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Heavenly golf at the New Rogell Golf Course

Friday, August 08, 2008

A story of golf and resurrection is playing out in Detroit, where a 94-year-old golf course (and an icon of urban decay) was purchased by the Greater Grace Temple for $2.5 million.

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Act two, take one: Banned filmmaker directs Beijing Opening Night spectacle

Friday, August 08, 2008

Renegade filmmaker Zhang Yimou ("Hero," "The Road Home," "Shanghai Triad," "To Live," "Ju Dou") is the mastermind behind Beijing’s Opening Night’s ceremonies. His films, which often showcased China’s ugly side to the outside world, were banned by the Chinese government and seldom seen by his fellow countrymen. Tonight’s ceremonies symbolize the conversion of Mr. Zhang, from a censored filmmaker to one of China’s most celebrated artists.

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Green Bay Packers trade quarterback Brett Favre to the New York Jets

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Freshly-retired Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre caused a stir when he said he'd return to football and when the Packers said, "Uhh... Brett, we still own you." It was never a practical return for the Packers, having already prepared for a post-Favre era. Now, Favre has been traded to the New York Jets for a conditional draft pick. His impact on the Jets will be tested Sept. 14, when he meets last season's AFC champs, The New England Patriots — and Tom Brady.

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Ten international athletes to watch at the Beijing Olympics

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Guest: Ollie Williams, BBC Sports reporter, in London

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In what events would you take home medals?

Thursday, August 07, 2008

By Jennifer Hsu / John Hockenberry

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In episode two of our weekly "Around the Corner With John Hockenberry" video series, John goes out looking for Olympic medals ... and finds them, albeit in events not offered in this year's Olympics. In what events would you bring home gold, silver, or bronze medals?

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Meet the Chinese Olympic torchbearers

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Guest: Shirong Chen, China analyst for the BBC

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The Olympic Torch is greeted in Beijing by fans, but also some commotion

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Guest: Dan Griffiths, BBC Correspondent in Beijing

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Audio and map: The politically circuitous path of the Olympic torch

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

The Olympic Flame arrived in Beijing on Wednesday (Tuesday night in the United States) after a long, strange 130-day trip that began in Olympia back in March. View a map of the torch route.

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Green Bay Packers fans split over Brett Favre's return to football

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Let the competition begin. After a month of playing hardball with Brett Favre, the Packers organization has reluctantly welcomed their superstar quarterback to compete for the starting job. But is Favre’s return what the players — and the city of Green Bay — want?

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Olympians create home away from home at Beijing Normal University

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Guest: Juliet Macur, The New York Times

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BBC correspondent Hugh Sykes takes the scenic route to the Olympics

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Western journalists will be swarming Beijing later this week. Meanwhile, BBC correspondent Hugh Sykes has been on quite a different path through China.

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School extracurriculars axed amid economic slump

Monday, August 04, 2008

As the economy continues its downward spiral, schools across the country are cutting sports, art and music programs. In the Mount Vernon school system, two proposed budgets failed to pass and now students are bearing the brunt. The Takeaway talks to 16-year-old Sean Harris, a rising senior at Mount Vernon High who expected to play varsity basketball this year — until all of his school's sports teams were axed.

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Olympics quiz: Myth or reality?

Monday, August 04, 2008

Guest: Tripp Mickle, SportsBusiness Daily

Take Tripp Mickle's quiz and listen to the segment to find out more about these Olympics realities and myths...

1. The Olympics are less relevant to young people.

Highlight to view the answer: REALITY

2. More women follow the Olympics than any other ...

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Iraq athletes are allowed to compete in Olympics after committee lifts ban

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

The International Olympic Committee has overturned an earlier decision banning Iraq from this year's Olympics. The latest move came after last-minute talks during which Iraq promised to hold free elections for its national Olympic committee under international observation.

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Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre leads a pigskin soap opera

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Brett Favre is Green Bay. Plain and simple. The Super Bowl-winning, three-time MVP quarterback is worshipped in the home of the Packers — even following an official retirement in March. Now, with Favre asking to be released from his Green Bay contract as part of a possible return to the gridiron, the city's fans have divided.

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Jeff Beresford-Howe: Baseball's trading deadline and the canny genius of Oakland's Billy Beane

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Five years after it was the feel-good sports-lit hit of the summer of ‘03, Michael Lewis's "Moneyball" is back in the news again. The story goes like this: The plucky, cash-strapped and unconventional Oakland Athletics, using Ivy League-educated statistical geniuses and the intense personality of their high-strung, Ramones-lovin’ general manager, ...

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Baseball's Hall of Fame snubs Marvin Miller, who transformed the players' union

Monday, July 28, 2008

The Takeaway talks with Marvin Miller, a father of the modern era of baseball. Miller took unorganized and underpaid players and convinced them that they, not the owners, are "the game." Baseball greats Tom Seaver and Joe Morgan have called his exclusion from the owner-driven Hall of Fame a "disgrace."

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BBC probe links money and keirin cycling event at Olympics

Monday, July 28, 2008

A BBC World Service investigation found that Keirin, a cycling event at the Olympics secured its place at the games with a payment of $3 million to Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Reporter Matt McGrath joins The Takeaway to explain.

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Baseball honors Walter O’Malley, who moved the Dodgers to L.A. 50 years ago

Friday, July 25, 2008

This year marks the Los Angeles Dodgers' 50th anniversary in the City of Angels. The architect of the team's move from Brooklyn, Walter O’Malley, will be inducted, posthumously, into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this weekend. New York writer Pete Hamill said O’Malley was the only man Brooklynites hated more than Hitler.

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Love it or leave it: The All-Star Game

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Baseball’s All-Stars (and a few guys who aren’t so good) go to Yankee Stadium Tuesday night. But is it supposed to decide home-field advantage or be a showcase for the MLB's 30 teams?

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