Olympics: Cut It Out, Give It Back, Cool the Hype
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Calls of "cut it out" and "give it back"  competed with a hot United States-vs.-China medals race  Thursday as the 28th Olympiad in Athens went into its final  days with some 80 medals still to be won.
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ATHENS -- The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad -- the great disaster that wasn&#39;t -- come to an emotional end this afternoon and, really, the world owes Athens an apology.
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Told to avoid inflaming anti-American  sentiment, U.S. athletes may have toned down the bravado too  much in the early days of the Athens Games.
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Things are looking up: Practice is no longer held in the drained Olympic-size pool.
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Chicagoâs plans for a temporary Olympic stadium represents only a small part of what Chicago and the United States Olympic Committee have tried to learn from New Yorkâs failed bid.
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BORMIO, Italy -- Whether the Nations Team Event -- tried for the first time in championship competition here yesterday -- is destined for Olympic glory or the trash, only time and more races will tell.
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There are some people who feel that Michael Phelps has been overpraised at these Olympics, that the attention on his medals came at the expense of others.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Butt-covering is among the few human endeavors that is not a medal sport at the Olympics. Which is a shame, because the indisputable favorite for the gold appeared on open ground yesterday.
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ATHENS, Aug 10 (IPS) - -The scorching sun of Athens would suggest this   might be more the place to think global warming than Salt Lake  City where  the winter Olympics of 2002 were held. It has turned  out to be just the  other way round.
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Aerobics and kick basketball are not everyone's idea of serious sports and have yet to find a place in the Olympic Games.
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The athletes have packed up. Olympic banners are coming down. But another challenge for the city of Athens is just beginning. It&#39;s a realization that&#39;s just starting to hit the Olympic hosts
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The Olympic games engages virtually everyone on the planet. The past two weeks have shown they are thrilling, intoxicating and enriching - and, of course, unpredictable.
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Travel: With the Olympic Games just eight months away, you should be thinking about where you're going to stay
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BEIJING - Days after the euphoria of its record gold medal haul in Athens, China announced a sobering plan to delay construction of some venues for the 2008 Olympics and confirmed plans to cut down the extravagant features of two main stadiums here.
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The Evening Standard reports that London will use television coverage from Mondayâs parade of Olympians to convince Olympic leaders of Britainâs enthusiasm to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
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London sent off its bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today, calling it a &quot;winning formula&quot; towards snaring the world&#39;s biggest sporting event.
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A different way of calculating the medal standings brings some interesting results.