Jade Jones
Jade Jones
Saturday, 11 August 2012
Jade Jones of Great Britain celebrates winning
Jade Jones Jade Jones
Jade Jones of Great Britain celebrates winning
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Usain Bolt highlights of reporter’s first Olympics
London 2012: Getting glimpse of Prince Harry, incredible Usain Bolt highlights of reporter’s first Olympics
LONDON—On Day 4 of covering my first Olympic Games, I got tapped on the shoulder to cover Canada’s ultimately unsuccessful bid to win a medal in women’s gymnastics.
The U.S. had just won gold and I booked it to the mixed zone, where Team Canada and athletes from other countries were herded for post-competition interviews. Cell phone in my teeth, elbows up, I shoved slow walkers to the wayside.
I didn’t need to be quite so aggressive, but I’m not a sports reporter (yet) and my only other experience in a mixed zone had been a day earlier at road race cycling. That had been a bloodbath, like a journalistic Hunger Games, where huge, mostly male British reporters stampeded to the fence in a battle for the best quote. I took a tripod to the gut as the mob sucked me in, rolled me around, then chucked me out, disoriented and immobile just as the Canadian Ryder Hesjedal walked by.
I would not make the same mistake at gymnastics.
“Move!” I yelled at the polite, smiling volunteers who blocked the hallway.
I almost made it.
But a half-dozen men and I collided. One in a black suit stepped in front of me, arms up, legs wide, face unattractive: “Stop right there.”
Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt
LONDON—On Day 4 of covering my first Olympic Games, I got tapped on the shoulder to cover Canada’s ultimately unsuccessful bid to win a medal in women’s gymnastics.
The U.S. had just won gold and I booked it to the mixed zone, where Team Canada and athletes from other countries were herded for post-competition interviews. Cell phone in my teeth, elbows up, I shoved slow walkers to the wayside.
I didn’t need to be quite so aggressive, but I’m not a sports reporter (yet) and my only other experience in a mixed zone had been a day earlier at road race cycling. That had been a bloodbath, like a journalistic Hunger Games, where huge, mostly male British reporters stampeded to the fence in a battle for the best quote. I took a tripod to the gut as the mob sucked me in, rolled me around, then chucked me out, disoriented and immobile just as the Canadian Ryder Hesjedal walked by.
I would not make the same mistake at gymnastics.
“Move!” I yelled at the polite, smiling volunteers who blocked the hallway.
I almost made it.
But a half-dozen men and I collided. One in a black suit stepped in front of me, arms up, legs wide, face unattractive: “Stop right there.”
Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Chris Bosh American professional basketball
Christopher Wesson Bosh born March 24, 1984 is an American professional basketball player who plays power forward for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
A high school "Mr. Basketball" in Texas, Bosh left college at Georgia Tech after one season with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team to enter the 2003 NBA Draft. He was selected fourth overall by the Toronto Raptors in a very competitive draft class. While at Toronto, Bosh emerged as one of the young stars in the league; he became a five-time NBA All-Star, was named to the All-NBA second team once, appeared for the US national team (with whom he won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics), and took over former fan-favorite Vince Carter as the face and leader of the Raptors franchise. In the 2006–07 season, Bosh led the Raptors to their first NBA Playoffs berth in five years, and their first ever division title. He left Toronto as its all-time leader in points, rebounds, blocks, double doubles, free throws made and attempted, and minutes played.
Bosh was nicknamed "CB4" by Toronto Raptors play-by-play commentator Chuck Swirsky, a combination of Bosh's initials and then jersey number. Seeking to promote sports and education amongst youths in Dallas and Toronto, Bosh set up the Chris Bosh Foundation and regularly speaks to youths about the benefits of reading.
Chris Bosh
Chris Bosh
Chris Bosh
A high school "Mr. Basketball" in Texas, Bosh left college at Georgia Tech after one season with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team to enter the 2003 NBA Draft. He was selected fourth overall by the Toronto Raptors in a very competitive draft class. While at Toronto, Bosh emerged as one of the young stars in the league; he became a five-time NBA All-Star, was named to the All-NBA second team once, appeared for the US national team (with whom he won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics), and took over former fan-favorite Vince Carter as the face and leader of the Raptors franchise. In the 2006–07 season, Bosh led the Raptors to their first NBA Playoffs berth in five years, and their first ever division title. He left Toronto as its all-time leader in points, rebounds, blocks, double doubles, free throws made and attempted, and minutes played.
Bosh was nicknamed "CB4" by Toronto Raptors play-by-play commentator Chuck Swirsky, a combination of Bosh's initials and then jersey number. Seeking to promote sports and education amongst youths in Dallas and Toronto, Bosh set up the Chris Bosh Foundation and regularly speaks to youths about the benefits of reading.
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Chris Bosh
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