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Keeth Smart and the members of the 2008 Men's Olympic fencing team

Olympian-turned-exec overcomes loss, teaches a lesson: 'Never give up'

Lawrence M. Watkins
theGRIO REPORT - His story is a prime example of what can happen if you never give up and believe in yourself...
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Candace Parker will 'smell the roses' at Olympics

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Candace Parker of the WNBA team Los Angeles Sparks remembers her last Olympic games as a blur...
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Usain Bolt, fastest man alive, wants to 'stun the world'

Briana Lopes
VIDEO - Just one year after he won the Olympic gold metal in Beijing, China, Jamaican track star and the fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt, dropped over one tenth of a second off of his record in the 100 meter race...
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Chinese billboard depicts black 'Sambo'

Jonathan Levitt
OPINION - A Chinese district in Beijing posts a billboard depicting a black "sambo" image, promoting an age-old African-American stereotype...
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US, Chinese basketballers brawl during Biden visit

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BEIJING (AP) - The fight between the Georgetown University men's basketball team and the Bayi Rockets on Thursday night in Beijing forced the game to end early...
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Celebrated LA gospel choir heads to China

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VIDEO - Students from Crenshaw High School will be coming to China on Thursday as ambassadors for Los Angeles...
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Obama meets with half brother while in China

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BEIJING (AP) - President Barack Obama met briefly with a half brother who lives in China and who recently wrote a semi-autobiographical novel...
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