Archive for the 'Olympics--Winter' Category

We never heard Claudine Longet say masks were needed on Tall ‘Asur.

Monday, June 8th, 2009

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Obviously, the Chinese have adopted the policies of the United States Transportation Safety Administration’s NO FLY LIST. Nevertheless, the athlete in question would have had a difficult time finding ice upon which to skate.

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 12:13 am EDT
China revokes visa of gold medalist, Darfur activist Cheek
By Chris Chase
Olympic gold medalist and outspoken Darfur activist Joey Cheek has had his visa revoked by the Chinese embassy, hours before the speedskating champion was set to fly to China. And he wasn’t even planning on wearing a mask when […]

I actually liked Tonya Harding…the world class figure skater who smoked cigarettes was a credit to the sport.

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

REUTERS
Clinton takes hit in new poll on White House race
Wed Mar 26, 10:53 PM ET
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s positive rating has dropped to a new low of 37 percent in an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday.
According to the poll, the New York senator’s positive rating slid 8 percentage points in two weeks […]