Tag: beijing olympics

  • Beijing Olympics Goodwill Goes Poof

    I think all the goodwill generated by the Beijing Olympics has just disappeared. China’s Dairy Woes Widen. Wall Street Journal. China Milk Scandal Widens as Melamine Found in Yogurt. Bloomberg.

  • Yao Ming Suffers Stress Fracture

    Yahoo/AP: Yao Out for Season with Left Foot Injury. All-Star center Yao Ming is out for the season with a stress fracture in his left foot . . . . Currently, the Houston Rockets are 3 games behind the Los Angeles Lakers, the Western Conference leader. However, the Rockets are only 3 1/2 games ahead…

  • Beijing Olympics: Table Tennis

    Chris Anderson calls the partnership between NBC Universal and Microsoft to broadcast over 3,000 hours of live and on-demand content at NBCOlympics.com the first “Long-Tail Olympics.” This should be great news for table tennis fans in the United States. Sure, we can catch our regular basketball, track and field, swimming, diving, and gymnastics events on…