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Big East mailbag, Part II: Ninth-team candidates?

Brian Bennett, Big East

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett So many letters this week that I had to split the mailbag up into two parts. Love it. Keep the questions coming. ...

Blog | September 02, 2008

Wednesday Olybullets

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...there are empty seats at a lot of Olympic venues. And even more curiously, many occupied seats...are friendly Chinese.' She stood at the Olympic Sports Center on Monday, amid hundreds of people in...

Blog | August 13, 2008

What to Watch at the Calympics

CalHiSports.com

...always leads the way for the U.S. Olympic Team and the 2008 Beijing Olympics should be...in the process state its case why the sport should be added to the Olympic list of...

Blog Entry | August 05, 2008

First Cup: Monday

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: "Watching Dwyane Wade in Sunday's 89-68 Olympic exhibition victory over Russia, it has become evident that one thing hasn't changed amid the Heat...

Blog | August 04, 2008

USOC reorganizes staff, focuses on starting Olympic television network

Associated Press

The U.S. Olympic Committee reorganized part of its management team, a move that will allow chief operating officer Norm Bellingham more time to focus on starting an Olympic television network sometime in the next few months.

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2008

Phinney can't wait "to impress the king"

Bonnie D. Ford, ESPN.com

Was it surprising that U.S. teenage phenom Taylor Phinney signed on with Lance Armstrong's new under-23 team? Not exactly.

Story | Conversation | November 19, 2008

Court to hear women ski jumpers argue for spot at 2010 Games

Associated Press

A group of women ski jumpers will get the chance to argue in a Canadian court on April 20 for their sport to be included in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Story | Conversation | November 18, 2008

CAS to hear German equestrian appeal for longer ban against Ahlmann

Associated Press

The Court of Arbitration for Sport will hear an appeal by the German equestrian federation, which is seeking a longer ban against rider Christian Ahlmann.

Story | Conversation | November 18, 2008

Team of baseball reps makes its 2016 case to IOC panel

Associated Press

Baseball made its pitch to the International Olympic Committee Friday for a place at the 2016 Summer Games.

Story | Conversation | November 14, 2008

Julich may be off bike, but he's not done selling the sport he loves

Bonnie D. Ford, ESPN.com

Bobby Julich may have retired from professional cycling, but the American is not done yet. He wants to give back to the sport that has given him so much.

Story | Conversation | November 12, 2008

AD says football coaching change 'not under consideration'

Joe Schad, ESPN.com

Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick said Wednesday that he will not evaluate Charlie Weis until after the season, and that anyone who suggests a coaching change could occur should know that it is "not under consideration at this time."

Story | Conversation | November 12, 2008

Hungarian court seeks Olympic champion wrestler on drug charge

Associated Press

Peter Farkas, a 1992 Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling champion, is wanted for arrest after walking out of a courthouse before receiving a five-year prison sentence on a drug charge.

Story | Conversation | November 10, 2008

McKenzie's SO goal lifts U.S. by Canada in Four Nations final

Associated Press

Erica McKenzie beat Charline Labonte in the sixth round of a shootout, and Jessie Vetter stopped Meghan Agosta with a glove save to give the United States a 3-2 victory over Canada in the Four Nations Cup final Sunday.

Story | Conversation | November 09, 2008

Abbott and Carriere finish 1-2 in Cup of China free skate

Associated Press

Jeremy Abbott led an American double in the men's competition at the Cup of China on Saturday, and South Korea's Kim Yu-na held onto her lead to win the women's event.

Story | Conversation | November 08, 2008

IAAF chief assails Rogge for disregard of athletics

Associated Press

In a highly unusual show of discord between Olympic leaders, IAAF chief Lamine Diack sharply criticized IOC president Jacques Rogge for displaying "a lack of respect" for the sport of athletics.

Story | Conversation | November 07, 2008