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Sports Illustrated
September 4, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Previewing the opening ceremony The opening of the Olympics.   |
Sports Illustrated
September 15, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Opening secrets Some of the highlights from the opening ceremonies in Sydney... |
Salon.com
February 11, 2002
Gary Kamiya |
Red, white and wrong NBC's jingoistic provincialism is missing what the Olympics are all about -- but the Games will prevail... |
Salon.com
October 1, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
All of us Why the Olympics matter. |
Sports Illustrated
August 16, 2000
Frank Deford |
Sydney Olympics must overcome The Sydney Olympics are a month away, so let's look at the problems they face in attracting their usual high degree of interest in the United States. |
Sports Illustrated
October 2, 2000 |
Thanks for the memories SI writers weigh in with their favorite Sydney moments... |
Sports Illustrated
September 15, 2000
Leigh Montville |
Opening with a great surprise Cathy Freeman made history, and no one saw it coming... |
Sports Central
August 13, 2012
Angus Saul |
What London 2012 Was Really About London 2012 was all about passing on the baton. We can only hope that the baton is passed with good grace, and that sport will benefit from such a marvelous event. |
Sports Illustrated
September 26, 2000 |
Sydney Pen Pals Thanks to the Sydney Olympics' internal computers, I can reach all the athletes via e-mail. So I e-mail 3,000 of them, 60 at a time, and ask them: What single thing has happened to you at these Olympics that you will never forget?... |
Sports Illustrated
October 2, 2000 |
Top moments 'Best ever' Games churned out memorable moments... |
Sports Illustrated
April 11, 2000
Gary Smith |
Scorecard An Uproar Down Under--Five months before the start of the Summer Games, that uneasiness turned to pit-of-the-gut dread in Australia last week. |
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. |
Salon.com
September 27, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
Gold, silver and bronze What is it about Olympic medal ceremonies that is so moving? |
Salon.com
September 25, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
Night of the thoroughbreds On an evening of amazing feats, an Australian hero and an American legend shone the brightest. |
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. |
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?... |
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. |
Sports Illustrated
February 1, 2002
Tim Layden |
Good news, bad news U.S. Olympians will get intense scrutiny, support... |
Sports Illustrated
September 19, 2000
Rick Reilly |
The Biggest Hurdle in Sydney Nigerian Olympic hurdler Glory Alozie's fiance, sprinter Hyginus Anayo Anugo, was killed by a speeding car in Sydney a week before the games, shattering her hopes and dreams... |
Salon.com
September 30, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
Enter Marion, exit Michael The final night of track and field saw the coronation of the greatest female athlete in the world -- and the golden departure of history's greatest 400-meter runner... |
Sports Illustrated
February 19, 2002
Janet Maslin |
Medal Worthy NBC's two toughest jobs in broadcasting the Olympics have been guessing what will make the best broadcast and, more important, knowing when to leave well enough alone. So far the network is succeeding at both... |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Best Olympic Events 2014 With so many events and a weird time difference, keeping up with what's on at the Olympics is daunting. We'll be featuring a daily list of the best events to watch. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2008
Graham & Lomax |
China's Epic Olympic Opportunity Will China's glory fade after the Olympics? Not a chance. |
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... |
Fast Company
June 2008
Lucas Conley |
Audiobrain Meets NBC: Creating Music for the Beijing Olympics How Audrey Arbeeny and Michael Sweet are using sound to help NBC orchestrate its Olympic coverage into narrative storytelling. |
Finance & Development
March 2010
Andrew Zimbalist |
Is It Worth It? Hosting the Olympic Games and other mega sporting events is an honor many countries aspire to -- but why? |
Sports Illustrated
September 26, 2000
John Walters |
Making sense of NBC's tumbling Olympic ratings Question: Could NBC's ratings for the Olympics be any worse? Answer: Only if Dennis Miller were added to the broadcast team... |
Sports Illustrated
May 5, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Olympic burnout factor Q&A on the Olympics: increasing surge of interest rising in the 2000 Games in the U.S. public and media?... How does the United States' shot put, discus and hammer throwers look this year?... Has the IOC ever considered offering "at large" berths to athletes... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
September 13, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Pinning away Welcome to the Olympic pin-trading center in Darling Harbour. They tell me it's practically pindemonium in this large tent, where the currency of the Games is traded, sold, bartered and evaluated with the most discerning eyes and wallets... |
Home Theater
February 5, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Best HDTV Bait: Super Bowl or Olympics? Lots of folks buy TV's at this time of year -- but the prime motive may surprise you. |
Sports Illustrated
September 13, 2000
Frank Deford |
A culture of 'sus' So overwhelming is the perception that drugs sustain most Olympic athletes, that it really doesn't matter how much the well is poisoned. Almost every record and every winner is sus. Sus, a shortened version of the word "suspicious," is, so far as I know, only used in Olympic circles. |
Sports Illustrated
February 14, 2002
Frank Deford |
Patriot Games Flag-waving and sports are becoming a tired mix... |
Sports Illustrated
October 12, 2000
Tim Layden |
Missing the action NBC's tedious telecast was caught in a time warp. Not only were the features overtly sappy and obvious, but the pacing of the telecasts was glacial... |
Sports Illustrated
February 7, 2002
Frank Deford |
Your Olympic Quiz A not-so-conventional primer for the 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. |
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. |
Salon.com
September 21, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
The morning after Australia comes to terms with the fact that reports of Ian Thorpe's divinity were slightly exaggerated. |
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
September 18, 2000
Rick Reilly |
Love, Sydney I know who should get the 2008 Games. Sydney. Also 2012. And 2016. And 2020 through 3000. Sydney. Let's make it official. Sydney is now the Olympics' permanent home... |
Fast Company
Chris Gayomali |
No, The Olympics And Samsung Are Not Banning IPhones During The Opening Ceremony A rumor swirling yesterday suggested that Olympic sponsor Samsung was clamping down on Apple's presence in Sochi. |
Sports Central
July 19, 2012
Kevin Beane |
The Other Nations of the Olympics Since the Olympics see fit to include as many nations as possible, they give out wild card entries to nations that do not have any athletes who qualified through competition. This makes the Olympic Opening Ceremonies a truly global event. |
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
September 11, 2000 |
A new sport: Olympic Web surfing Greetings from the Surf Shack at the athletes' village here in Sydney. The Shack is the computer haven athletes drop by to build their own Web pages and design personalized T-shirts. For the next two days, we'll be sampling some of the highlights from Web pages created at the Shack... |
Sports Illustrated
March 3, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Defining the Olympic Spirit Welcome to the first Sydney 2000 Mailbag, where we'll discuss anything and everything relating to the Summer Games.... |
PC Magazine
November 30, 2004
Matthew D. Sarrel |
Athens 2004 The summer Olympics are over, but you can relive them in this comprehensive, officially licensed PS2 game. |
InternetNews
February 15, 2008 |
Blogs Get Official Go-ahead For Beijing The International Olympic Committee on Friday gave the green light to allow blogging at the Olympics for the first time, issuing guidelines for this August's Beijing Games. |
Sports Illustrated
September 8, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Swimming without sharks Nick Martin may have the Sydney Games' most unusual job. He is entrusted with fighting off sharks in the Harbour during one of the Olympics' debut events, just in case one of them fancies a triathlete sampler for lunch. |
Sports Illustrated
March 28, 2000 |
Jaws IV: Snack Time in Sydney Triathletes at the Sydney Olympics this summer might be swimming with the sharks? |
Sports Illustrated
September 12, 2000
Jack McCallum |
Scorecard What's worse -- suing to go to the Games, or just not caring? |
Salon.com
September 23, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
Speed thrills When the world's fastest humans, Marion Jones and Maurice Greene, won their races, they put us in touch with something buried deep in the human psyche... |
