Source: THE WATCHER Oprah Winfrey's's PR folks have released the full list of Olympians who will gather in Millennium Park on Wednesday for a special edition of her talk show. The tickets that were available to the public have already been snapped up (as this Tribune story notes). There will also be some lawn seats available for the 10 a.m. (read more)
Source: THE SEATTLE TIMES by Tim Johnson BEIJING — Kirkland's Jill Kintner, banged up and all, comes home with a bronze medal. The debut of BMX on the Olympics stage here Friday morning brought the bronze on the U.S. side in the women's race, and silver and bronze for the men. Kintner, 26, only returned to BMX last year after spending four years (read more)
Source: SEATTLE TIMES By Tim Johnson BEIJING — Kirkland's Jill Kintner, banged up and all, comes home with a bronze medal. The debut of BMX on the Olympics stage here Friday morning brought the bronze on the U.S. side in the women's race, and silver and bronze for the men. Kintner, 26, only returned to BMX last year after spending four years focusing (read more)
Source: USA TODAY By Sal Ruibal
BEIJING ? The action sport of BMX bicycle racing made its Olympic debut Wednesday with lots of thrills and spills.
The thrills came from the close-quarters racing that had big people on little bikes elbow to elbow in tight turns and big jumps.
PHOTO GALLERY: Action from Wednesday's BMX
INTERACTIVE (read more)
Source: ESPN.COM By Alyssa Roenigk On Friday morning in Beijing, BMX medal hopeful Kyle Bennett was walking through the athlete's village when superstar sprinter Tyson Gay skipped down the stairs directly in front of him. On Saturday, Bennett's teammate Donny Robinson had just climbed into an elevator when Nastia Liukin, the women's gymnastics all-around champion, vaulted in before the door could (read more)
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