Olympic Newsdesk -- Bach for IOC EB; Boycott Anniversary; South African Olympic Leader Dies
(ATR) Thomas Bach confirms run for IOC executive... U.S. Olympic boycott announcement anniversary... Medal prospect in serious condition...
New Books Examine Games History, Personalities
(ATR) The latest edition of an encyclopedia of Olympic history comes out in time for the Games, as does the paperback edition of an icon's autobiography ... a Pulitzer-prize winning author explores the firsts at the Rome Games ... while another book appraises the 1980 boycott from the athlete point of view.
Obama, McCain Ring Olympics Boycott Bell
(ATR) Perhaps oblivious to the potential harm that he might be causing to the bid for the 2016 Olympics from his hometown of Chicago, Barack Obama is suggesting that President George Bush should not attend the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics.
