U.S. editors vote Beijing Olympics 5th biggest story for 2008
Tuesday, 23rd December 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)
The Associated Press' annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors voted the Beijing Olympics the fifth biggest news story of of 2008, coming in behind the U.S. election, the economic meltdown, oil prices and the American occupation of Iraq.It's a pretty safe bet that a similar vote in China would put the Olympics at the top of that list, followed by the Sichuan earthquake of last May.
Sports fans in the United States who want to relive more Olympic moments can tune in December 27 to NBC's look back at the games, "Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony: TV Event of the Year," hosted by Bob Costas and Matt Lauer.
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Yao and Rockets dominate Yi and Nets
Tuesday, 23rd December 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)
As expected, Yao Ming outshone his countryman Yi Jianlian and the Houston Rockets picked apart the New Jersey Nets, in a 114-91 win Monday night. Yao had a double double--24 points and 16 rebounds--while Yi just barely reached double digits in scoring with 10 points on 4-for-13 shooting.Controversy continues to buzz around Yi. He claims to be 21, born in 1987, but he's long been suspected to be a couple of years older. A reporter with Sports Illustrated's Chinese-language magazine claims to have found middle school records listing the forward as being born in 1984. Yi denies the reports and Nets general manager Kiki Vandeweghe has said he is not concerned about the issue.
Tags: Houston Rockets, New Jersey Nets, Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian