Olympics

Whatever one’s opinion is on protesting the Olympic torch run to criticize China’s human rights policies, it is clear that the protesters have won. I am watching live CNN’s coverage of the event, which would more accurately be titled the Olympic Torch Evasion. Viewers saw more pictures of buses, warehouses and boats in San Francisco […]

John Caldera, an aide to a San Francisco supervisor, will be among those carrying the Olympic torch in San Francisco on Wednesday and he says he is honored despite the protests. As someone who is openly Gay, Latino and a U.S. Navy Veteran, I have learned to respect the many subsets of our society. At […]

With the Olympics in China this summer, the U.S. team is shipping over tons of food to feed its athletes, the New York Times reports. When a caterer working for the United States Olympic Committee went to a supermarket in China last year, he encountered a piece of chicken — half of a breast — […]

Britain is setting its sights on finishing fourth in overall medals in the 2012 Olympics in London. Always practical, the Brits know they have zero chance of winning more medals than the U.S., Russia or China, the Wall Street Journal reports. So the host country is training athletes in more obscure sports like flatwater canoeing, […]

One of the United States’ top distance runners died just under six miles into the Olympic trials in Manhattan, the day before the New York City Marathon. Ryan Shay has been one of the top distance prospects for years according to the AP, missing the Olympics in 2004 due to an injury before the trials. […]