<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://wbztv.com/olympics/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV</title><link>http://wbztv.com/olympics</link><description><![CDATA[Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Corporation. All rights reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:58:13 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Rio To Host 2016 Olympics; Chicago Spurned]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/chicago.2016.olympics.2.1222974.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/chicago.2016.olympics.2.1222974.html</link><description><![CDATA[Rio de Janeiro won the bid for the 2016 Olympic Games. Chicago did not get through the first ballot of voting to host the 2016 Olympics Games. Not even the presence of
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, nor a long list
of celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, was enough.
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]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:59:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mrs. Obama Arrives In Copenhagen For 2016 Pitch]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/michelle.obama.copenhagen.2.1217687.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/michelle.obama.copenhagen.2.1217687.html</link><description><![CDATA[First Lady Michelle Obama landed in Copenhagen Wednesday morning, and is scheduled to meet with International Olympic Committee members during the day. CBS station WBBM-TV reported Mrs. Obama arrived on an official Air Force plane, and was greeted at the Copenhagen Airport by Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and his wife Maggie. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:14:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama To Back Chicago's Olympics Bid In Copenhagen]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/chicago.olympics.obama.2.1212560.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/chicago.olympics.obama.2.1212560.html</link><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama will be traveling to Copenhagen, Denmark, for a
final 2016 Olympic push for Chicago, White House officials said early
Monday. Valerie Jarrett told The Associated Press Monday morning
that the president will leave Thursday and will join his wife,
Michelle, and others in his administration, in making the pitch. Obama
would be the first U.S. president to take on such a direct role in
lobbying for an Olympics event.
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:58:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Nixes Tracking Device For Sex Offender]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/sex.offender.gps.2.1135209.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/sex.offender.gps.2.1135209.html</link><description><![CDATA[Child advocates are outraged by two recent court rulings they say are a double slap in the face to victims of sexual assaults. <br />
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]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:08:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Olympic Committee Head Resigns]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/us.olympic.committee.2.951857.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/us.olympic.committee.2.951857.html</link><description><![CDATA[The CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee, Jim Scherr, resigned suddenly Thursday afternoon.&nbsp; Chicago's Olympic boosters hope there will be no impact on the Windy City's 2016 bid. CBS station WBBM-TV in Chicago's Dana Kozlov reports.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:51:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Security To Cost More Than $700 Million]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/vancouver.olympics.2010.2.939285.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/vancouver.olympics.2010.2.939285.html</link><description><![CDATA[Canadian officials say security for the 2010 Winter Olympics in British
Columbia will cost $715 million -- more than five times the original
estimate.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:56:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phelps Selected As USOC Sportsman Of The Year]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/Michael.Phelps.USOC.2.915225.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/Michael.Phelps.USOC.2.915225.html</link><description><![CDATA[Another award for Michael Phelps: The record-setting swimmer was chosen
the U.S. Olympic Committee's sportsman of the year on Thursday.
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:28:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball, Softball Make Bid For 2016 Olympics]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/baseball.softball.olympics.2.864815.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/baseball.softball.olympics.2.864815.html</link><description><![CDATA[Baseball made its pitch for reinstatement in the Olympics on Friday, one the seven sports fighting for two spots on the program for the 2016 Summer Games.<br />									]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:32:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Could Strengthen Chicago's Olympic Bid]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/Barack.Obama.tokyo.2.857108.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/Barack.Obama.tokyo.2.857108.html</link><description><![CDATA[Japanese Olympic officials fear the election of Barack Obama as U.S.
president could make his home city of Chicago the favorite to host the
2016 Olympic Games and harm Tokyo's bid.									]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:54:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gymnastics Officials Clear China's Olympic Team]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/China.Gymnastics.investigated.2.829828.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/sports/olympics/China.Gymnastics.investigated.2.829828.html</link><description><![CDATA[International gymnastics officials on Wednesday closed their 5 1/2-week investigation into the ages of the Chinese gymnasts at the Beijing Olympics, saying the documentation provided confirms they were old enough to compete. But the 2000 squad remains under scrutiny, particularly Dong Fangxiao and Yang Yun. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:50:04 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>