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NBC-Comcast will be big power in sports - but it will take time to gain rights
Except for the Olympics, the NBC peacock has largely faded from the forefront of the broadcast sports scene lately. Comment?
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Editorial: Sport's year of scandal and surprise
Unpredictability is one of the enduring appeals of sport. In the humdrum certainty of everyday life, underdogs rarely prevail. Comment?
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China jails dissident for 11 years for subversion
China sentenced the co-author of a daring call for reform to an unprecedented 11 years in prison Friday in what rights groups called a direct slap at international pressure - and a warning that the treatment for dissidents will be increasingly harsh. Comment?
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Olympic gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson is back in the gym at she continues explores a return to competition and a run at the 2012 Olympics in London. Comment?
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Morris held eagle feather high on Olympic podium 25 years ago, dreams 2010 is a new start
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Alwyn Morris, 1984 Olympic gold medallist, shares the Olympic Flame with local children Tuesday, December 8, 2009 as he carries it through the Mohawk town of Kahnawake south of Montreal. Comment?
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Inside Vancouver: Fresh powder
In the latest of a twice weekly blog in the build-up to the Winter Olympics in Canada, we take you Inside Vancouver. Comment?
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Hiroshima-Nagasaki 2020 joint bid rejected
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Lacy Schnoor flips in the air during the US Women's Aerials Olympic Trials in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, on Thursday. Comment?
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Leading China Dissident Gets 11-Year Term for Subversion
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Liu Xia, wife of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, talks on her mobile phone at a law firm in Beijing on Friday. Comment?
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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Olympic gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson is back in the gym as she considers returning to competition and making a run at the 2012 Olympics in London. Comment?
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China jails critic and sends message
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Protestors outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong hold placards urging for Liu Xiaobo's release. Comment?
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Howard Berkes became NPR's first rural affairs correspondent in March 2003. His focus includes the politics, economics, and culture of rural America. Comment?
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Phelps makes splash as casino card shark
WINDSOR, Ont. - After winning eight gold medals in Beijing, American aquatic sensation Michael Phelps may be the greatest swimmer in history. Comment?
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About 250 protesters gathered on the Vancouver Art Gallery steps Wednesday, joining tens of thousands worldwide in efforts to draw attention to Tibet on the day the official one-year-countdown to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games began. Comment?
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Japan's 2020 bid city decision put on hold
THE identity of Japan's bid city for the 2020 Summer Games could remain a mystery until 2011, the country's top Olympic official has said. Comment?
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PM's got 'lost ground to makeup' with Chinese
One of Harper's first stops will be to the Great Wall of China. Photograph by: Frederic J. Brown, AFP, Getty Images, National Post Prime Minister Stephen Harper will meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao, visit the Great Wall of China and honour Canadian soldiers killed in Hong Kong during the Second World War as part his first trip to China. Comment?
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The Olympic gold-medal gymnast is back in the gym as she considers returning to competition. Comment?
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China's Harsh Christmas Warning to Political Dissidents
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The verdict against the enemy of the Chinese state came down on Christmas Day, not a particularly significant holiday in the calendar of the People's Republic but one that perhaps meant that Beijing wanted as little attention on it as possible in the West. Comment?
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An especially tragic year leaves McNair, Forrest among dead
Sports in 2009 looked down the barrel of a gun. From Tennessee to Georgia to Nicaragua, gunfire crackled in July. Comment?
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IOC caves in to China's demands on internet censorship
The International Olympic Committee has said that there won't be uncensored internet access at Olympic media venues. Comment?
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Dream rate offered for China tour
China didn't top Kurt and Dianne Metzner's list of travel destinations - until they discovered the price of an eight-day trip. Comment?
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