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Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Olympics on 11 18th, 2009 | No Comments

Legal Recourse Fails for Ski Jumpers

The legal attempts of the ski jumpers to have their sport included as part of the Vancouver Olympic Games have failed: “Women ski jumpers have been grounded after a B.C. court denied their appeal but they say they’re fine with men still getting their chance to soar at next year’s Olympics. The...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Olympics on 11 4th, 2009 | No Comments

Stephen Colbert Supporting Speed Skating

Stephen Colbert is about to learn much, much more about speed skating. In an unlikely but welcomed match, Stephen Colbert and speed skating have joined together for the Vancouver Winter Games: “… The “Colbert Report” host said that his viewers. the “Colbert Nation,”...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Olympics, Skiing & Snowboarding on 10 25th, 2009 | No Comments

Lindsey Vonn Gaining Fame at Home

American Lindsey Vonn is an elite skier. She has been the World Cup overall champion twice. That is just one of her numerous accomplishments on the ski slopes. Ironically, she is better known away from the United States. By contrast, she is well recognized and immensely popular in Europe. However,...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Olympics on 10 24th, 2009 | No Comments

Canadian Olympic Athletes Face Financial Crisis

For some Olympic athletes, funding is not a problem. An example of that is the U.S. Men’s basketball team. Each member of that team is a franchise player and their combined salaries would rival the economy of some small nations. Other Olympic athletes are not so fortunate. There are not the...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Olympics on 10 20th, 2009 | 3 Comments

H1N1 Flu Vaccine and Olympic Athletes

Each country participating in the Vancouver Winter Olympics will have to made a decision. Will they make the swine flu vaccination mandatory? Dr. Bob McCormack is the team doctor for the Canadian Olympians. He considers the athletes to be a high risk group. That is understandable considering the exposure...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Olympics on 10 16th, 2009 | No Comments

Google Privacy and Security Concerns at an Olympic Venue

One of the most gorgeous venues for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics will be Whistler Ski Resort. Nestled in the Rockie Mountains, it is one of the world’s premier ski facilities and a place where the planet’s best skiers and snowboarders will gather. There have been extraordinary preparations...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Olympics on 10 13th, 2009 | No Comments

Examining the Chicago Olympic Bid

The American delegation that travelled to Copenhagen might have been the most powerful contingent to campaign for an American city to host an Olympic Games. Even President Obama and his wife were in Copenhagen to help Chicago win its Olympic bid. It was bitter disappointment that Chicago did not win....

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Golf, Olympics on 10 10th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Golf and the Olympic Movement

The inclusion of golf as an Olympic sport has been welcomed by most golfers. Patrick Collins, in an article for The Daily Mail, has a contrarian opinion. He views golf as at odds with the ideals of the Olympic movement: “… For an ‘inclusive’ sport, it is a shameful record of sexist...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Olympics, Softball on 10 10th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Softball Not An Olympic Sport

There were celebrations among fans and participants of golf and rugby as their sports received official recognition as Olympic events. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) made a further ruling by exclusion. Softball remains a non-Olympic sport and will not be included in the 2016 Olympic Games...

Posted by Catherine Forsythe in Featured Articles, Olympics, Women's Sports on 10 9th, 2009 | 1 Comment

IOC President Jacques Rogge Champions Women’s Rights

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge is embarking upon dangerous ground, championing women’s right to compete in athletic competition. Western countries often are helpless when women are not allowed to participate in athletic activities for cultural or religious reasons....

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