Vancouver 2010 Olympic App Roundup: Let the Games Begin!

Release Date 12 Feb, 2010 in IntoMobile blog

 
   
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Philadelphia Inquirer - Eddie Pells - 12 Feb, 2010
AP By Eddie Pells AP Or if the sprinters who raised their gloved fists on the medal stand could have shared their thoughts on Facebook? ...

2010 games: Why this Canadian should light the cauldron during tonight's ...

Ottawa Citizen - Martin Cleary - 12 Feb, 2010
With Olympic gold and silver on her résumé, Nancy Greene-Raine has all the right credentials to hoist the flame, Martin Cleary argues. ...

Get me the bloke who created the Winter Olympics on the line

The Australian - Brendan Cormick - 12 Feb, 2010
BARON Pierre de Coubertin is remembered as an aristocrat, academic and historian, but he is most revered for his first aid skills. ...

Canadians trying to guess who will light Olympic flame

CNN International - Steve Almasy - 12 Feb, 2010
The Olympic flame will reach BC Place on Friday in Vancouver, British Columbia, for the opening ceremonies. ...

Vancouver 2010: Gordon Brown sends good luck message to Britain's Winter ...

Mirror.co.uk - 12 Feb, 2010
By Mirror.co.uk 12/02/2010 Prime Minister Gordon Brown sent a good luck message to Britain 's Winter Olympic team today, telling them: "The whole nation is ...

Tape Delays Irk Olympics Fans

Wall Street Journal - Sam Schechner, Amy Chozick - 12 Feb, 2010
In the age of Twitter feeds and instant updates, the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver is facing down an old foe: the tape ...

Metro Vancouver residents remain ambivalent on eve of Olympics: poll

Vancouver Sun - Neal Hall - 12 Feb, 2010
Thousands crowded Mackin Park and lined surrounding Coquitlam streets this morning as former Olympian Chris ...

What will Canada get out of the Winter Olympics?

BBC News - 12 Feb, 2010
The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver promises to be a glittering event. Medals will be won, records broken and sporting stars born. ...

Canadian flagbearer walked by Hitler at '36 Games

Toronto Star - David Cooper - 12 Feb, 2010
James Worrall, Canadian Olympic flag bearer for the 1936 Berlin games, says Olympics have grown in size, but their spirit remains. ...

iPhone apps to enjoy the Winter Olympics

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - Ryan Kim - 12 Feb, 2010
Apple sent over some suggestions of good apps for people enjoying the Winter Olympics, which start today in Vancouver. Here's a few among them that I liked ...

Winter Olympic Games opening in Vancouver

Sofia Echo - 12 Feb, 2010
The snowboard halfpipe course on Cypress Mountain is groomed ahead of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics on February 10 2010. The Winter Olympic Games in ...

The joy of the Winter Olympics

Telegraph.co.uk - Neil Midgley, Lucy Hyslop - 12 Feb, 2010
From Cold War politics to the Jamaican bobsleigh team, the Winter Olympics are riveting for all the wrong reasons. Neil Midgley reports. ...

The Winter Olympics history from Chamonix 1924 to Vancouver 2010

Mirror.co.uk - 12 Feb, 2010
I -CHAMONIX 1924 The 500m speed skating gave America's Charles Jewtraw the distinction of winning the first Winter Games gold but it was Finland's speed ...

Canadians see Olympic benefits

CBC.ca - 12 Feb, 2010
The Olympic Oval in Richmond, BC, where speedskating events will be held, will be one legacy of the Games for Metro Vancouver. (VANOC) Canadians outside BC ...

Olympic homecoming awaits torch relay at opening ceremonies in Vancouver

The Canadian Press - 12 Feb, 2010
VANCOUVER, BC " The Olympic flame finishes a journey Friday that has linked this country through the thousands of torchbearers that have brought it to ...

NBC boss soaks up Vancouver

Vancouver Sun - Shelley Fralic - 12 Feb, 2010
It was, he said, the experience of a lifetime, humbling and unforgettable, and that's saying a lot ...

Olympic pavilion embarrassing

Toronto Star - 12 Feb, 2010
There have been weeks of articles and advertisements promoting the Olympics, stating how great they are going to be for Vancouver, British Columbia and ...

Canada and the sports arms race

Toronto Star - 12 Feb, 2010
Kevin Martin's gold medal curling rink at the 2002 Salt Lake Games and champion speed skaters Cindy Klassen (bottom right) and Clara Hughes at Turin in 2004 ...

Join in celebration of Canada's Games

Toronto Star - 12 Feb, 2010
The XXI Winter Olympics open today in Vancouver amid all the usual controversy over runaway costs, over-commercialization, heavy-handed security, ...

The Winter Of Our Content

Calgary Herald - 12 Feb, 2010
Tune in to see how athletes with a Calgary connection do at the Winter Games. If you throw a (curling) stone into the crowd at the XXI Winter Olympics in ...

Team Star has Games blanketed by veterans

Toronto Star - 12 Feb, 2010
Canadian athletes plan to own the podium during the Vancouver Olympics. The Star already does. Podium is the name of the blog at thestar.com that will ...

WHO do we think WE ARE?

Winnipeg Free Press - Randy Turner - 12 Feb, 2010
VANCOUVER -- The Olympic flame has yet to be lit, but already an intriguing question is being posed: "Who do these Canadians think they are? ...

It's about more than medals

Winnipeg Free Press - 12 Feb, 2010
Like Canadians everywhere, I will be cheering lustily as our Olympic team competes in Vancouver. It's my fondest hope, though, that we'll be spared one ...

Let's play some Winter Games

Winnipeg Free Press - Ed Tait - 12 Feb, 2010
VANCOUVER -- We don't get it at all, to be honest. Really, what's the deal with the two-man luge?One man crawls onto a sled and races feet first down an icy ...

It's about the athletes, not the medals

Calgary Herald - Andy Ebbern - 12 Feb, 2010
The Canadian women's short track speed skating team trains Wednesday in preparation for the Vancouver ...

U.S. targets Canada as top rival

Calgary Herald - Craig Hill - 12 Feb, 2010
Fans pose in front of the Olympic Rings at the Whistler ski resort village on Thursday. ...

Calgary's legacy will be on display at Vancouver's Games

Calgary Herald - 12 Feb, 2010
A s the host city of Canada's last Olympics, we look to Vancouver with a certain envy today and offer some advice to grumpy Vancouverites who remain blase ...

The Top 25 Athletes to Watch at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver

New York Daily News - 12 Feb, 2010
Over the next few weeks, the Daily News back pages will likely be taken over by the stars of the Winter Games. While they might be unfamiliar to you now, ...

Canada facing a host of troubles with 2010 Winter Olympics

New York Daily News - Wayne Coffey - 12 Feb, 2010
A Canadian flag waves in front of a giant image of a skier on a building in downtown Vancouver the day before opening ceremonies. ...

Kicking ice: US a favorite to supply thrills and chills during Winter Games

New York Daily News - Filip Bondy - 12 Feb, 2010
Snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler looms as a top pick for gold in the sort of flaky sport the US contingent seems to specialize in. .S. shows glimmers of gold as ...

 

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