Posts Filed Under: SUMMER GAMES
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London, Here I Come - for Summer Olympics 2012!
posted on July 29, 2010 at 3:40pm
The Olympics would not usually be on my radar now, but I have joined a group, Journey to the Games, to go to London for the 2012 Summer Games, so the countdown is ON! Just 700+ more days...
Background - Going to the Olympics is on my Bucket List
I have b...more
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British women training for Olympic boxing ring
posted on July 16, 2010 at 3:48pm
One of the things I love about this Wall Street Journal video is not just that the WSJ is spotlighting a few of the thousands of young women whose dreams of boxing in the Olympics are now a real possiblity, but also that they show a more balanced view o...more
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Stella McCartney to Design Great Britain Kits for London 2012 Games
posted on July 14, 2010 at 2:35pm
We are only 744 days away from the 2012 Summer Olympics. And one of the first orders of business? The Olympic fashions of course.
Stella
McCartney is a British fashion designer. In addition to her ready-to-wear collections, she has now been tapped as
the...more
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As Good As Gold: Review
posted on July 2, 2010 at 11:27am
I’ve already referenced the book “As Good As Gold” by Kathryn Bertine in previous posts but today you get my full review in video form.
This weekend, Bertine is competing at the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic cycling race in Fitchburg, Mass. I caught up...more
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No One Remembers Second...
posted on June 10, 2010 at 5:00pm
Amidst the USC-Reggie Bush/O.J. Mayo scandals and the sanctions announced by the NCAA today, the Memphis-Derrick Rose scandal, Marion Jones and her steroids scandal, and yes, the fossil that is the MLB steroids scandal, I’ve been doing a l...more
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Softball should be an Olympic sport
posted on May 25, 2010 at 2:05pm
I didn't use to have a horse in this race, indeed I even played devil's advocate on the issue, but now the world is being deprived of seeing Jen Yee play more softball and it's just wrong. More on this soon.
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2012 Olympic Mascots Unveiled – What Were They Thinking?
posted on May 21, 2010 at 6:45pm
First off, I have to say I LOVE THE OLYMPICS and everything Olympic, however, the art department that has been hired for the 2012 London Olympics has got me a bit worried. It isn’t bad enough that the logo for the games looks like something out of the 8...more
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Vintage Sports: 1919 Australian Women Swim Team
posted on May 20, 2010 at 3:14pm
Women and girls’ participation in sports has come a LONG way over the years. Check out this photo of the Australian Women’s Swim Team from 1919.
While I am not sure of the actual athletes featured in the photo, it is quite possible that both Fanny ...more
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Win a Copy of Dara Torres' New Book
posted on May 18, 2010 at 9:28am
We have 5 copies of Dara Torres' new book Gold Medal Fitness to give away!
TO WIN:
There are THREE ways to enter and you can enter as MANY times as you want:
Post a comment on this post (below).
Send this tweet.
Post on our Facebook Page tellin...more
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Mother's Day Interview - Gold Medalist Mary Wineberg
posted on May 9, 2010 at 12:54pm
Last week I talked to Mary Wineberg, lead-off leg of the 2008 Olympic gold medal-winning 4x400m relay team. In 2009, she and her husband had their first child, Brooklyn Marie, who is now 9 months old. Mary is already back in shape and setting “pos...more
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Interview with Dara Torres
posted on May 5, 2010 at 9:26pm
(Photo credit: Andrea Mead Cross)Dara Torres is busy promoting her new book Gold Medal Fitness, which was just released this week, but she took the time to answer our interview questions in honor of Mother's Day. Torres has won nine Olympic medals, four ...more
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Mix Doubles Tennis at the 2012 London Olympic Games?
posted on December 9, 2009 at 5:59pm
Mix Doubles Tennis at the 2012 London Olympic Games?
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is thinking about the inclusion of mixed doubles in tennis for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
The International Tennis Federation is proposing mixed double...more
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New Boxer Aims for 2016 Olympics
posted on November 14, 2009 at 11:05am
This is probably one of the most exciting things I have had the honor of doing recently. A few weeks ago a young girl came to the gym and told Bonnie that she wanted to compete. She is nine years old. Her father brought her every time the boxing team m...more
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Boxing and Breasts in the News, for Good and Ill
posted on October 14, 2009 at 9:28am
I know, I just posted on the freaky hybrid sport of chessboxing and now I have to talk about breasts and boxing and the 2012 Olympics. The tags on my blog are getting weirder and weirder.
SO. Here’s what’s up. There are several countries still tha...more
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Afghan women to train for Olympic boxing
posted on October 5, 2009 at 12:10pm
Twenty-five women from Afghanistan are training to box at the 2012 Olympics; the International Boxing Association has approved the wearing of hijabs beneath their headgear and clothes that cover their bodies in order to meet Islamic religious requireme...more
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Rio Was The Right Choice- Updated
posted on October 2, 2009 at 1:36pm
Still sick, but can't resist commenting. The American Exceptionalist whining has started. Jessica Mendoza, I'm looking at you, because you should know better. Why did the lovely city but concomitantly corrupt sinkhole that is Chicago deserve to host...more
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Rio de Janeiro Awarded 2016 Olympic Games
posted on October 2, 2009 at 11:04am
Congratulations to the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil for being awarded the honor of hosting the 2016 Olympic Games. It will be the first time any South American country has hosted an Olympic event. Rio outlasted finalist cities Chicago, Tokyo, and Ma...more
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Softball v. Golf: Another Perspective
posted on August 17, 2009 at 9:28am
One compelling argument for the inclusion of a sport like softball and the exclusion of a sport like golf from the Olympics is that the Olympics is the premier tournament for softball, and its major chance to be broadcast on the world stage, whereas golf ...more
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A sad day for softball
posted on August 14, 2009 at 9:12am
International Olympic Committee will not reinstate softball for the 2016 Olympic Games
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Softball will not be included in the programme for the 2016 Olympic Games as the 15 members of the International Olympic Committee’s (I...more
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Olympic Comeback: Softball Struck Out!
posted on August 13, 2009 at 11:21am
The Olympic dream has been shattered!
The International Olympic Comittee's (IOC) Executive Board held a vote today to determine which of the 7 sports would get a shot at making it for the 2016 Olympics.
Along with softball and baseball, rubgy sevens (...more
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Softball makes its most important pitch
posted on June 17, 2009 at 8:41am
Making a pitch to get back in after an odd series of events got softball kicked off the Olympic roster, representatives of the sport were in Switzerland this week appealing to the powers-that-be. (You can read about some of the happenings at on Twitters--...more
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Women's boxing getting closer to Olympics
posted on June 16, 2009 at 9:45am
Women's Olympic boxing is looking more and more like it will have a place in the 2012 Olympics. The IOC is in the midst of considering changes to existing sports and adding women to boxing is high among them. The changes being proposed by the Internationa...more
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Softball players aim to impress IOC leaders this week in Switzerland
posted on June 15, 2009 at 1:27pm
The leaders of seven sports hoping to join the Olympic program are in Lausanne, Switzerland this week making key presentations to the IOC .
All seven candidates - baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, rugby sevens, softball and squash - are seeking a p...more
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