Chros McDougall: The last days of Olympic softball

Softball showed today why this is it’s last year as an Olympic event. The stadium, like all the venues here,
was gorgeous. The fans — and competition — were absent.
Alex and I arrived at about noon for the 12:30 game and spent the first couple minutes surveying the ground. It wasn’t as exciting as volleyball, but [...]

Cliff Ainsworth: China’s “coming-out” party

Many commentators are drawing parallels between the gold medal race at the Beijing Olympics and what itmeans for the world’s geo-political power structure. For the first time in over 70 years, a country other than the United States or the former Soviet Union has a real chance to top the gold medal table.
With home [...]

Alex Monnig: Mizzou on the Today Show

Who would have thought one of the my biggest thrills of the Olympics would come from none other than Al Roker? No, it wasn’t when he implored the television to watch a cooking segment about, “pulling noodles.” And as you can imagine, Roker didn’t take my breath away with any sort of athletic [...]

A hit on her hands

Lindsay Toler’s got a hit on her hands. Her video of the lighting of the Olympic cauldron, shot from outside the Bird’s Nest Friday night, has over 30,000 hits on You Tube so far. Yep, that’s OVER 30,000. She was one of the first people to post video from the Beijing [...]