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Advertising: Olympics Draw High Percentage of Women Viewers, and Ads Intended for Them

The large female viewership for the Olympics and the spate of spots intended for women are anomalies in TV sports.

Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:44 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Beijing (China), Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Women, Television, Computers and the Internet, Advertising and Marketing, Gymnastics, NBC Universal, Johnson & Johnson Inc, Gillette Co, Online Advertising

Phelps Climbs Out of the Pool and Into the World

The first day of the rest of Michael Phelps’s life as a sports icon was a trip. It was not unlike a transatlantic flight: tiring, thrilling and a little turbulent.

Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 10:36 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Phelps, Michael

Phelps’s Epic Journey Ends in Perfection

The 4x100-meter medley relay team broke the world record to help Michael Phelps make history.

Posted Sunday, August 17, 2008 3:05 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Phelps, Michael, Spitz, Mark, Records and Achievements

TV Sports: Restraint by NBC as Phelps Wins 8th Gold

For Michael Phelps’s Spitz-breaking gold medal, NBC’s Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines avoided the histrionics that have characterized some of their past swimming calls.

Posted Sunday, August 17, 2008 1:19 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, National Broadcasting Co, Phelps, Michael

Sports of The Times: In Beijing, Phelps Does What He Came to Do

Whether the race was close or one-sided, Michael Phelps beat every mortal who got into the pool with him. Now begins the debate. Is he the greatest Olympian ever?

Posted Sunday, August 17, 2008 1:02 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Phelps, Michael

EIGHT FOR PHELPS

Michael Phelps surpassed Mark Spitz, as the U.S. 4x100 medley relay set a world record.

Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 11:44 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Phelps, Michael, Records and Achievements

Torres Edged Out by Hundredth of a Second

Dara Torres became the oldest swimmer to win an Olympic silver medal after barely losing the gold in the 50-meter freestyle to Britta Steffen of Germany.

Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 11:31 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Torres, Dara, Britta Steffen

Officials Withhold Images of Photo Finish

The international swimming federation said it would not release the official images of the finish of the Olympic men’s 100 butterfly.

Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 8:22 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Phelps, Michael, FINA

Sports Of the Times: In the 100, a Show of Flash After a Burst of Speed

On Saturday night at the Bird’s Nest an island best known for beaches and reggae suddenly had the Olympic spotlight all to itself.

Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 4:36 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Running, Swimming, Track and Field, Gay, Tyson, Jamaica, Bolt, Usain, Phelps, Michael, Powell, Asafa

Cavic Finds a Personal Triumph in the Narrowest of Defeats

Although Milorad Cavic said he was delighted with his silver medal, he was actually striking more ambitious notes before and after arriving in Beijing.

Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 1:52 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Phelps, Michael, Cavic, Milorad

Sports of The Times: Cavic’s Legacy Secured by Phelps’s Victory

When Michael Phelps extended his Olympic accomplishment with a desperate extra lunge in the 100-meter butterfly final, he sealed Milorad Cavic's legacy as well.

Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 6:36 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Beijing (China), Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Vecsey, George, Phelps, Michael, Spitz, Mark, FINA

Phelps Wins 7th Gold With 0.01 to Spare

Michael Phelps has caught Mark Spitz, 36 years after his record haul of seven gold medals at the Munich Games. Now it may take only a day for Spitz to be left behind.