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Olympic cycling on NBC

August 12th, 2008 · No Comments

The men’s and women’s Olympic road races are already in the history books, but for those interested in watching NBC’s coverage of the remaining time trial, track, cross-country and BMX events, here is a schedule:
Day 5 Wednesday, August 13
11:30 a.m. Women’s Individual Time Trial
1:30 p.m. Men’s Individual Time Trial
Day 12 Wednesday, August 20
10:15 a.m. Men’s BMX […]

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Tags: Olympics · BMX · track · races · cycling · sports

In the news: Pennsylvania Olympians, KeO recall, Floyd to Rock Racing?

August 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Pennsylvania’s Olympic bicyclists got international attention this week even before Friday’s opening ceremonies. Mike “Meatball” Friedman, a Pittsburgh native, and Bobby Lea, of Topton, arrived at the Beijing airport this week wearing surgical-type masks. The masks, also worn by cyclists Sarah Hammer and Jennie Reed, were worn because they feared the negative affects of the much-discussed air […]

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Sharing the ride: article on Lea family

July 30th, 2008 · No Comments

In case you missed it in Tuesday’s Intelligencer Journal, there was a good article on Beijing-bound Olympic track cyclist Bobby Lea, his brother, Special Olympian Syd Lea, and their mother, Tracy Lea.
They came to the Acadia Neuro Rehabilitation Center, in the Greenfield Corporate Center, on Monday to talk about the challenges they have faced.

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Tags: Olympics · track · Lancaster · cycling · sports