Bindo Creek Cabins
Get a slice of Olympic memorabilia when you spend a night in a 2000 Olympics cabin. Thursday, November 28, 2002 Get a slice of Olympic memorabilia when you spend a night in a 2000 Olympics cabin. Chris and Janet McEwen can claim to have been part ... [... more]
Getaway |
Celebrity Gardener - Herb Elliott
In world class competitions, Herb Elliott won the mile or 1500m event 44 times in a row, culminating with the gold medal at the Rome Olympics. He was never beaten. Don visited Herb at his home, which overlooks the Indian Ocean in Perth. Herb ... [... more]
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Sasha Cohen
is an unbelievably charming, gifted skater, and she is the early favorite to win the Gold Medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy. She placed fourth at the 2002 Games, and has since improved her skating, trained with new coaches, worked as a ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Tony Perrottet from HarperCollins Publishers
Tony Perrottet, journalist, travel writer, and author of Napoleon's Privates, Pagan Holiday, and The Naked Olympics. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Rafer Johnson
Rafer Johnson won the gold medal for the decathlon in the 1960 Olympic Games, posting a new Olympic record in the event. After the Olympics, he devoted his time to his family, his career, and helping others. To this end, he became a sports ... [... more]
Random House |
Aaron J. Klein
The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response The first full account, based on access to key players who have never before spoken, of the Munich Massacre and the Israeli response-a lethal, top secret, thirty-year-long ... [... more]
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John Cooper
Rapid Ray Lewis was arguably the fastest man of his generation. He won medals in the 1932 Olympics and the 1934 British Empire Games, and countless races in North America. Remarkable achievements for any man - but all the more remarkable because ... [... more]
Random House |
John Jerome
John Jerome started to run in 1972, inspired by Frank Shorter's performance in the marathon at the Munich Olympics, and by Shorter's carbohydrate-loading diet. Along the way, he became fascinated with the science of athletic training and has ... [... more]
Random House |
Jack Cavanaugh
Jack Cavanaugh is a veteran sportswriter who has covered scores of major boxing bouts, along with the Olympics, the World Series, Super Bowl games, the Masters Golf Tournament, and both the U.S. golf and tennis opens. He is the author of Giants ... [... more]
Random House |
Beijing
Getaway take you on a tour of the Beijing, the host city of the 2008 Olympics. More on video Temple of heaven Old Beijing on rickshaw Shopping in Houhai The Great Wall of China Shanghai Leshan Buddha Thursday, May 8, 2008 As the world knows, the ... [... more]
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Athens
If you are planning to head to the Olympics in Athens, here is what we recommend. Thursday, May 13, 2004 If you are planning to head to the Olympics in Athens, here is what we recommend. Katie O'Brien from Canberra wrote to us asking if she was ... [... more]
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Celebrity Gardener - Shane Gould
Don and the Burke's Backyard team travelled to Margaret River, in Western Australia, to meet this week's celebrity gardener, Olympic champion swimmer, Shane Gould. At the 1972 Munich Olympics Shane won 5 individual medals - 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 ... [... more]
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