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The Special Olympics Summer Games kick off Friday, and for Special Olympians who compete, it’s important to have people cheering them on. This year, the athletes will get lots of cheering from some Hons whose support doesn’t stop there.

U-15 girls to face Chile, E.Guinea in Junior Olympics – Trinidad and Tobago’s women’s Under-15 team will face Chile and Equatorial Guinea in the Junior Olympic Games in Singapore from August 12-15. Read more on Trinidad Express MainStreet Monitoring Devices Contributes Portion of Proceeds in Support of Special Olympics Texas 2010 Summer Games As so often happens when one or two individuals embark on a personal mission to ease the…

Brazil creates committee to oversee 2016 Olympics Brazil is creating a committee comprised of all levels of government to coordinate Rio’s preparations for the 2016 Olympics. Read more on AP via Yahoo! Finance Special Olympics: Athletes show their stuff The Special Olympics Summer Games started Wednesday, and Cody Shelton of Mannford took center stage during the opening ceremony Wednesday evening. Read more on Tulsa World

Heavy snow expected in Cascades, Olympics SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — The spring storm that’s bringing high winds to Western Washington is also dropping snow levels in the mountains and could heavy snow to the Olympics and Cascades. The National Weather Service has a winter storm warning in effect until 6 a.m. Tuesday for the Cascades. Snowfall accumulations of 6 to 12 inches are possible, with the heaviest snow falling above the…

Congratulations to those players seleted for the United States Men’s Olympic Basketball Team from Coach Jamaal of Boise’s Jamaal Al-Din’s Hoops 227- the everything basketball website!!! This year the Olympic Summer Games are being held in Beijing, China…the home of “chow Mein,” lo Mein, ans Coach J’s favorite- szchezwaun beef!!! The USA Basketball Executive Committee is responsible for the selection process and let’s just say it’s great to select from the…

  Olympics Special… The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, from August 8 (except football, which started on August 6) to August 24, 2008. A total of 10,500 athletes competed in 302 events in 28 sports, one event more than was on the schedule of the 2004 games.The…

The Olympic Games were first celebrated in 776 BC in Olympia (hence the name) in Greece. According to legend, Hercules is the originator of The Olympic Games. Legend says they were created to honor Hercules father, Zeus. They were celebrated until 393 A.D. Pierre Fridy, Baron de Coubertin, revived the Olympics in their modern form in 1896. The Olympics are a contest of multiple sports and are divided into…