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Bob Costas' Desperate Plea to Springsteen: 'Cover Our Butts'

observer.com     Aug 21, 2008   4 related          

The Huffington Post's Media page alerts us to a note from Bob Costas on NBC's 'The Daily Nightly' blog. In it, Mr. Costas apologizes to his colleague Brian Williams and Olympics superstar Michael Phelps for passing along an...                    

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Flashback: Stephanie Tubbs Jones on Colbert

drudgereport.com     Aug 21, 2008   557 related          

Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Democratic representative of Ohio's 11th district died yesterday from a ruptured brain aneurysm at age 58. The Associated Press, CNN, CBS, Fox News, and The Washington Post jumped the gun, reporting that...                    

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Olympics are great, but home teams are best

suntimes.com     Aug 21, 2008          

"I've never seen that before in my life!" Later, on the drive home, my nephew kept checking out the 1983 White Sox souvenir edition baseball we'd purchased before leaving the park. And this is why in the grand scheme of things,...                    

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An Olympic lesson about trash talking

sacbee.com     Aug 21, 2008   15 related          

The following editorial appeared in the Sacramento Bee on Wednesday, Aug. 20: He had his ears flicked by kids. He had his baseball cap thrown off the bus. He had a middle school teacher tell him he'd never be successful. Yet...                    

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Beijing Olympics Recap: Shawn Johnson's Gold and Usain BOLT

wordpress.com     Aug 21, 2008   79 related          

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="453" caption="Shawn Johnson gets her gold"][/caption] Congratulations to Shawn Johnson for her long awaited, and well deserved, gold medal. In the end, the US women actually ended up...                    

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Olympics king Michael Phelps gets ready to conquer Facebook

sciam.com     Aug 20, 2008   108 related          

As you have no doubt heard by now, swimmer Michael Phelps won his eighth Olympic gold medal in the Beijing games over the weekend, bringing his career total to 14 – the most ever for an Olympian.All the attention that comes...                    

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'Lightning' Bolt's gold medal act a breath of fresh air

suntimes.com     Aug 20, 2008   1 related          

Jay Mariotti: He's a showboat, a hot dog and a clown, the sprinting version of Chad Johnson and Terrell Owens, all those things that cause Bob Costas and the purists to cringe. And thank God for that, by the way. Because if it...                    

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“Michael Phelps is the new Chuck Norris. And Chuck Norris is fine with that.”

ipatrix.com     Aug 20, 2008   3 related          

Michael Phelps at conception Before Usain Bolt smashed those world records in 100m and 200m with astonishing ease, Michael Phelps and his record eight Olympic golds were the talk of the town. Of course, there were a couple of...                    

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Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps and The Race for Digital Pennies

buzzcanuck.typepad.com     Aug 21, 2008          

Even though I'm on cottage vacation, I have found this Olympics to be riveting and during my escapes from the beach have been riveted in order of priority: 1) Usain Bolt's 100 metre and 200 metre records and making it...                    

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Michael Phelps' father finally revealed

newsvine.com     Aug 21, 2008   10 related          

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:08 PM EDT During Michael Phelps' races, camera shots of his mother Debbie were a fixture on NBC. The network showed endless replays of her falling to her seat after that memorable...                    

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