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2020(1) Tokyo Olympics
August 4, 2021, No Comments

The Olympic Games are finally set to get underway after a one-year delay due to the coronavirus pandemic. And as with al ...

2018 Olympics Pyeongchang
February 26, 2018, No Comments

IOC Andrew Cohen: Americans are becoming as blasé about winter sports as its president is about foreign trade Its fourt ...

Russia: The Sochi 2014 Olympics and aftermath
December 5, 2017, 2 Comments

No officials, no flag and no anthem. The International Olympic Committee barred Russia from the 2018 Winter Games in Sou ...

2016 Olympics Rio de Janeiro
August 22, 2016, No Comments

Follow Rio 2016 Olympics NYT slideshow of Opening Ceremony CBC (short) video of Opening Ceremony 2016 Rio Summer Olympic ...

International Olympic Committee
September 7, 2013, No Comments

Tokyo awarded 2020 Olympics (Globe & Mail) The International Olympic Committee went for a familiar, trusted host, se ...

London 2012 Olympics
August 13, 2012, No Comments

(The Independent) London 2012 Olympics: A musical farewell to the world at the closing ceremony (The Guardian) London 20 ...

Canada in 2010
December 30, 2010, No Comments

See also: Canada 2020 Globe & Mail Year in Review —The year that was in Canadian politics Policy Options (IRPP ...

Vancouver Olympics 2010
February 28, 2010, 3 Comments

Perhaps the last word belongs to Brian Williams of NBC, who left behind this thank-you note on his blog: “Before w ...

West Wing Wednesday Night #23 February 10 2010
February 7, 2010, No Comments

The countdown is officially on – less than 10 days before that really special event in February (the one that no one c ...

Wednesday Night #1449
December 9, 2009, No Comments

Reminder: Although relatively little has been done to publicize the event, we draw your attention to the presence of the ...