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Beware: The task of looking back at 2008 could induce whiplash. Last year, I introduced our annual review of search trends and touched on the subject on how a billion (or so) searches can sketch a portrait of a culture in motion. The motion this year was volatile, to say the least, what with the American presidential elections, the Beijing Olympics, and a doggedly stubborn global economic morass. This time, the Yahoo! Year in Review is even bigger and more ambitious, the better to reflect th... more

More on the situation in Bangkok: from the Scotsman for December 1st, 2008 Published Date: 01 December 2008 By CLAIRE GARDNER IT WAS supposed to be a relaxing sunshine holiday in Thailand after a punishing schedule following his record three gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. But Scots cycling champion Chris Hoy found himself caught up in the chaos at [...]... more

Obama Makes Pitch for 2016 Chicago Olympics President-elect Barack Obama made a personal appeal Friday to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to his home city of Chicago. Obama appeared in a taped video message played to the general assembly of European Olympic Committees. (Nov. 21) Author: AssociatedPress Keywords: obama olympics makes pitch 2016 chicago Added: November 21, 2008 Source: youtube.com 2008 China Beijing Olym... more

Thank you very much for the memories, Mr East wood - Independent Share FROM the top of the hill, old fighters are remembered. Not in chrome or canvas, but in clusters of scarlet gloves dangling from the light-fittings. This is BJ’s place. The big house peers down towards the Bangor road, across shrub and lawn and Source: www.independent.ie UK Boxing News - Secondsout.com According to the Guardian newspaper Beijing Olympic Gold medallist James DeGale has signed professional with... more

EHIME, Japan - Montedio Yamagata clinched promotion to the J-League first division on Sunday with a dramatic come-from-behind 3-2 win at Ehime FC.Ehime led 2-1 through Daisuke Aono’s double but Tatsuya Ishikawa leveled a minute from time before Beijing Olympic... more

Ninety percent of the 11,000 athletes in attendance at the recent Olympics used dietary supplements of some kind. Also, there was not one supplement contamination case. The high level of scrutiny attached to the bodily inputs of athletes sometimes reveals contaminated products that result in athletes being sent home and banned from their sports. Beijing marks a turning point for the industry. The supplements industry been given a boost by its clean Olympics performance. Before the Games some... more

Ninety percent of the 11,000 athletes in attendance at the recent Olympics used dietary supplements of some kind. Also, there was not one supplement contamination case. The high level of scrutiny attached to the bodily inputs of athletes sometimes reveals contaminated products that result in athletes being sent home and banned from their sports. Beijing marks a turning point for the industry. The supplements industry been given a boost by its clean Olympics performance. Before the Games some... more

Ninety percent of the 11,000 athletes in attendance at the recent Olympics used dietary supplements of some kind. Also, there was not one supplement contamination case. The high level of scrutiny attached to the bodily inputs of athletes sometimes reveals contaminated products that result in athletes being sent home and banned from their sports. Beijing marks a turning point for the industry. The supplements industry been given a boost by its clean Olympics performance. Before the Games some... more

Ninety percent of the 11,000 athletes in attendance at the recent Olympics used dietary supplements of some kind. Also, there was not one supplement contamination case. The high level of scrutiny attached to the bodily inputs of athletes sometimes reveals contaminated products that result in athletes being sent home and banned from their sports. Beijing marks a turning point for the industry. The supplements industry been given a boost by its clean Olympics performance. Before the Games some... more