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NBC sees Olympics as research mecca
NBC is using the Olympics as a "billion-dollar research lab" to get a sense of how people are using different media platforms to experience the Beijing Games that begin Aug. 8.
ATMs and spitting bans; Olympic Beijing blossoms
Faced with my blank look of incomprehension, the taxi driver took a deep breath and tried again.
Torres, 41, will swim 50 free but not 100 in Beijing
Dara Torres has dropped the 100-meter freestyle from her Beijing Olympics schedule, choosing to make the 50 free her only individual event in her record fifth games.
Allyson Felix an easy Olympic entrant in 200
Some say the pressure of making the Olympics is sometimes harder to handle than the Olympics themselves.
Rehearsal over for Phelps: Now it's on to Beijing
The rehearsal is over. Now Michael Phelps, Katie Hoff, Natalie Coughlin and Ryan Lochte are taking their show on the road to the Beijing Olympics.
Lagat, Manzano, Lomong make 1,500 Olympic team
Bernard Lagat, who will compete as an American Olympian for the first time in Beijing, has won the 1,500 meters at the U.S. track and field trials.
Stuczynski sets American record in pole vault
Jenn Stuczynski has set the American record in the pole vault, clearing 16 feet, 1 3/4 inches to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic track and field team.
Jones, Cherry, Harper make Olympics in 100 hurdles
Lolo Jones, Damu Cherry and Dawn Harper have earned Beijing Olympics spots with the top three 100-meter hurdles finishes at the U.S. track and field trials.
Hazle and Leigh Smith make the US team in javelin
Mike Hazle and Leigh Smith have made the Olympic team in javelin after finishing second and fifth at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials.
Vanderkaay pulls an upset in 1,500 freestyle
Peter Vanderkaay has pulled off an upset in the final race of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, beating Larsen Jensen and Erik Vendt in the 1,500-meter freestyle.
Oliver, Trammell and Payne earn 110 hurdles spots
David Oliver has won the 110-meter hurdles at the U.S. track and field trials, earning one of three Olympic spots.
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