And, for that matter, the G in gold, too. We’re talking about Texas women’s basketball coach Gail Goestenkors who is back in Austin now after helping the U.S. women’s national team take home the gold medal in …

A hot tip for those of you living in Beijing! I only wish I had told you earlier. The Village in Sanlitun is Beijing's newest top-brand shopping area, with an Apple store, the world's largest Adidas store, and a bunch of other expensive crap.

Chinese authorities have reversed their decision and will not send two elderly women to a labor camp after they applied to protest during the Olympics, a human rights group said Saturday. No reason was given for the reversal, New York-based Human Rights in China said in a statement.

AFP’s JULIAN GUYER had never covered an Olympic Games before Beijing. Here, he offers his impressions of the 2008 Games and thoughts for 2012 When my sports editor asked me to be on the desk at the Beijing Olympics, I suspected this was a form of revenge on the part of my colleagues.

Next week, Oprah Winfrey will piggyback off the success of the Beijing Games to help kick off her program’s new year. On Wednesday, the talk show queen will gather over 150 US Olympians for a celebration in Chicago’s Millennium Park. The event will be taped to air on Monday, September 8, the premiere date for The Oprah Winfrey Show‘s 23rd season.

Usain Bolt, right, celebrates his victory in Friday’s 100-metre race in Zurich. Usain Bolt cruised to victory in his first race since winning three Olympic gold medals, taking the 100 metres at the Weltklasse …

• Ana Ivanovic gets bounced from the second round of the U.S. Open by the 188th-ranked player in the world. Well, at least Ana is still an alluring eyeful. • A jerk who jotted down racist emails to Derek Jeter will be jammed into a jail cell for the next four years.

In a move that will shake the foundations of political pundits more than John McCain's choice of running mate, the blog DadCentric has chosen to endorse Barack Obama for President. (full disclosure: Famecrawlerer Whit Honea writes for Dadcentric.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, whose country faces runaway inflation, today gave $US100,000 ($A116,000) to champion swimmer Kirsty Coventry who won gold and silver at the Beijing Olympics. Read More…

Next Monday, September 1, 2008, marks my two year "blogoversary" for this blog! I won't be blogging on Monday, of course, because that is [Labor Day] holiday here in the United States. The rest of the world celebrates Labor Day on May 1, but the USA celebrates this on the first Monday of September, which this year lands on September 1.