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Flame out for Chicago in bidding for 2016 Olympics
Rio de Janeiro captures sporting prize By Kathy Bergen and Philip Hersh - Tribune reporters - COPENHAGEN — It was the kind of stinging defeat Chicago sports fans know all too well. Mayor Richard… more →
Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid
IOC chief 'disappointed' by Woods
wrote 4 days ago: nternational Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge attends a press conference at the IOC h … more →
Olympic Mural Rises Again
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wrote 2 weeks ago: original photo by The Blackbird Have you seen this mural? Not recently, you haven’t, because i … more →
Compete against Olympians in Best of Us Challenge
wrote 3 weeks ago: Interested in winning some awesome Olympic swag and other cool prizes like an all expense paid trip … more →
Powerful Community of Leaders
wrote 4 weeks ago: The Paris Global Sports Industry Summit brings together a powerful community of leaders who are sett … more →
Brazil's Olympic Run-Up
wrote 1 month ago: Oxford Analytica-Forbes, 11/09/09 Preparations for hosting the World Cup and 2016 Games will face mu … more →
News you may have missed #0172
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wrote 1 month ago: Ex-Olympic Committee president was KGB agent: new book. Juan Antonio Samaranch worked as a secret ag … more →
Paris to host Global Sports Industry Summit in 2010
wrote 2 months ago: The summit brings together a powerful community of leaders who are setting the agenda for the intern … more →
IOC didn't play by Chicago political machine's rules in awarding Games
wrote 2 months ago: After listening to a week and a half of public debate, I’ve concluded that most people are wro … more →
Palermo targets 2020 Games alongside Rome, Venice
wrote 2 months ago: The southern Italian city of Palermo has expressed interest in hosting the 2020 Olympics alongside R … more →
London 2012 drops plans for £42m Greenwich venue
wrote 2 months ago: The government and the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, agreed that badminton and rhythmic gymnastics … more →
Hiroshima, Nagasaki considering joint 2020 Olympic bid
wrote 2 months ago: Japan’s Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the two cities that suffered nuclear attacks at the end of Wor … more →
Man opens brothel to support Olympics dream
wrote 2 months ago: Should countries pay for athletes to train for the Olympics? Think Allison Stokke will have trouble … more →
Olympics: Obama, Oprah, Chicago and all Americans could be losers
wrote 2 months ago: By David Farside Website: http://www.thefarsidechronicles.com Oct. 6th, 2009 President Barack Obama … more →
Bringing the Olympic Spirit to refugee youth.
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wrote 2 months ago: The International Olympic Committee and UNHCR work together to assist refugee youth through organize … more →
Brazil president wins Olympics, trashes Japanese PM
wrote 2 months ago: October 5, 2009 List of Olympics posts Video that convinced IOC to pick Rio! Mr President of Brazil … more →
Olympic dreams dashed, but Chicago’s still a world-class city
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wrote 2 months ago: It’s been a tough weekend for those of us Chicagoans who dreamed of bringing the 2016 Summer Olympic … more →
How did barry "lose" the Chicago 2016 bid?
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wrote 2 months ago: October 2, 2009 List of Olympics posts Why are they blaming barry’s loss of the Chicago 2016 b … more →
Blame It on Chicago
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wrote 2 months ago: Much ado (overmuch, in fact) the past few days about the International Olympic Committee spurning Ch … more →
Conservatives Revel In America's Olympic Defeat | TPM
wrote 2 months ago: When the International Olympic Committee voted against Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics thi … more →
