Strap yourself in: Here comes daredevil BMX cycling (Miami Herald)

18 August 2008, 8:35 am

Enough of the tame stuff at the Olympics. Now comes the adrenaline-pumping, stomach-churning new sport of the Games - BMX cycling.... read more

Strap yourself in: Here comes daredevil BMX cycling (Lexington Herald-Leader)

18 August 2008, 8:28 am

Enough of the tame stuff at the Olympics. Now comes the adrenaline-pumping, stomach-churning new sport of the Games - BMX cycling. This will be no genteel cycling event. Think Thunderdome. Elbows will fly. Riders will crash. Nerves will fray. And it all happens at lightning speed. Right out... read more

U.S. BMX team ready (NBC Olympics)

18 August 2008, 2:27 am

Before flying to China last week, three-time world BMX champion Kyle Bennett was home, watching American swimming king Michael Phelps leave an indelible mark on Olympic history. Now it's his turn.... read more

Regional Roundup (San Diego Business Journal)

16 August 2008, 3:50 pm

Connecticut-based Reed Exhibitions and the California Restaurant Association say that the 2009 Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo will be held at the waterfront Convention Center.... read more

Schwarzenegger hopes to speed border crossings (Los Angeles Times)

16 August 2008, 12:20 am

Governors at an annual conference explore public-private toll lanes to cut wait times between the U.S. and Mexico. Hoping to cut down on wait times at the border, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that he and other governors are exploring the idea of public-private partnerships to construct ... read more

Lee Grant's Outtakes (San Diego Union-Tribune)

15 August 2008, 3:10 am

“Henry Poole Is Here” is an act of faith, a story about religion that neither pontificates nor proselytizes. It's set in a diverse, lower-middle-class Los Angeles neighborhood of simple homes and working-class people. Latinos, blessedly, are not depicted as drug dealers or domestics.... read more