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Baseball makes pitch for Olympics
by Tom Singer
After having been part of Olympic lineups since 1992, baseball was excluded from the slate for the 2012 Games in London. It is seeking reinstatement for the 2016 Olympics, which will be held in Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro or Tokyo.
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Damned If You Gold, Damned If You Don't
by Michael-Louis Ingram -- Aug 26, 2008 - 9:57:00 PM
Our lack of respect in honoring achievements of others is the real story of these Summer Games.
HBCU Track Duo Medal In 110 Hurdles
by Tony McClean -- Aug 22, 2008 - 9:56:00 PM
David Payne, under the tutelage of Hampton University women's track & field coach Maurice Pierce, finished second in the 110-meter hurdle finals for the silver medal. He finished with a time of 13.17, .01 seconds ahead of Howard's David Oliver, (13.18) who took the bronze.
Superpower Showdown?
by John McGrath -- Aug 21, 2008 - 9:50:00 PM
Team USA needs an opponent to remind it that nothing’s supposed to be as easy as Anne Donovan’s team has made it look. The Russian Federation, which two years ago stunned the USA by winning in the semifinals of the world championships, figures to be game for the task.
Slow Start, Smart Finish
by BASN Wire Services -- Aug 19, 2008 - 9:50:00 PM
In 2004, Keeth Smart was on the strip at the end of back-to-back 45-44 losses. A win in either would have given his team a medal, but instead the Americans finished fourth. This year, Smart scored the deciding point in two 45-44 wins, and his U.S. saber team took the silver.
Straight No Chaser: Carlos of Confusion
by Desi Cortez -- Aug 16, 2008 - 9:59:01 PM
Yeah, this cat Boozer couldn’t be more wrong. Bush, on the side of Black men? get the hell outta’ here. From tax breaks for the aristocrats to leave no children behind....just turn your back on them and walk away, pretend they don’t exist - just like the hundred of thousands who are the long term unemployed and underemployed.... No Mr. Boozer, this draft dodger who’s trading blood for oil in Iraq does not have your back.
by Tom SingerAfter having been part of Olympic lineups since 1992, baseball was excluded from the slate for the 2012 Games in London. It is seeking reinstatement for the 2016 Olympics, which will be held in Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro or Tokyo.
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Damned If You Gold, Damned If You Don'tby Michael-Louis Ingram -- Aug 26, 2008 - 9:57:00 PM
Our lack of respect in honoring achievements of others is the real story of these Summer Games.
HBCU Track Duo Medal In 110 Hurdlesby Tony McClean -- Aug 22, 2008 - 9:56:00 PM
David Payne, under the tutelage of Hampton University women's track & field coach Maurice Pierce, finished second in the 110-meter hurdle finals for the silver medal. He finished with a time of 13.17, .01 seconds ahead of Howard's David Oliver, (13.18) who took the bronze.
Superpower Showdown?by John McGrath -- Aug 21, 2008 - 9:50:00 PM
Team USA needs an opponent to remind it that nothing’s supposed to be as easy as Anne Donovan’s team has made it look. The Russian Federation, which two years ago stunned the USA by winning in the semifinals of the world championships, figures to be game for the task.
Slow Start, Smart Finishby BASN Wire Services -- Aug 19, 2008 - 9:50:00 PM
In 2004, Keeth Smart was on the strip at the end of back-to-back 45-44 losses. A win in either would have given his team a medal, but instead the Americans finished fourth. This year, Smart scored the deciding point in two 45-44 wins, and his U.S. saber team took the silver.
Straight No Chaser: Carlos of Confusionby Desi Cortez -- Aug 16, 2008 - 9:59:01 PM
Yeah, this cat Boozer couldn’t be more wrong. Bush, on the side of Black men? get the hell outta’ here. From tax breaks for the aristocrats to leave no children behind....just turn your back on them and walk away, pretend they don’t exist - just like the hundred of thousands who are the long term unemployed and underemployed.... No Mr. Boozer, this draft dodger who’s trading blood for oil in Iraq does not have your back.
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