Posts Tagged "2008 beijing olympics"

Don’t hack at the soul of the Olympics

By , 14 Sep 2010
 

The Olympics is starting to loom large on the horizon, the first Olympics in the post-GFC world, where the cashed up London that won the bid to host the games in 2012 is a far cry from the one that will host the Games.

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Mills a Trailblazer, belatedly

By , 28 Jun 2009
 

It came much later than predicted, but Australian point guard Patty Mills was finally selected with the 55th overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft by the Portland Trailblazers on Friday.

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Olympics feel pinch but no panic from downturn

By , 8 Nov 2008
 

Stocks markets and oil prices may dip and dive, but Olympic organisers with preparations under way for three games in the next six years aren’t breaking a sweat. The reasons? Time and television money.

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Basketball? Equestrian? Seven got it wrong, again

By , 26 Aug 2008
 

The coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics by Channel 7 was unbelievably poor, and this was especially painful when they advertised the Australian men’s basketball team playing, and then decided at halftime to cut from it to go to the equestrian.

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Disabled Du Toit to compete in the Olympics

By , 19 Aug 2008
 

Going to the Olympics has been a lifelong dream for Natalie Du Toit, who will compete in the 10km open-water swim today. But what makes Du Toit’s journey to the Olympics so amazing is that she only has one leg.

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