August 23, 2008 - Numbers have been very important in the Olympic Games. The number 8 is the luckiest number in the Chinese lore, so it was considered fortuitous to start the Olympics at exactly eight minutes after eight on 8/08/08. 16, 11, and 14 have been important, too. Some of the...
August 22, 2008 - Well, it's official. An IOC investigation of the Chinese women's gymnastics team members' ages is underway. Five out of the six team members--He Kexin, Yang Yilin, Jiang Yuyuan, Deng Linlin a...