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cowboy

Cowboys and Cowgirls Rodeo Competition   Video
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.)

Olympic village

Available for Purchase in the Fall   Video
Sunday, 16 March 2008
The Beijing Olympic Village will house 10,000 athletes in new, environmentally friendly apartments  (1:52 min.)

Ice hockey players

In The Land of The Giants, Everyone is Equal   Video
Thursday, 28 February 2008
Ice hockey is doing what nothing else has done: erase the bitter sectarian rivalry in Northern Ireland  (1:31 min.)

football players

Watching TV With 100,000,000 Friends  Video
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.)

smiling hostess

New Olympic Sport: Marathon Smiling   Video
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.)

golf ball

Fore!   Video
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.)

Yao Ming

A Huge Marketing Opportunity   video
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.)

olympic logo

Top Facilities for the Best Athletes    video
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.)

Olympic athlete

Going for the Gold  video
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.)

Women Soccer

Nine Days and Counting Video
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.)

David Beckham

Soccer... er, Football May Become Popular in the US?  Video
Saturday, 21 July 2007
Superstar David Beckham is about to play his first game for the Los Angeles Galaxy team and fans can’t wait for him to lift the sport on his shoulders... or foot (1:57 min.)

Statue of Christ on Corcovado, overlooking Rio de Janeiro

All Eyes are on Rio  Video
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.)

bicycle

And the Winner is…  Video
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.)

Tony Dungy

Not One, But Two  Video
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.)

HDTV Superbowl

Big Event = Big Screen  Video
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.)

kite fighting

Mastery of the Skies   Video
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.)

Gilbert Arenas

Basketball's New 'Buzzer Beater'Video
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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