The Day the WNBA died, Ex-Sprinter Marion Jones signs with Tulsa

Unlike some of my peers I have little faith in disgraced former track & field star Marion Jones. She lied to the media. She lied to her fans. Marion Jones even lied to herself. She cheated to get ahead and...

Dale Begg- Smith: Internet Fraudster and Olympic Champ???

Australia's born and bred won the gold for Freestyle Moguls in Torino; the million- dollar question is he really Australian??? NO, NO, and NO! This flamboyant Lamborghini driving, connoisseur of bourgeois West Vancouver affluence was basically born and raised in West...

Simon Ammann from Switzerland Wins Gold in Ski Jump at Whistler

Simon Ammann from Switzerland has won the first Gold Medal at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games in the Ski Jumping competition at Whistler. After the first-round of the normal hill competition, Ammann had a 2.5 pin cushion but with his second jump he extended it to 7. ...

Russia again denies Canada gold medal

A disappointing ending but still a good effort by Canada. " For the second consecutive year, Team Canada came up second-best to Russia at the IIHF world hockey championship on Sunday. Russia edged Canada 2-1 in a...

Junior Hockey Controversy, Sun Scribe Embarrasses OHL

The big what for? at my local arena this week had nothing to do with the five new faces that had strolled into town over the past week. Forwards Anthony Peluso, Andrew Merrett, Matthew Kang as well as over-age...

Minorities urged to swim

Olympic swimmer and gold medal winner Cullen Jones wants to encourage more youngsters from minority communities to take up the sport. Swimming is a sport that has very few black and other minority ethnic stars....

Olympic Gold medal for bravery

As the Beijing Olympic coming toward the end with no doubt China has hosted a great Olympic with many memorable moments. There were amazing performance by the medal winning athletes however, it was the elderly...

Double Gold for German Dentist

Congratulations to German double gold medalist’s Hinrich "the dentist" Romeike and wonder horse Marius for capturing both the team and individual Eventing competition. A double gold medal is always something...

Australia swimming in gold as Trickett womens wins 100m butterfly

Libby Tricket has become Australia's second golden girl with her win in the 100m butterfly in Beijing today.   The medal is Libby Trickett's first individual Olympic gold. [Ge  Trickett put forth a brillian swim to claim gold, and fellow countrywoman Jessica...

US Relay Team Stripped of Sydney Gold Medal

The US Men's 100 meter relay champions have been stripped of their gold medals from the Sydney Summer Games in 2000. "Beijing, China (Sports Network) - Hours after the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced U.S. swimmer Jessica Hardy tested positive for...

Ethiopa's Gebre Selassie Won't Run in Beijing Olympics - Too Much Pollution

There's a problem with the selection committee that chooses where next to hold the Olympics - when they choose a country where even the athletes feel it's unhealthy to compete."World record holder Haile...

The Duff Man! Gold Medal Superhero Skeleton-ist Duff Gibson on the Olympic Ou...

I've replenished the Olympic Outsider podcast series with an episode called The Duff Man! - Olympic Laughs with the Superhero Skeleton-ist Duff Gibson - Olympic Outsider #8 over at 2010.dailyvancouver.com. Coming next is an interview with half-pipe snowboarding star Crispin...

Herbals help athlete get gold medals

"Athlete will not do good without sturdy muscles or joints, which are among the most neglected parts of the body." Full Story

Canadian Men Get Brief Scare From Italy (AP)

"AP - Jarome Iginla started these Olympics the same way he ended them in Salt Lake City — with two goals — and gold medal favorite Canada survived a brief scare with a dominating second period in a 7-2...

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