U.K. police have arrested a total of 97 people, "including alleged ticket touts, people setting up bogus websites, and those accused of selling bogus hotel rooms" in the run-up to the '12 London Games. The arrests are part of a crackdown effort dubbed Operation Podium (MIRROR.co.uk, 1/25).
A LOCOG policy regarding babies attending the London Games has "provoked outrage among expectant mothers and fathers." The policy means babies "not even conceived at the time their parents bought tickets ... will be banned from accompanying them to events unless they have their own seat" (LONDON TIMES, 1/25).
ESPN on Thursday will air a tribute to late freestyle skier Sarah Burke, "who died last week from injuries suffered during a training accident," during its Winter X Games broadcast. The memorial is "planned for early in the ESPN broadcast ... and will include several athletes" (AP, 1/25).
Penn State officials were expecting an approximate 10,000 people to have attended yesterday's public viewing of late football coach Joe Paterno at the school's Pasquerilla Spiritual Center when it ended at 11:00pm ET. The viewing will continue this morning before a private funeral later in the day (REUTERS, 1/24).
