Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category
Jamie Anderson shows her diversity
Source: TAHOE DAILY TRIBUNE By Steve Yingling
Beware, women’s halfpipe riders.
Already the women’s top slopestyle rider in the world, Jamie Anderson of Sierra-at-Tahoe is becoming more serious about her halfpipe career.… More | Posted: August 14, 2008
Bauerle’s Olympic-sized midlife crisis
Source: AJC.COM By Jeff Schultz
Beijing – The last time Jack Bauerle went through a midlife crisis, it played out like Benjamin Braddock’s pool party in, “The Graduate.”… More | Posted: August 12, 2008
Bleiler Announcing in Beijing For Yahoo! Sports
Source: TRANSWORLD BUSSINESS
Park City, Utah – Winter Olympians are heading to China! Olympic gold medalist Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) and silver medalist Gretchen Bleiler (Aspen, CO) might not be competing in the 2008 Olympic Summer Games in Beijing, but they’ll be in the midst of the action all the same.… More | Posted: August 12, 2008
‘Spiderwoman’ mountaineer uses iPod for support
Source: METRO.CO.UK
Her face a picture of calm focus, this lone climber carefully considers her next move.… More | Posted: August 12, 2008
The Silver Lining
Source: TEAMUSA.ORG By Aimee Berg
BEIJING – When athletes win multiple Olympic medals, they sometimes say the first one is the sweetest but Kara Lynn Joyce insists “it keeps getting sweeter and sweeter” every time.… More | Posted: August 11, 2008
Ann Arbor’s Joyce helps U.S. women claim silver
Source: THE DETROIT NEWS by John Niyo
BEIJING — Kara Lynn Joyce was a late addition to the U.S.… More | Posted: August 10, 2008
Dominant U.S. Softball Team Hopes Sport Will Return
Source: THE NEW YORK TIMES By John Branch
BEIJING – Of all the numbers used to measure success in softball – batting averages, earned run averages and so on – no digits are receiving the scrutiny of 51-1.… More | Posted: August 10, 2008
Phelps sets Olympic record in qualifying heat
Source: DETROIT NEWS By John Niyo
BEIJING — In what he hopes is a bit of foreshadowing, Michael Phelps began his quest for the most storied Olympic record in fine form Saturday.… More | Posted: August 10, 2008
Team USA expects light haul in weightlifting
Source: NBC By the Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) – The U.S. weightlifting team is hoping for at least one medal in the Beijing Olympics, and Melanie Roach has the best shot in the women’s 53-kilogram category on Sunday.… More | Posted: August 10, 2008