Sports - July 1, 2008
Former UW star Tegenkamp makes Olympic team
Former University of Wisconsin track standout Matt Tegenkamp has earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic team for the 5,000 meters.
Tags: matt tegenkamp, olympics, beijing, us olympic trials

Sports - June 8, 2008
McKay was a giant of sports broadcasting
Long before there was ESPN, the World Wide Web or sports radio, there was Jim McKay and "Wide World of Sports" and the Olympics. He not only entertained, he helped inspire many of broadcasters of today.
Tags: abc, wide world of sports, olympics, jim mckay

Sports - April 22, 2008
U.S. could make a statement by boycotting Olympics
The time to really figure out what to do about China and the Olympics was almost a decade ago, when the games were awarded to Beijing. But nobody seemed to care, then, so we are faced with the dilemma now.
Tags: china, olympics, beijing, human rights, boycott

Sports - Jan. 16, 2008
Bring the beach inside with volleyball
The AVP Crocs Hot Winter Nights beach volleyball tour makes three stops in Wisconsin in January.
Tags: avp crocs hot winter nights, beach volleyball, misty may-treanor, kerri walsh, phil dalhausser, todd rogers, matt fuerbringer, olympics, pro beach volleyball

Milwaukee Buzz - April 14, 2007
Chicago beats L.A., moves closer to 2016 Olympics
Chicago still in hunt for 2016 Games.
Tags: Chicago, Olympics, 2016

Sports - May 19, 2008
A victory for common sense
South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius has won his appeal to compete in the Beijing Olympics this summer, after it was decided that track and field's governing body didn't sufficiently demonstrate that his carbon-fiber prosthetics give him a competitive advantage over able-bodied sprinters. Pis...
Tags: disabled athletes, Olympics, prosthetics

Sports - April 26, 2008
Running Down a Dream
I recently got selected to serve on the Youth Steering Committee for persons with disabilities in Wisconsin, created through an agency known as Wisconsin Facets. It’s an intriguing, developing project, but I have to admit I’m not exactly certain what it entails. We’ll find out...
Tags: disabled athletes, Olympics, prosthetics