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Asia Olympic Council backs Tokyo's 2016 bid
The Associated Press

Updated: 07/03/09 7:36 AM

The Olympic Council of Asia has endorsed the bid of Tokyo to host the Summer Games in 2016. (Updated: 07/03/09 7:36 AM )

More youth, few surprises in Canada Olympic camp
The Associated Press

Updated: 07/02/09 2:10 PM

Sidney Crosby, left off the team as an 18-year-old in 2006, was among 46 players invited Thursday to the Canada Olympic hockey orientation camp next month. (Updated: 07/02/09 2:10 PM )

US team to wear Polo again at Olympic ceremonies
AP National Writer

Updated: 07/02/09 12:26 AM

The U.S. Olympic team will stay with the Polo look for the opening and closing ceremonies in Vancouver and London. (Updated: 07/02/09 12:26 AM )

Slam dunk! Dream Team earns spot in Hall of Fame
The Associated Press

Updated: 06/30/09 10:16 PM

The Dream Team is still dominating. (Updated: 06/30/09 10:16 PM )

Healthy Johnson among 34 invited to US Hockey camp
AP Hockey Writer

Updated: 06/30/09 3:31 PM

St. Louis Blues defenseman Erik Johnson, who missed all of last season because of a knee injury, was among 34 players invited to the U.S. Olympic hockey camp Tuesday for next year's Vancouver Games. (Updated: 06/30/09 3:31 PM )

London mayor: Olympic stadium could stay at 80,000
AP Sports Writer

Updated: 06/30/09 2:56 PM

The main stadium for the 2012 London Olympics might not be downsized after the games because of England's bid for the 2018 World Cup. (Updated: 06/30/09 2:56 PM )

Tortorella, Gordon join US Olympic coach staff
The Associated Press

Updated: 06/29/09 1:28 PM

Ron Wilson's coaching staff for the U.S. Olympic hockey team is complete, with the addition of assistants John Tortorella and Scott Gordon. (Updated: 06/29/09 1:28 PM )

US swim trials for 2012 Olympics return to Omaha
The Associated Press

Updated: 06/25/09 2:32 PM

The U.S. Olympic swimming trials will return to Omaha in 2012, with a temporary pool again being set up inside the Qwest Center. (Updated: 06/25/09 2:32 PM )

Leader in supplement industry says study flawed
AP National Writer

Updated: 06/22/09 6:41 PM

A leader in the supplement industry chafes when he hears sports leaders blame his multibillion-dollar industry for their steroid problems, citing studies that claim large percentages of their products are tainted. (Updated: 06/22/09 6:41 PM )

Chicago 2016 head says taxpayer risk 'improbable'
The Associated Press

Updated: 06/22/09 4:41 PM

The head of Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics says its is unlikely that taxpayers will be on the hook for millions of dollars if the games turn out to be a financial flop. (Updated: 06/22/09 4:41 PM )

Winter Olympians promote new USOC campaign
The Associated Press

Updated: 06/22/09 12:26 PM

Picabo Street believes that in tough times for Americans, they can still feel patriotic about their Olympic teams. (Updated: 06/22/09 12:26 PM )

London 2012 organizers seal Olympic Village deal
The Associated Press

Updated: 06/22/09 9:56 AM

London 2012 organizers have completed a deal to sell almost half of the housing units in the Olympic Village after the games. (Updated: 06/22/09 9:56 AM )

Americans shattered by stunning loss to Japan
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Updated: 08/22/08 7:14 AM

BEIJING— They walked around in a daze, unsure of what to do next.  (Updated: 08/22/08 7:14 AM )

Tirade by Stuczynski's coach captured on video

Updated: 08/20/08 1:33 PM

Rick Suhr's behavior at the Olympic pole vaulting competition on Monday night in Beijing has created a stir. (Updated: 08/20/08 1:33 PM )

Tears drown out cheers down the stretch
McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

Updated: 08/20/08 7:05 AM

BEIJING — Over the final 50 meters of the National Stadium track Tuesday, it no longer was about the races.  (Updated: 08/20/08 7:05 AM )

Gritty U. S. team advances to meeting with Brazil
LOS ANGELES TIMES

Updated: 08/19/08 11:11 AM

BEIJING — They are barely recognizable, with a style that is hardly understandable, yet this new U. S. women’s soccer team does share one thing with its famous ancestors.  (Updated: 08/19/08 11:11 AM )

U. S. baseball win over China turns ugly
McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

Updated: 08/19/08 6:41 AM

BEIJING — Injuries, hot tempers, ejections and a beanball war.  (Updated: 08/19/08 6:41 AM )

Stuczynski wins silver at Beijing

Updated: 08/18/08 11:22 AM

BEIJING … Fredonia native Jenn Stuczynski won a silver medal in the pole vault Monday, falling to a world record performance by defending Olympic gold medalist Elena Isinbayeva. (Updated: 08/18/08 11:22 AM )

West Side Rowing Club's Coppola, U.S. men's eight take bronze medal
News Sports Reporter

Updated: 08/17/08 8:20 AM

BEIJING — Steve Coppola said the rowers from the U.S. men's eight were determined to leave it all on the water this morning at the Summer Olympics. If the Canadians and British were going to beat them, they were going to know they were in a fight. (Updated: 08/17/08 8:20 AM )

Fredonia's Jenn Stuczynski qualifies for pole vault finals with one jump
News Sports Reporter

Updated: 08/16/08 9:39 AM

BEIJING — Jenn Stuczynski described her first Olympic pole vaulting competition as crazy, exciting, frustrating and a little nerve-racking. And to think, she needed to jump only once to qualify for Monday's final. (Updated: 08/16/08 9:39 AM )

Quarterfinals bring upsets
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Updated: 08/15/08 6:47 AM

BEIJING — Roger Federer directed an angry scream toward his feet. He swatted a stray ball in frustration. He slapped his thigh, hung his head and stomped behind the baseline.  (Updated: 08/15/08 6:47 AM )

Local rowers on TV at very early hour

Updated: 08/15/08 6:47 AM

The Olympic men’s and women’s rowing eight finals will be held Sunday afternoon in Beijing. That means those in Western New York who want to watch Buffalo’s Steve Coppola’s bid for a medal as it happens (EDT is 12 hours behind Beijing’s time) will have get up early Sunday. CBC (Ch. 5) will show it live at 5: 30 a. m. EDT. NBC (Ch. 2) will show it during its 7 p. m. to midnight time slot Sunday.  (Updated: 08/15/08 6:47 AM )

Double-digit gold
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Updated: 08/13/08 9:06 AM

BEIJING — A daily double. Michael Phelps swam into history  (Updated: 08/13/08 9:06 AM )

Coppola, US eight find rhythm to make final

Updated: 08/12/08 12:07 PM

BEIJING … Buffalo's Steve Coppola seemed to have a case of the blues after the U.S. men's rowing eight failed to win its opening heat at the Olympics. But all it took was for the guy to find a better rhythm.  (Updated: 08/12/08 12:07 PM )

Michael Phelps' medal tracker

Updated: 08/18/08 11:04 AM

Events: 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley, 4x100m freestyle relay, 4x200m freestyle relay, 4x200m medley relay. (Updated: 08/18/08 11:04 AM )

China: a country of contradictions

Updated: 08/12/08 7:21 AM

BEIJING — The first thing you see when you come out of the new subway station at Tiananmen Square is the portrait of Chairman Mao looming above The Gate of Heavenly Peace, where you must pass on the way to the Forbidden City.  (Updated: 08/12/08 7:21 AM )

U.S. men's eight in repechage tonight

Updated: 08/11/08 2:19 PM

BEIJING … Steve Coppola was eager to get back on the water after Monday's rainout. Now he and his U.S. rowing teammates will have to do it again, and sooner than they intended. (Updated: 08/11/08 2:19 PM )

Medley of reasons to believe in Phelps
News Sports Columnist

Updated: 08/09/08 11:50 PM

BEIJING — I have to admit, I was approaching the Michael Phelps quest warily, with a natural and well-earned sense of ambivalence and doubt. (Updated: 08/09/08 11:50 PM )

U.S. softball team hurt by IOC's snub
News Sports Columnist

Updated: 08/09/08 8:11 PM

BEIJING — Jessica Mendoza remembers that day. How could she forget? You spend your life playing softball. You dedicate yourself to the team, earn an Olympic gold medal, and then, out of nowhere, you find out your sport has been eliminated from the Games. Right by you, like a fastball on the black. (Updated: 08/09/08 8:11 PM )

Let the Games begin in Beijing
CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Updated: 08/08/08 7:11 AM

BEIJING — While few were noticing — perhaps because it is impossible to see much through the milky white cloud that passes for air here — some people were engaged in the activity that is the presumed essence of the Olympic Games.  (Updated: 08/08/08 7:11 AM )