Franklin uses elbow grease to earn students’ travel fare – Corvallis Gazette-TimesMembers of the Franklin School Science Olympics championship team will wash cars in April to raise money to help pay for a trip to the national contest May 14 and 15 in Augusta, Ga. The car wash is planned from 10 a.m. to 4 [...]

US WNT To Face CanadaSoccer365, AL… at the 2008 Olympics, second-year head coach Pia Sundhage will use these matches to help evaluate the top US players, all of whom are currently playing in Women's Professional Soccer, as she continues to mold a team for qualifying for the 2011 FIFA … Continue….. Cowgirls Complete Busy WeekendOklahoma State [...]

‘Batman' positive figureLawrence Journal World, KSEnlarge video A man without a soul takes his Olympic medal and squirrels it away in a safe deposit box to ensure nothing happens to it. Bershawn “Batman” Jackson, bronze medalist in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 400-meter hurdles, is not that man. …Kansas Relays notebook KUsportsall 49 news articles [...]

Cap and trade is still the right call – Yahoo NewsSan Francisco – The great debate over how – and how much – to reduce the greenhouse gasses we emit while consuming energy is heating up. And in what passes for sport in Washington, wise policy is getting whomped by trivial tax politics. The Source: [...]

Trans-Siberian: The greatest train journey in the worldTelegraph.co.uk, United KingdomBeijing, too, was shrouded in smog (it often is). The Chinese capital is not an attractive city at the best of times and, for all the emphasis on the glitzy and the new, it remains a hard place to love. Arriving was almost anticlimactic. … Continue….. Share [...]

Shawn Johnson Talks 'Dancing,' FutureKCCI.com, IADES MOINES, Iowa — Olympic gymnast and "Dancing with the Stars" contestant Shawn Johnson appeared back in Iowa on Friday and talked with Newschannel 8 about life in California and what the future holds for her. "My whole life, I've been Shawn Johnson, … Continue….. Share and Enjoy:

A DEAF footballer’s Olympic dreams are being squashed by a London 2012 Games funding row. Louise Hogan is a member of the Great Britain Ladies Football Team which has qualified for this year’s Deaflympics to be held in Tapei, in Taiwain in September Continue .. A BASKETBALL star who bagged bronze for Britain at the [...]

2008 Bowl-a-thon to benefit Special Olympics Michigan Area 19Battle Creek Enquirer, MIWHY: All Special Olympic athletes compete at no cost to them or their families. The entire program is supported through fundraising events like Bowl-a-thon and by generous organizations, individuals and businesses. Special Olympics Michigan receives no … Continue….. Swimmer Torres muscles into middle ageTampa Tribune, FLPeople [...]

Tip-A-Cop event helps Special Olympics – Rockford Register-StarLocal officers traded their badges for aprons Saturday as they came together to raise money for the Special Olympics. Officers greeted people, served drinks, and sold T-shirts, hats and raffle tickets during their Tip-A-Cop event at Red Robin. The Source: www.rrstar.com Take part in Olympic tradition – Leduc [...]

Olympic athlete to open new track in Winchester – This is WinchesterTHE long quest for decent athletics facilities in Winchester will end on May 2. That is when the Winchester Sports Stadium in Bar End will be officially opened by Olympic runner Liz Yelling. The 400-plus member athletics club has been campaigning for Source: www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk [...]

Sportinglife.co.za Brier takes early lead in ChinaSeattle Post IntelligencerBeijing, China (Sports Network) – Markus Brier carded a five-under 67 Thursday to take a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the China Open. Nick Dougherty and David McKenzie share second place at minus-four at Beijing CBD International Golf …China Open: Six to follow SkySportsSimon Dyson [...]

Summerlin Judo Instructor Is ‘Olympic-Class’ Role Model – The LedgerBrian Germain wasn’t going to have some seventh-graders picking on him. He sure wasn’t going to take it from his 5-year-old daughter. Germain took it to the next level both times, starting with judo when he was a youngster and centering his life Source: www.theledger.com Share [...]

Boxers resist London 2012 venue switch – Reuters Boxers resist London 2012 venue switchReutersGames organisers are in talks about possibly moving boxing from the ExCel centre, near the Olympic Village in east London, to Wembley arena, on the other side of London. "Wembley has been proposed and it was refused by the AIBA (the Amateur [...]

This might be getting a little old for some viewers, but it is nevertheless remarkable that NBC has so little pride in its CNBC brand that it keeps letting Mad Money host Jim Cramer flip out on air. Here is the latest with Cramer bursting on the set Continue .. Share and Enjoy:

Move over Jenny Barringer. There’s a new sheriff in town. Though Barringer, a senior, is best known for setting the U.S. record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase during her two weeks at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics last August, it was freshman Continue .. Four more BIG EAST championships will be decided before next Tuesday as [...]

Gloucester Triathlon drawing big interestGloucester Daily Times,  USAIn its inaugural year, the Gloucester Triathlon is drawing a record number of competitors and some of the world's best athletes including Olympic swimmer Jenny Thompson, one of the most decorated Olympians in US history. The August 9 event, …Triathlon New Zealand Maps Out Path Ahead Scoop.co.nz (press [...]

Australia, NZ Dollars Decline on Week as Recession May Deepen – Bloomberg Australia, NZ Dollars Decline on Week as Recession May DeepenBloomberg… near future,” Matthew Strauss, senior currency strategist in Toronto at RBC Capital Markets, wrote in a research note yesterday. The Australian and New Zealand dollars “underperformed during the last 24 hours after disappointing [...]

BEIJING, April 17 (Reuters) – U.S. companies are concerned that they are not getting a fair chance at contracts linked to China’s 4 trillion yuan ($585 billion) stimulus package, a leading U.S. business group said on Friday. For its part, Beijing has Continue .. BEIJING — The worst might be over for China’s economy even [...]

Navistar’s Hybrid IC Bus Delivers IOC Evaluation Commission as – WebWireWARRENVILLE, Ill. – During their recent visit, members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission got a detailed tour of Chicago in a truly “green” limousine. Aboard a brand new IC Bus HC Hybrid Series luxury hybrid Source: www.webwire.com China eyes off 2018 Winter [...]

From the moment Casey Sandy began competing for the Penn State men’s gymnastics team, it was clear he had the potential to be a very successful collegiate gymnast. That fact was proven Wednesday night when Sandy was named the 2009 Nissen-Emery Award Continue .. MONTREAL – It was only two months ago that the Montreal [...]