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Hand-Over To London Complete With Closing Ceremony
Fireworks and an appearance by international soccer star David Beckham highlighted the Closing Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.The eight-minute Olympic hand-over to 2012 Summer Games host London focused on an iconic red, double-decker bus. Modern dancers moved in and around the bus until the moment that the vehicle’s roof opened and out of it emerged a smiling Beckham. Read More >
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OUTSIDE THE RINGS
Final Thoughts As The Games Come To A Close
Before I left for Beijing, I asked people what covering the Olympics would be like. Most of them compared it to working 17 straight Super Bowls.
That sounded ridiculous to me. And my trip to Beijing actually confirmed my skepticism. The 17-straight-Super-Bowl analogy is ridiculous. Kind of. Read More > -
News Notes: 2016 Summer Games Bid Positioning Begins
The dust is barely settling on the Beijing Olympics, but the race for 2016 is heating up. Leaders from all four bid cities — Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo — provided some details and many talking points Saturday at a panel discussion staged by “Around The Rings,” the Olympics newsletter. Read More >
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NBC’s Universal Sports To Air Paralympic Games
Universal Sports, the Olympic channel co-owned by NBC and InterMedia Partners, will offer the first-ever TV and digital broadcast of the Paralympic Games courtesy of an agreement with BOCOG and the International Paralympic Committee. Read More >
