http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/olympics/index.html en-us Copyright 2012 The Seattle Times Company Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:35:45 PST Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:35:45 PST MattBase 1 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/art/ui/stlogo_231.gif http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017399246_apolylondon2012transport.html?syndication=rss Transit officials have rejected a petition for London's black cab drivers to bump up fares by 20 percent during the Summer Olympics. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017399246_apolylondon2012transport.html?syndication=rss Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:42:08 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017399241_apolylondon2012security.html?syndication=rss James Bond might have to cancel that Caribbean vacation: British officials say time off for some who work at the MI5 and MI6 security agencies will be restricted during the London Olympics. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017399241_apolylondon2012security.html?syndication=rss Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:34:09 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017398599_apolyswmricereturns.html?syndication=rss Triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice plans to return to competition next week as she makes a late bid for Olympic selection following shoulder surgery in December. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017398599_apolyswmricereturns.html?syndication=rss Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:31:05 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017397815_apolylondon2012olympicparklegacy.html?syndication=rss Construction and engineering firm BAM Nuttall has won two major contracts to transform the Olympic Park after the London 2012 Games, officials said Thursday. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017397815_apolylondon2012olympicparklegacy.html?syndication=rss Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:16:04 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017392958_apolygymjohnleicester010212.html?syndication=rss All that stuff about the Olympic ideal, how it's all about taking part, not winning, can often seem like so much hot air, rendered hopelessly quaint and outdated by the ultra-competitive and mercenary world of modern sport. Until, that is, you speak to Kieran Behan. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017392958_apolygymjohnleicester010212.html?syndication=rss Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:46:05 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017392448_apolylondon2012flame.html?syndication=rss Travel http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017392448_apolylondon2012flame.html?syndication=rss Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:31:04 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017390268_apolylondon2012jesusstatue.html?syndication=rss Memo to Brazil: That idea of putting up a giant Jesus statue in a London park to promote the 2016 Olympic Games is not going over well. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017390268_apolylondon2012jesusstatue.html?syndication=rss Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:31:05 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017388526_apolyiocbetting.html?syndication=rss The IOC wants governments to do more to tackle illegal betting, match-fixing and other corrupt activities that authorities say could pose a bigger threat to sports and the Olympics than doping. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017388526_apolyiocbetting.html?syndication=rss Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:16:04 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017383071_apolylondon2012fraud.html?syndication=rss London police said Tuesday they have arrested a man on suspicion of fraud after he allegedly duped an American woman into handing over tens of thousands of dollars for an investment related to the upcoming Olympics. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017383071_apolylondon2012fraud.html?syndication=rss Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:31:06 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017375731_apolylondon2012transport.html?syndication=rss Olympic organizers have some travel advice for the millions of people who work and live in London: Be patient. Have a beer. Work from home. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017375731_apolylondon2012transport.html?syndication=rss Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:31:03 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017373197_apolylondon2012subway.html?syndication=rss Union leaders say subway staff are not being offered enough extra money for working erratic hours during the 2012 London Olympics. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017373197_apolylondon2012subway.html?syndication=rss Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:46:03 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017372540_apolysocuscanada.html?syndication=rss Now Abby Wambach only has Mia Hamm to beat. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017372540_apolysocuscanada.html?syndication=rss Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:16:03 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017360350_apoly2022bidstmoritz.html?syndication=rss The president of the International Ski Federation has been to every Winter Olympics in his lifetime since the five-ring circus came to his hometown of St. Moritz in 1948 - one week after his fourth birthday. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017360350_apoly2022bidstmoritz.html?syndication=rss Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:46:04 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017356894_apolysocusqualifies.html?syndication=rss The final goal in the game that put the U.S. women's soccer team into the Olympics was scored by Alex Morgan, the super-sub who made her name at last year's World Cup. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017356894_apolysocusqualifies.html?syndication=rss Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:46:04 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sounders/2017356624_soccer28.html?syndication=rss The U.S. women's soccer team earned a berth in this year's London Olympics by beating Costa Rica 3-0 in a semifinal match at the qualifying tournament in Vancouver, B.C. Olympics http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sounders/2017356624_soccer28.html?syndication=rss Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:36:02 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/olympics/2017356017_livechatcohen28.html?syndication=rss Highlights of a live chat with figure skater Sasha Cohen Olympics http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/olympics/2017356017_livechatcohen28.html?syndication=rss Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:31:04 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017356154_apolysoccostaricaus.html?syndication=rss In the end, what matters is that the U.S. women's soccer team is going to the Olympics. What the players won't soon forget is how hard they had to work get there. Olympics http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017356154_apolysoccostaricaus.html?syndication=rss Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:28:42 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017347442_apolylondon2012olympics.html?syndication=rss There's a nod to Shakespeare, a big bell and ... nurses? Olympics http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017347442_apolylondon2012olympics.html?syndication=rss Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:50:57 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017347332_apolylondon2012olympics.html?syndication=rss It's moving-in day at London's Olympic village. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017347332_apolylondon2012olympics.html?syndication=rss Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:01:06 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017347320_apolyonolympicslightingthecauldron.html?syndication=rss It's the burning question of the London Olympics. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017347320_apolyonolympicslightingthecauldron.html?syndication=rss Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:01:05 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017340409_apolylondon2012sixmonthstogo.html?syndication=rss The pay isn't great, the job is temporary and you could be a target for terrorists. But when Mabel Cross heard that she might be able to work at the 2012 Summer Olympics, she rushed to get to a London recruitment center early. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017340409_apolylondon2012sixmonthstogo.html?syndication=rss Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:31:05 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017329562_apolyamericasnextstar.html?syndication=rss Michael Phelps. Missy Franklin. Jordyn Wieber. Ryan Lochte. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017329562_apolyamericasnextstar.html?syndication=rss Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:46:08 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017329408_apwaolympicboxinghopeful1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss Papering the walls of the subterranean Howard Street Boxing Club are the usual posters from bouts and cards going back decades, and they suggest the musty odor of smoke and beer from arenas and armories long razed. Those yellowing bills were the back-in-the-day come-ons for wannabe fighters. Olympics http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017329408_apwaolympicboxinghopeful1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:03:20 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017324967_apolylondon2012security.html?syndication=rss Nearly 100 people have been arrested for selling fake tickets and bogus hotel rooms ahead of the London Olympics. Olympics http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017324967_apolylondon2012security.html?syndication=rss Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:43:06 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017324371_apolysocmexicous.html?syndication=rss Not this time, Mexico. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017324371_apolysocmexicous.html?syndication=rss Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:46:06 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017319652_apolylondon2012tickets.html?syndication=rss Organizers of the 2012 London Olympics said Tuesday they would consider options for new mothers who want to bring their babies into venues, after some parents complained that they have to buy full price tickets for their infants. Olympics http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017319652_apolylondon2012tickets.html?syndication=rss Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:19:37 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017309386_apolysocguatemalaus.html?syndication=rss Abby Wambach scored twice in the first half to move into third on the career goals list for women's international soccer, and the United States beat Guatemala 13-0 on Sunday to clinch a berth in the semifinals of the CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the London Olympics. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017309386_apolysocguatemalaus.html?syndication=rss Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:01:05 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017298727_apolysocrelentlessamericans.html?syndication=rss It's hard not to look like a bully when the final score is 14-0. The U.S. women's soccer team had never beaten anyone that badly, not even in the days of Mia Hamm, Michelle Akers, Julie Foudy and Brandi Chastain. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017298727_apolysocrelentlessamericans.html?syndication=rss Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:01:06 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sounders/2017294145_soccer21.html?syndication=rss The United States scored three goals in the first seven minutes in a record-setting 14-0 rout of the Dominican Republic in the Americans' opening match of the CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games in London, a victory tempered by a serious knee injury to defender Ali Krieger. Sounders http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sounders/2017294145_soccer21.html?syndication=rss Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:10:14 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/homegarden/2017284002_horseneville20.html?syndication=rss An unlikely comeback: Neville Bardos, the horse who survived a barn fire, has been named the international Horse of the Year for 2011 by the United States Equestrian Federation and is on the short list for Summer Olympics contenders. Living http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/homegarden/2017284002_horseneville20.html?syndication=rss Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:48:53 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/olympics/2017284440_hopesolo20.html?syndication=rss Hope Solo and her teammates are back to serious work over the next two weeks as they attempt to earn their way to the London Olympics. Olympics http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/olympics/2017284440_hopesolo20.html?syndication=rss Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:55:24 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017283569_apolyyouthgamesvonn.html?syndication=rss Teen ski racers dreaming of becoming the next Lindsey Vonn received firsthand tips on how to do it from the Olympic downhill champion herself on Thursday. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017283569_apolyyouthgamesvonn.html?syndication=rss Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:16:08 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017276476_apolylondon2012security.html?syndication=rss The River Thames buzzed with activity Thursday - helicopters hovering ahead, speed boats ready to catch potential terrorists and military units testing their skills as part of a drill for the 2012 London Olympics. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017276476_apolylondon2012security.html?syndication=rss Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:16:08 PST http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017278484_apolylondondoping.html?syndication=rss A new doping lab will be used to catch athletes who use performance-enhancing drugs during the London Olympics, scientists and government officials said Thursday. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2017278484_apolylondondoping.html?syndication=rss Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:46:04 PST