The 2008 Olympics in Beijing, that place we used to know as Peking, have just begun, and already the event is a mess. Is anyone surprised? Haven ...

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... for the qualifying rounds of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The summer games ... maybe I could make the team for the 2008 Olympics. I have a great opportunity ... Sporting clay is not a part of the 2008 Olympics, but ...

... stared at it, smiled at it. A few feet away, Allyson Felix did the same. These weren't their first prizes of the 2008 Olympics. But these were the medals the Americans wanted. Gold. Elusive gold. Producing precisely the type of superb runs ...

... junior men and junior women. The 12 who made the team at the San Antonio event included seven shooters who were in the 2008 Olympics at Beijing, China. Browning said, "I was third in the qualifying round at San Antonio, then I came in first ...

... with lawmakers tangling over Beijing's bid to stage the 2008 Olympics and the Bush administration's extension of normal ... International Olympic Committee not to award China the 2008 Olympics when it chooses a site July 13. Beijing is seen as ...

... PHOENIX (AP) - Kobe Bryant plans to play for the U.S. team at this year's world basketball championships and the 2008 Olympics. Bryant gave an emphatic nod to joining the U.S. team in a meeting Friday with the head of USA Basketball, Jerry ...

... remove an irritant in relations with Washington. Li Shaomin's conviction came a day after Beijing was awarded the 2008 Olympics -- a contrast that highlighted the communist government's mixed feelings about opening to the outside world ...

... twins, who are 22, haven't ruled out competing in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. "To pursue my schooling with the same ... I expect to make a decision regarding training for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China." Paul Hamm did not return a ...

... need to walk beside the donkey instead of trying to ride it. For some members of Congress, China's bid to hold the 2008 Olympics in Beijing is an occasion to deny a donkey a carrot that it hasn't earned. They point to China's human-rights ...