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X Games invites youngest athletes, 11, to L.A.

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:12:22 -0700
The X Games has invited 11-year-old skateboarder Jagger Eaton to compete on its biggest stage in Los Angeles in June. Eaton, who would be the youngest athlete in the event's history, learned he will have the opportunity to drop into the monolithic MegaRamp during the Skateboard Big Air contest. Trey Wood, also 11, has been invited to compete as well. The two grade-schoolers, who check in at ...
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Games giving "Brand Britain" an Asian boost

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:09:10 -0700
LONDON (Reuters) - The London Olympics are giving "brand Britain" a fillip in China and India, a survey indicated on Saturday, boosting the UK government's ambition of attracting an extra one billion pounds of inward investment and trade.
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X Games invites youngest-ever athlete to LA

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:42:30 -0700
The youngest athlete in X Games history has been invited to compete on its biggest stage in Los Angeles in June, as 11-year-old skateboarder Jagger Eaton has learned that he'll have the opportunity to drop in to the monolithic MegaRamp during the Skateboard Big Air contest. Trey Wood, also 11, has been invited to compete as well. The two grade-schoolers, who check in at about 80 pounds each ...
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CNN: Video Games and Porn are Ruining You

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:07:19 -0700
It?s been a few hours since the Internet told me I was a waste of humanity and a perversion of millions of years of evolution, but luckily CNN is filling in that gap. tex playing video games (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A recent article by Dr. Phillip Zimbardo and Nikita Duncan promoting their
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2K Games Looks Beyond Twitter, Facebook for Customer Outreach

Fri, 25 May 2012 02:24:10 -0700
The community and customer service teams at 2K Games are committed to reaching out to the company's audience, even if it means facing unhappy customers head-on.
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Large Animal Games and Starz Digital Media Unleash 'Spartacus: The Game' on China's Sina Weibo Network

Fri, 25 May 2012 04:45:00 -0700
NEW YORK, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Large Animal Games, independent developer of unique social games, and Starz Digital Media, the digital and on-demand licensing arm of Starz, have released Spartacus: ...
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Doha, Baku out of running for 2020 Games

Wed, 23 May 2012 18:23:09 -0700
QUEBEC CITY (Reuters) - The chase to host the 2020 Summer Games was reduced to a three horse race between Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo after Doha and the Azerbaijan capital Baku were dropped from the running by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday. The announcement in a packed Quebec City ballroom brought smiles but few cheers from the surviving cities as all three know the ...
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How the video games industry is faring

Wed, 23 May 2012 08:02:53 -0700
A look at results from selected companies in the video games business:April 12: Market tracker NPD Group says U.S. retail sales of video game hardware, software and accessories fell 25 percent in March ...
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The History of Road Cycling at the Olympic Games

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:08:00 -0700
Only a few sports contested in the first modern Olympic Games are still a part of the Olympic program. Road cycling is one of those sports, though it has at times disappeared from the event schedule.
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Some teams can handle close games, others can't

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:44:25 -0700
Kansas State enjoyed life on the edge last season. Other schools, though, came up short more often than not.
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