Weekly Roundup: Blogs and Olympics

In the spirit of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, I am dedicating this weekly roundup to the Olympic bloggers.

Not the athletes allowed to blog under IOC guidelines, but the individuals and institutions around the world with the most popular sites intended for interactivity.

The mostly-anonymous fan blogs:

• 2008beijingolimpics.com
• 2008gamesbeijing.com
• beijingolympic2008.wordpress.com
• beijingolympicsblog.wordpress.com
• beijingolympics2008live.com
• beijingolympicsfan.com – Patrick Quek and Meg Stivison
• beijing-olympics2k8.blogspot.com
• chinaolympicsblog.com
• indianolympicblog.com
• olympic2008site.com
• olympicblogger.blogspot.com
• olympicgamebeijing2008.blogspot.com
• olympics.tyglobalist.org – Paul Randt
• summerolympicsnews.com – Jill Manty

Lifestyle and sports blogs:

• Access Hollywood
• ESPN
• FanNation
• Light the Torch
• Sports Illustrated
• Sports Reference

Blogs offering videos, etc:

• Not a blog, but here is a directory of how to watch the Olympic Games online
• PopPhoto
• Video “cliptations”
• Webcastr channel

Media-specific blogs:

• Boston Globe
• Dallas News
• Detroit News
• Globe and Mail
• Los Angeles Times
• McClatchy Newspapers
• Mercury News
• Miami Herald
• New York Times
• Rocky Mountain News
• Seattle Times
• Toronto Star
• USA Today
• Der Spiegel
• Newsweek
• CNN
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• British Broadcasting Corporation
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

This is not intended to be a complete listing. If you know of anything missing, please post a comment below.

Citius, Altius, Fortius!

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