Olympics
Tahoe ski resorts bid for Winter Olympics
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Squaw Valley hosted the Olympic games back in 1960. The company hopes history repeats itself.
Budget issues hurt Greece's 2012 Olympic plans
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Today, the Greek Athletics Federation laid out what it sees as a "bleak future" for sports. The federation has suspended track and field events as part of budget cutbacks. That puts into question Greece's ability compete in the London Olympics this summer.
Bioscience getting ready for the Olympics
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Going for the tech gold
Britain not wired enough to handle the Olympics’ demand for Internet access
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Things less than brilliant over there.
NBC retains TV rights to Olympics
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
And this final note. Even without its champion performer, NBC won gold in the competition over TV rights to the Olympics. You may remember last...
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Looking back: Were the 2010 Olympics green, green-washed, or green-wished?
Monday, March 1, 2010
The 2010 Vancouver winter Olympics were to have been the greenest in history and there's no shortage of hits when you search for "Green Olympics...
Taking the temperature on Olympics greenwash
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
This Olympics has been a special one. The accomplishments of Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt, Yang Wei & co. show us all what the human body can do...
Olympic-size marketing blunders
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
As we approach the Summer Olympics in Beijing -- and all the advertising that goes with it -- MSNBC.com offers a look at "The top 8 Olympic marke...
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