Queen logs on to YouTube

The Queen has uploaded her first video to YouTube. The Royal family has had it's own channel since 2007 but this is the first time that she's uploaded something herself.What people are really interested in though is...

Canadian Cycling Team Symmetrics Shuts Down, for now...

I have to say I'm surprised by the fact that a new sponsor wasn't found for next year. Despite the current economic unrest this team has proven, both with local and international results, that it can bring...

Fans queue to snag tickets to see Oprah, Olympians

Oprah show fans started lining up at 6am this morning in Chicago for a chance to get some free tickets to the season premiere of the show featuring 150 US Olympic athletes."By noon, the line of Winfrey fans and...

Olympians talk about the opening ceremony

"John Dane III (sailing):“Right when we got in the tunnel, we began the chant of “USA, USA” and there was an amazing energy and excitement. It helped me appreciate what each of those athletes had sacrificed to reach that moment. When the chant started we all quit...

A Louisiana Flavor at the Beijing 2008 Olympics

"Twenty athletes with ties to the Pelican State will represent the United States during the 17-day athletic extravaganza. It is believed to be the largest Olympic contingent ever from Louisiana. Click to see what Olympians have Louisiana ties The athletes range in age from 18...

26 Egyptian Women Athletes head for Beijing 2008 Olympics

Overcoming cultural, financial and religious obstacles, 26 women athletes from Egypt qualified and headed for the Beijing 2008 Olympics."Twenty-six Egyptian women are now preparing for this August’s Beijing Olympics, including the country’s first female wrestler and a...

Attention couch potatoes: exercise pill in the works

"Exercise pill" is a great oxymoron.  I'm sure it could provide great benefit to people who cannot exercise but I'm not so sure about its application for couch potatoes. Right now, if you're a mouse, you...

British Olympians use red contact lenses in bid to beat Beijing smog

"The British women's hockey team are wearing red contact lenses to train for the Olympics because of the smog in China. Goalkeeper Beth Storry and her team-mates were affected by hazy conditions as they played on...

Canadian Cranberry Warriors to Besiege Beijing in Summer.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIn what can only be described as Cranberry Camouflage , Canada's Olympic athletes look more like Warriors off to "Fright in Cranberryistan" intimidating the neighbouring...

Vegetarian Athletes: At the Top of Their Game

David Tyree may have been the star of the Super Bowl, helping the New York Giants beat the previously undefeated New England Patriots, but in my eyes, Kansas City Chiefs tight-end Tony Gonzalez is the biggest...

Olympic athletes may blog again

It looks like the IOC is changing its mind about the ban on blogs written by athletes during the Olympic Games. Currently, the rules prohibit athletes from working as journalists and that includes writing on the internet. "The IOC Press Commission, chaired by Australian...

Putting about $70,000 in play

"Special Olympics Indiana supporters got some help from the agency's athletes during the recent annual Holiday in the Heartland party. Guests were encouraged to put themselves through the paces, the way Special Olympians do, in a variety of games that organizers set up for...

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