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• Media Roundup: CBS/Turner Olympic Bid, Facebook Growing Fast, And More

  BNET - 2008-12-18

  Today's roundup: CBS and Turner to bid for Olympics, Facebook growing fast, Game studio Midway cuts staff and USA Today editor retires by Sean Blanda

  Tags: Olympic Games, Facebook, USA Today, Media, Advertising & Promotion, Games, Recruitment & Selection, Marketing, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sean Blanda

• Mountain West

  - 2008-08-22

  Top story lines Brigham Young University not only looks to be the class of the league, but at No. 17 in the preseason USA TODAY Coaches' Poll, it could be in line to represent mid-majors in a BCS game. The defending conference champion Cougars return 15...

  Tags: Air Force, conference, Games, league, team, USA Today, Utah

• Ohio State, LSU, Southern California in mix

  - 2008-08-04

  Today at Game On! Polling the readers: Who's No. 2? We know who's No. 1: Georgia tops the preseason USA TODAY Coaches' Poll. Now we want to know: Who's No. 2? You've had all weekend to chew over...

  Tags: Games, Georgia, SEC, USA Today, USC

• Penalties awaited in WNBA melee

  - 2008-07-24

  Tuesday's brawl between the Detroit Shock and the Los Angeles Sparks brought the WNBA unprecedented national attention, and punishments announced today will likely be equally noteworthy. After Detroit's Plenette Pierson took Candace Parker to the ground in the closing moments of the Sparks' 84-81 win at...

  Tags: Detroit, ESPN, Games, NBA, Spark, suspension, USA Today

• Report cards on the board

  - 2008-06-30

  Today at Game On! NBA draft fallout The smoke has cleared, the fashion show is done, Derrick Rose is back home in Chicago, and ESPN has already moved on to the 2009 NBA draft (ESPN.com, search: Chad Ford). ...

  Tags: Blogging, board, ESPN, Games, INTERNET, NBA, USA Today

• Voters not buying Manny's campaign pitch

  - 2008-05-14

  Out in left field Manny's gold, as in glove When Manny Ramirez talks, people listen -- especially this season when the quotable Boston Red Sox slugger has let more than his bat do his talking. Manny, in keeping...

  Tags: Blogging, Boston Herald, Boston Red Sox, Games, INTERNET, USA Today

• Some great athletes stop playing too soon

  - 2008-05-14

  Today at Game On! A question of early retirement With her surprise retirement announcement Tuesday at the age of 37, Annika Sorenstam surely joins the list of great ones who retired too soon. At USA TODAY's Game On!...

  Tags: CAREER, Games, NFL, USA Today

• Versus might take shot at puck tracking

  - 2008-05-12

  The NHL and cable TV partner Versus are talking about introducing "puck-tracking" technology as early as the 2008-09 season, executives from the network and the league told USA TODAY. Tracking would make it easier for TV viewers to follow the fast-moving puck. But the idea brought...

  Tags: Cable, Games, NBC Universal Inc., network, NETWORKING, NHL, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, USA Today

• Adelman has rare success in S.L.

  - 2008-04-25

  Twenty head coaches have faced the Utah Jazz in NBA playoff games in Salt Lake City over the years. None have a winning record in Utah. Only two -- Dick Motta (1-1) and Phil Jackson (3-3) -- haven't lost more games than they've won. Houston's Rick...

  Tags: Games, NBA, team, USA Today

• Ref puts former life out in open

  - 2008-04-21

  Game On! blog Q&A with an undercover referee Bob Delaney is a referee working the NBA playoffs (he worked the Washington Wizards-Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday). But in 1975 he was a New Jersey state trooper infiltrating organized crime under the name Bobby...

  Tags: Blogging, Games, INTERNET, NBA, USA Today