ON CAMPUS: UP’s Mandell to run in Beijing Olympics (Portland Tribune)
ON CAMPUS: UP’s Mandell to run in Beijing Olympics (Portland Tribune)
Derek Mandell, a distance runner at the University of Portland, will compete in the Beijing Olympics for his home country of Guam. After graduating from Portland on Sunday, Mandell was informed of the news by the president of the Guam Track and Field Association. He will be Guam’s lone track and …
Olympic torch reaches Mount Everest summit (International Herald Tribune)
The climbing of Everest was the most ambitious leg of what is expected to be the longest Olympic torch relay in history; the event was denounced by pro-Tibetan groups.
HBC says Olympic gear sales strong, even after flap over made-in-China pieces (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
TORONTO - The flap over made-in-China pieces in Canada’s Summer Olympic apparel collection doesn’t appear so far to have put a wrinkle in the Hudson’s Bay Company’s bottom line.
Senior Olympics (FOX 28 South Bend)
Beijing won’t have the only Olympic Games this summer. South Bend will host the first-ever Northern Indiana Senior Olympics in June. Anyone 50 and older will be able to compete in 18 different events, including a race walk, arm wrestling, 3-on-3 basketball and ping pong.
Pops to play Beijing during Olympics (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is the only American orchestra invited to perform during opening weekend of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
WHO: Hand-foot-mouth disease not to affect Beijing Olympics (People’s Daily)
The recent outbreak hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) in China, which has killed 25 children till now, will not threaten the upcoming 29th Olympics Games in this summer, a representative from Beijing Bureau of the World Health Organization (WH …
