2008 summer olympics News

Andre Mendes, CIO of the Special Olympics, talks to CNET's Dan Farber about managing technology operations for a non-profit that currently has more than 2.8 million athletes participating in its summer and winter games. Mendes discusses capturing the...

Steve Roush, who had been under fire for his handling of the anti-pollution mask incident involving U.S. cyclists at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, has left his job at the U.S. Olympic Committee.

His position as U.S. Olympic Committee chief of sports performance had been tenuous since Beijing Games, when he was at the center of a controversial anti-pollution mask episode. Steve Roush, who had been under fire for his handling of the anti-po...

CHATTANOOGA €” Swimming, tennis, badminton and table tennis €¦ 90-year-old Signal Mountain, Tenn., resident Martha Swasey competed in all four of these events in the 2008 Chattanooga District Senior Olympics sponsored by Alexian Brothers Senior Neigh...