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Is It Worth It? Hosting the Olympic Games and other mega sporting events is an honor many countries aspire to -- but why?   |
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June 2012
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The London Olympic Facilities Are Cleverly Designed To Outlast The Games Around the world, host cities are stuck with giant venues built for the Games but rarely needed again. London will be different. |
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January 15, 2002
Lafe Low |
No False Starts Allowed The Olympic IT team has deployed the largest network in Utah. The 17-day-long Games begin on Feb. 8, and the systems for running the event have to be fully operational from day one... |
Reason
March 2009
Adrian Moore & Sam Staley |
A Better New New Deal How can we get the most bang for our transportation buck? Here are six ideas for the new president and cash-strapped governors. |
Sports Central
August 14, 2012
Brad Oremland |
Thumbs Down For Olympic Coverage I mentioned last week that I didn't get into the Summer Olympics as much as usual this year. Much of the reason, I'm afraid, was NBC's television coverage of the London Games. |
Wired
July 24, 2007
Spencer Reiss |
Smog and Mirrors: China's Plan for a Green Olympics China won its bid for the 2008 games in part by vowing to put on a "Green Olympics." In the six years since, officials have been battling to make at least some of that happen. |
Sports Central
August 8, 2012
Diane M. Grassi |
Shocker: Unsportsmanslike Conduct at Olympics The entire world is watching, and given the attention that the global media has recently dedicated to unethical behavior of certain Olympic athletes, sports fans could mistake it for a newly introduced Olympic sport of its own during these 2012 London Summer Games. |
Search Engine Watch
August 16, 2004
Gary Price |
An Olympic Selection of Search Resources The 2004 Summer Olympics are underway in Athens and the web is home to plenty of information that makes watching the games even more interesting. |
CIO
November 25, 2011
Jeremy Kirk |
London Wires Up for 2012 Olympic Games Extensive testing is under way to ensure the games go off without a hitch. |
Sports Illustrated
November 3, 2002
Brian Cazeneuve |
The fun has just begun New York's road to 2012 Games is still a long, long one |
Reason
April 2007
Staley & Balaker |
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Sports Illustrated
September 3, 2000 |
A peek inside the Athletes Village Welcome to the Athletes Village, home to more than 15,000 athletes, coaches and team officials during the Sydney Games... |
Fast Company
February 2010
Anne C. Lee |
The Vancouver Olympics by the Numbers Let the Games Begin! More than 80 nations and 5,500 athletes and officials will participate in this year's Winter Games. |
HBS Working Knowledge
February 5, 2014
Michael Blanding |
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold? With billions of dollars on the line at this year's troubled Winter Olympics, Stephen Greyser breaks down what's at stake for the brands of NBC, key corporate sponsors, Russia -- and Vladimir Putin. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2012
Ariel Bleicher |
The On-Demand Olympics Engineers gear up for history's largest broadcasting operation |
Sports Illustrated
April 5, 2000 |
What's in and what's out Q&A on the Olympics: Anything like Triplecast in the future?... Handball... Surfing... Mary Slaney and Amy Van Dyken... Why no golf?... Michael Bennett... Will Bahamas team win the 4x100-meter relay?... |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2004
Mike Cianciolo |
McDonald's Olympic Glory The fast food king utilizes the games to further expand its empire. |
Wired
November 2001
Dan Baum |
The Ultimate Jam Session It takes more than technology to solve the world's traffic problems. While Singapore succeeds with an iron fist, the United States waits for the invisible hand... |
AskMen.com
August 13, 2012
Simon Kuper |
London Olympics Post-Mortem The point of an Olympics isn't an economic legacy. It's to make people happy. Taken on that level, then for people around the world -- but above all for us Brits -- I think London worked. |
BusinessWeek
February 21, 2005 |
An Olympic-Size Mistake? An interview with critic Brian Hatch, who argues that New York City's strategy in bidding for the 2012 Games is a colossal error. |
Sports Illustrated
July 11, 2001
Brian Cazeneuve |
Vote for Me! The IOC is set to choose a host for 2008 and a new president... |
Outside
June 2008
Marc Peruzzi |
Let the Games Begin Without Us Want to let China know how you feel about its behavior? Change the channel and boycott the Olympics. |
Inc.
June 2005
Norm Brodsky |
Let the (Political) Games Begin What do you do when the government wants to replace your business with a big swimming pool? |
Salon.com
October 1, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
All of us Why the Olympics matter. |
CFO
June 15, 2012
Edward Teach |
Let the Games Begin The 2012 Summer Olympic Games start next month in London, and Neil Wood is counting on their success. An interview with Neil Wood, CFO, London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. |
Wired
December 2004
Tom McNichol |
Roads Gone Wild It's no surprise that the Dutch, a people renowned for social experimentation in practically every facet of life, have embraced new ideas in traffic management. Other countries are following suite. |
Sports Illustrated
April 28, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Cuban diver sees stars and stripes Will Ramirez make it to the Olympics?... Some thoughts about the difficulties Athens is having as it prepares for the 2004 Olympics... The Sydney organizers are planning to send an Olympic torch into orbit on the shuttle Atlantis... |
Reason
June 2008
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Olympic Gag Order Many countries, including the United States, Canada, and Australia, have promised not to restrict their athletes' political speech about China in the run-up to the games. Britain promises to "review" the U.K.'s policy, so the Brits may yet fall in line with their Anglosphere cousins. |
Popular Mechanics
February 5, 2010
Jeremy Repanich |
Top 5 Technologies in NFL Stadiums From retractable grass to one giant sunroof, stadiums have unusual features. |
Fast Company
April 2009 |
The Stadium of the Future What will the sporting venue of tomorrow look like? We asked the folks at HOK Sport to draw us a picture. |
Sports Central
February 17, 2006
Diane M. Grassi |
Winter Olympics TV Coverage Far From Golden Sports fans are not averse to watching Winter Olympics coverage, but trying to figure out NBC's television schedule has become a sport of Olympic proportions unto itself. |
BusinessWeek
February 21, 2005
Brian Hindo |
Not So Fast, Mr. Mayor Is a new stadium critical to New York's Olympics bid? Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Daniel L. Doctoroff call it crucial to landing the Olympics. |
Sports Central
February 12, 2007
Bijan C. Bayne |
Jerry Jones' Gem For Arlington Diane Brandon, Vice President of Communications and Research for the Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau, talks about plans for the Dallas Cowboys' future home in Arlington. |
Sports Illustrated
September 2, 2003
Brian Cazeneuve |
Scorecard: One Hellenic Situation Sinking boats, 60,000 stray dogs and protesting hookers: With the Olympics less than a year away, Athens has a lot of work to do |
BusinessWeek
August 15, 2005
Laura Cohn |
For London, What Price Olympic Security? After the bombings, London's security cost estimate for the 2012 games seems way too low. |
BusinessWeek
February 21, 2005 |
No Stadium, No Games An interview with Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, who says that in order for New York City to win the 2012 Olympics, "we don't have an alternative" to the proposed project. |
CIO
November 23, 2009
Kristin Burnham |
Olympic Effort Tech rehearsals condition IT operations for the 2010 Vancouver Games. |
BusinessWeek
August 30, 2004
Rachel Tiplady |
The 2012 Olympics: Paris Takes The Lead The five cities in the race to host the 2012 Games are pulling out all the stops to show the International Olympic Committee that they can put on a flawless performance. The French capital's secret weapon is its trim budget. |
Sports Illustrated
September 4, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Previewing the opening ceremony The opening of the Olympics. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Olympics: No Ad Bonanza The showcase for the world's athletes doesn't produce marquee names for advertisers. |
CIO
July 15, 2005
Megan Santosus |
Stuck in Traffic? IT Can Ease the Commute Some methods of decreasing traffic involve heavy costs and manual labor, but there are technological workarounds. For example, some technologies relay detailed traffic information to properly equipped cars. Traffic signals can also be improved. |
Registered Rep.
August 29, 2012
Diana Britton |
Cold Call with John McCardell John McCardell works with several athletes and coaches, including Dawn Staley, three-time Olympic gold medalist in U.S. basketball. What types of financial decisions do Olympians have to make post-games? |
Sports Central
January 25, 2006
Diane M. Grassi |
Winter Olympics Athletes Face Double Standard Big media and corporate sponsorship of sporting events in the US have become as big a story these days as the sports and athletes they themselves sponsor, with nary an opportunity missed by advertisers and networks alike to promote themselves. |
Sports Illustrated
February 7, 2002
Frank Deford |
Your Olympic Quiz A not-so-conventional primer for the Games... |
AskMen.com
Jim Bauer |
5 Things You Didn't Know About The Torino Olympics Five of the more curious things you didn't know about the upcoming 2006 Winter Olympics. |
Chemistry World
February 7, 2014
James Urquhart |
Materials break into snow business The Winter Olympics games in Sochi will be a test bed for new technologies and materials that will both enhance the arenas and the equipment that the athletes are using. |
