb. 19) -- Not long after the men's figure skating competition was over Thursday night, the reports came filing in. So-and-so was robbed. Johnny Weir deserved higher than sixth, even according to a Weir critic. Silver medalist Evgeni Plushenko of Russia deserved gold, he believes, because he landed a quad jump, while American gold winner Evan Lysacek didn't even try one. Vincenzo Pinto, AFP/Getty Images Gold medalist Evan Lysacek, right, of the U.S. and Russian silver medalist Evgeni Plushenko appear on the podium after the men's 2010 Winter Olympics figure skating competition in ...
Opinion: Time to Put Some Sport in the Winter Games
By Dave George - AOL News(Feb. 17) -- BREAKING NEWS: In a historic first, Tully Bascombe of the tiny European country of Grand Fenwick upset his favored rivals yesterday to take the gold medal in ice sculpting at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. It was a win not just for beleaguered Fenwickians, but for lovers everywhere of this majestic and storied Olympic sport. OK. Ice sculpting isn't an actual Olympic event and Grand Fenwick is a made-up country from a 1950s comedy. But that's beside the point. Many of you probably believed for a second that maybe ice sculpting really was in the Olympics -- and why shouldn't you? ...
Chaos Theory -- Obama's Big Plate
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Obama Should Skip Olympic Pitch in Europe, GOP Chair Says
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyRepublican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on Tuesday criticized President Obama for his plans to travel to Copenhagen to boost Chicago's bid for the 2016 summer Olympics instead of staying stateside to focus on what Steele said should be his domestic priorities, including health care, job creation and developing a strategy for American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. "I think that at a time of war, I think at a time of recession, at a time where Americans have expressed rather significantly their concerns and frustrations over the course of the spring and summer about health care, ...
Michelle Obama Bolsters Chicago Olympic Bid at White House
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyFirst Lady Michelle Obama and President Obama, proud Chicagoans, host an event at the White House on Wednesday designed to bolster Chicago's bid for the 2016 summer Olympic games. Next month, Mrs. Obama will pinch-hit for the president, who is expected to be tied up with health care legislation, and lead the U.S. delegation to Copenhagen for the final sales pitch on Oct. 2. ...
Phelps' Vow to Kids Goes Up in Smoke
By Jay Mariotti - AOL NewsFor a few swigs, anyway, he tried to have a peaceful couple of beers with his U.S. swim teammates. But soon enough, inside this Budweiser-sponsored party tent in Beijing, word circulated that Michael Phelps not only was in the house but was roped off within a VIP area in THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM. ...
Blame the Nazis for These Torch Protests
By Johnny - AOL NewsMaybe like you, I go back and forth on what to make of these Olympics. Admittedly, it's fun to pile on China as the 2008 summer games approach, and more specifically, as the torch makes its way around the globe. There are a lot of truths about China that are coming to light that otherwise seem to have been ignored by the media and the public in general. And I think that's a good thing. But at the same time, I have the feeling that maybe politics and national interests should be left behind. Maybe the focus should rest squarely on the competition of the best athletes in the world at their ...
China Traipses Lightly on Human Rights
By Justin Paulette - Politics DailyIn response to Beijing's hosting the 2008 Olympic Games, human rights groups have redoubled their efforts to pressure the communist regime into international parley. From its lofty perch as the world's most prolific jailer of political, journalistic and religious dissenters, to its continued enforcement of the infamous (forced sterilization, forced abortion and infanticidal) "one-child policy," China provides ample inspiration for human rights complaints. In light of this renewed scrutiny (accentuated by Steven Spielberg's resignation as artistic director due to China's role in Sudan), as ...
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