US Should Help Amateur Athletes in Olympics

I am opposed to the United States Government paying for the Professional Sports Players that are competing in the Beijing Olympics while I am in favour of the Government paying for the Amateur Players. My reasons are based on the fact that professional sports players in the United States of America earn more than a […]

La Porta, Strasburg, US Olympic Baseball

I have decided to write about the prospects for the US Olympic Baseball Team with the intention of correcting some misconceptions. For one thing, there will be baseball stars competing in the Beijing Olympics 2008 while MLB [Major League Baseball] continues its regular season. One example of those who belong to MLB and will go […]

US Congress: Leave the Beijing Olympics Alone

I am reading the article by Xinhua and CRI English about the members of US Congress attempting to mix politics with sports in the Beijing Olympics. It appears that members of the United States Congress are living in one world where politics is the order of the day 24 hours, 7 days a week, and […]

Amanda Beard [Part Two]

The prospects of the US Olympic Swimming Team winning a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Medal will depend upon many factors. The factors that come into winning an Olympic Medal are determined by the will and discipline of the athlete and the team as well as the strength of the competition, and the environment. If there […]

Olympic News/Noticias Olimpicas [Xinhua, CRI English]

  Venezuela has sent 109 athletes to compete in 20 disciplines in the Olympics. Sonia Sequera who is Vice President of the Gymnastics Movement in Venezuela has announced that Venezuela is expected to “make a breakthrough” with the new techniques on the balance beam being developed by Jessica Brizeida Lopez Arocha.   Spain’s Water Polo […]

Dix and Trotter for the US Track in Beijing 2008

After the selection of the US Olympic Track and Field Teams, preparations are underway to compete in the Beijing Olympics which will start on the 8th of August 2008 at 8:00PM. While there are many members of the US Olympic Track and Field Teams. The prospects will depend on Walter Dix of the Male US […]

How the USA Can Win Gold in Basketball [Beijing 2008]

I have decided to write about basketball since I once played basketball in high school and occasionally play a game or two. I finished reading the BBC Olympic Blog article written by Philip Studd concerning the US Olympic Basketball Team. According to Philip Studd, the US Olympic Basketball Team has just arrived in the former […]