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Ironies abound for Dems
The SwampBy Jim Tankersley The 2008 calendar, for Democrats, is nothing if not ironic. It's ironic that the most front-loaded primary schedule in party history has stretched into June without a clear winner. It's ironic that states that scrambled to vote......Tags: Michigan, Elections, Hillary Clinton, California, National Government
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ESPN officially announces new SportsCenter lineup
WatchdogOh, what the heck. I'm just going to spend the rest of the day posting news releases that land in my inbox without even bothering to rewrite them in some clever fashion. What's the point? It's all just part of......Tags: Long Island, NBC (tv network), ESPN (tv network), National Football League, CBS Corp.
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Bush to attend Beijing Olympic opener
The Swampby Frank James In the time-honored Washington tradition of waiting until the last minute before a weekend or holiday to drop controversial news, the White House waited until the eve of the Independence Day holiday to announce that President Bush......Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Fourth of July, Summer Olympics, Trade Agreements, Hillary Clinton
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NBC announces intention to cover Olympics thoroughly
WatchdogIf, perchance, you have an interest in the Beijing Olympic Games next month, NBC is prepared to accommodate you, far beyond the capacity of any single human to consume. Click below for 1,850 words or so of details direct from......Tags: Modern Pentathlon, Soccer, Multi-Sport Events, Beach Volleyball, Dick Ebersol
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NBC should sublet 30 Rock as a rental in August
WatchdogClick below for the complete, 2,308-word NBC release regarding its announcing plans for the Beijing Olympics.......Tags: Modern Pentathlon, Trampoline Gymnastics, Soccer, Multi-Sport Events, Tim Ryan
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Bela Karolyi, Bob Costas, Bob Papa, Mary Carillo . . .
WatchdogOnce the All-Star Game is over later this Tuesday night, the next big event on the Tiger-free summer sports calendar will be the Beijing Olympics. Thus Wednesday NBC will be revealing its announcing teams for the Games. Don't expect any......Tags: NBC (tv network), Multi-Sport Events, Bob Costas, National Football League, Sports
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Team USA sets out on comeback trail
O, by the WayThe Utah Jazz??? Carlos Boozer is showing a sense of the moment when refers to Team USA???s attempt to restore America to international basketball supremacy as the ???road to redemption.??? From the beginning you got the idea that this current......Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Dwight Howard, Injuries and Wounds, LeBron James, Utah Jazz
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McCain: Snags the Dalai Lama
Spin CycleFrustrated all week by the Obama Abroad Tour's stranglehold on the news cycles, McCain finally gets a break -- setting up a meeting in Aspen tomorrow with a world leader of his own, the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan spiritual......Tags: Dalai Lama, Religion and Belief, Buddhism, Hillary Clinton, Multi-Sport Events
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ESPN plans live ads to promote live SportsCenters
WatchdogSay what you want about SportsCenter, but it's indisputable that ESPN long has done a great job on the commercials promoting itself. Its latest stunt sounds interesting: A series of live commercials featuring one of its own staffers as a......Tags: Elections, ESPN (tv network), Southington, Political Candidates
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Obama, McCain: On tour, on cue
The Swampby John Crewdson The Swamp watches the Sunday talks, so you can clean out the basement and argue with your spouse over whether to finally throw away those '60s L.P.s. Tom Brokaw shows us that, even without the departed Tim......Tags: Osama bin Laden, Economic Policy, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Environmental Issues, Elections
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McCain meets the Dalai Lama
The Swampby Frank James The Chinese government won't be happy about it but Sen. John McCain met with the Dalai Lama in Aspen, Colo. today. The all-but-official Republican presidential nominee urged Chinese officials to release Tibetan prisoners it's holding as a.....Tags: Human Rights, Dalai Lama, Prisoners and Detainees, Religion and Belief, Elections
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Clamping down on dissent in China and at "The Club"
O, by the WaySports journalism normally doesn't get tangled up in First Amendment issues. It is our colleagues working in City Hall or are otherwise engaged with the "real world" who have to battle their way through freedom-of-speech issues. But a pair of......Tags: Sports Organizations, Arts and Culture, Multi-Sport Events, Olympic Games, Rusty Brown
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