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Phelps Dominates Olympics News Coverage
Written by: William Yelles, Friday 22 August 2008 - 11:34 AM 
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There are athletes not named Michael Phelps competing at the Beijing Olympics, but you may not know it going by coverage of the games in the U.S. media.
Presidents Not Always in Olympic Spirit
Written by: Sara Barbour, Friday 08 August 2008 - 15:28 PM 0 Comments
With his decision to attend the opening ceremonies of the 29th Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, President Bush joins the string of American presidents who have added political controversy to the supposedly apolitical sports event.
Expecting Too Much From Your Host
Written by: Emily Badger, Thursday 07 August 2008 - 14:00 PM 0 Comments
Researchers: Olympic committee should not be surprised its efforts to inspire change in China failed.
Men Dominate Olympics TV Coverage
Written by: Tom Jacobs, Thursday 31 July 2008 - 14:33 PM 0 Comments
A new analysis of NBC’s prime-time Olympics coverage shows male athletes receive more air time than women, but the discrepancy is much greater for the winter games than the summer ones.
Research in Summary
Written by: Tom Jacobs, Monday 14 July 2008 - 08:55 AM 0 Comments
The Olympics edition!
The Sugar High Jump
Written by: Matt Smith, Wednesday 18 June 2008 - 16:52 PM 0 Comments
The results of a new study point to placebos as the perfect performance-enhancing drug: Athletes performed better on a high-jump test after unknowingly “doping” with sugar pills.
The Perfect Performance-Enhancing Drug -- Placebos
Written by: Matt Smith, Tuesday 17 June 2008 - 10:20 AM 2 Comments
An Australian researcher today showed that athletes who believe they're taking synthetic human growth hormone, but are instead taking placebos, can actually become stronger.
Just How Bad is the Air in Beijing?
Written by: Matt Palmquist, Thursday 15 May 2008 - 11:48 AM 0 Comments
Masked marathoners aside, a new paper suggests that as bad as Beijing's air quality may be, it has improved during the decade leading up to the Olympics.
The Protest: Not a New Olympic Event
Written by: Lewis Beale, Tuesday 13 May 2008 - 15:59 PM 0 Comments
Politics has been an Olympic event since at least 1968, although this summer's games in Beijing are producing a level of activism not seen in decades.
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