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|  | Cowboys and Cowgirls Rodeo Competition Saturday, 22 March 2008 A massive annual rodeo of bronco-busting, bull riding, steer roping and other skills is bigger than life in Houston, Texas (2:28 min.) |
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|  | Watching TV With 100,000,000 Friends Sunday, 3 February 2008 The championship game for American football means food, parties, music acts, big new TVs, entertaining commercials.… Did we mention football? (1:28min.) |
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|  | New Olympic Sport: Marathon Smiling Thursday, 24 January 2008 Preparing for the Summer Olympics, Chinese officials are training hostesses to endlessly smile and how to be gracious to visitors – and not spit (2:17 min.) |
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|  | Fore! Wednesday, 5 December 2007 The greens are brown, the fairways rough, and new players are still learning, but golf has returned to Kabul, Afghanistan (2:53 min.) |
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|  | A Huge Marketing Opportunity Thursday, 25 October 2007 It is estimated that the number of people in China playing basketball equals the entire population of the U.S. (2:33 min.) |
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|  | Top Facilities for the Best Athletes Wednesday, 24 October 2007 The U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs is unlike most national sports facilities – it operates with only donated support (3:25 min.) |
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|  | Going for the Gold Wednesday, 3 October 2007 The world’s best athletes are preparing to compete for the limited slots on their national Olympic teams going to Beijing next year (2:50 min.) |
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|  | Nine Days and Counting  Saturday, 1 September 2007 Ready for the Women's World Cup football tournament in China? Sixteen teams are hoping to capture gold in this quadrennial competition (2:17 min.) |
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|  | All Eyes are on Rio  Thursday, 19 July 2007 The Pan Am games are underway in Rio de Janeiro and city officials are hoping the event is a good demonstration of why they should host future World Cup and Olympic games (3:29 min.) |
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|  | And the Winner is…  Friday, 6 July 2007 The Tour de France begins tomorrow for 23 days of premier biking, but last year’s winner is still under a cloud for alleged steroid use (2:27 min.) |
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|  | Not One, But Two  Wednesday, 7 February 2007 The Superbowl had never had an African-American head coach before. Racial equality was a guaranteed winner because both coaches were “firsts” (2:55 min.) |
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|  | Big Event = Big Screen  Saturday, 3 February 2007 The football Super Bowl is Sunday and fans are buying huge, high definition televisions to watch with family and friends (4:20 min.) |
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|  | Mastery of the Skies  Friday, 26 January 2007 The South Asian sport of kite fighting is becoming more popular in the U.S. – thanks to the competitive fun of it and a popular novel (2:04 min.) |
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|  | Basketball's New 'Buzzer Beater' Monday, 22 January 2007 He’s won 11 basketball games this season with last-second shots. Gilbert Arenas is a hero to fans of the Washington Wizards (4:45 min) |
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