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The machinery is fully cranked. Cameras are aimed, stories are in process (including one in Sports Illustrated), video packages have been assembled. In just over two months, the 2010 Winter Olympic Games will unfold in Vancouver and one U.S. skier will play the role of Michael Phelps, the athlete who can win multiple gold medals over the course of the Games, while delivering eyeballs to ...
Through the first three quarters of 2009, advertising was off more than 14%.
World records set by swimmers wearing now-banned polyurethane swimsuits should not be allowed to stand, Australian Olympic silver medalist Eamon Sullivan said Tuesday. Sullivan, who finished second in the 100m freestyle at the Beijing Olympics, said it would be "incredibly stupid" for world records set during 2009 by swimmers using the outlawed suit to be retained.
“Don’t be Su-Su Kumar (Mister Pee)” urges one Hindi- language banner alongside a cartoon of a bald pedestrian lowering his trousers to relieve himself. “Delhi’s beauty is everyone’s duty.”
Taylor Phinney is getting some last-minute help in the quest to keep his specialty event on the Olympic cycling program. Hard copies of an online petition with 4,408 signatures were sent to the International Olympic Committee on Monday, just two days before the group's executive board is to convene in Switzerland for a meeting.
LONDON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Pimps sold a young woman as a sex slave in broad daylight on Britain's busiest shopping thoroughfare, London's Oxford Street, police say.
LAKE PLACID - The prospect of this village hosting a Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2016 received a high-profile boost last month when village Mayor Craig Randall and Lake Placid/Essex County Visitors Bureau President and CEO James McKenna traveled to Lausanne, Switzerland.
Marion Jones's Sydney Olympic individual sprint and long jump medals will be reallocated this week but her 100m gold will not be given to Greece's Katerina Thanou due to her own involvement in doping.
The IOC will reallocate Marion Jones's Sydney 2000 Olympics individual sprint and long jump medals this week but will not give her 100m gold to Greece's Katerina Thanou due to her own involvement in doping.
The International Olympic Committee is considering the elimination of endurance events in track cycling and the addition of...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Olympic Committee is considering the elimination of endurance events in track cycling and the addition of mixed doubles in tennis for the 2012 London Games.
Nike is changing directions to go places it's never gone, and CEO Mark Parker is leading the way.
Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt is no "superman" and can be beaten, his compatriot and rival Asafa Powell insisted on Tuesday.
USA women's hockey national team member Caitlin Cahow, a 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, will document her experience as she prepares to compete at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.
Chris Plys, a member of the USA Olympic team in curling, will be updating USA TODAY as he prepares for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.
Mercedes-Benz will pay $75 million to $100 million to put its name on an arena in Shanghai. The deal appears to represent a first for China.
Mike Tyson, arrested after a scuffle with a photographer, could be sent to jail if he's found to have violated probation from a 2007 drug case.
Comedian Stephen Colbert is raising a significant amount of money for cash-strapped US Speedskating.
SEATTLE----As the Photographic Agency to the International Olympic Committee for the twelfth consecutive games, Getty Images will cover all aspects of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games , often providing clients with near-instant access to some of the most important moments of the Games.
A lot of news happens in a decade, and as we prepare to close this one, there will be plenty of lists about the top stories from the last 10 years. This is not one of those lists. These are the stories you told us you were interested in … by searching for them. From the gravely serious to the supremely silly, we present a decade of news you couldn't get enough of.
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 7, 2009) - Editors Note: A photo for this release will be available via Marketwire on the picture wire of The Canadian Press. The International Olympic Committee has appointed The Canadian Press as the National Olympic Photo Pool for the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and Whistler. The IOC chose The Canadian Press to take on this role to guarantee that ...
