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Live - Olympics finale (BBC News)
The 29th Olympic Games is officially brought to an end in the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing and London becomes the offical host.

Baseball: Russellville 4, St. Elizabeth 1 (Jefferson City News Tribune)
ST. ELIZABETH, Mo. - Stephen Schnieders tossed a two-hitter and struck out 10 as the Russellville Indians beat St. Elizabeth 4-1 on Tuesday. Nick Bates paced the offense with two hits and two RBI, while Matt Niswonger also drove home two runs.

NCAA trying to block fantasy leagues' move into college football (The Palm Beach Post)
The multimillion-dollar business of fantasy football is about to get bigger, younger and more controversial.

2012 London Olympics (Evening Standard)
Greenwich Park — and several other controversial Olympic venues — could be scrapped from the London Games amid rising concern about their cost, local impact and minimal post-Olympic legacy, the Standard can reveal.

Georgia hype raises football ticket prices (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Athens — Elizabeth Vaeth of Alpharetta was so excited about this University of Georgia football team that she donated $2,500 to the athletics program, hoping that would gain her the right to buy season tickets for the first time. She got a mid-summer letter thanking her for the contribution — and telling her it wasn't enough to make the season-ticket cutoff. "I was disappointed," said Vaeth, a ...

Ethiopia welcomes Olympics stars (BBC News)
Thousands of cheering Ethiopians line the streets of Addis Ababa to welcome home Olympic gold-medallists.

DarienTimes.com • Sports • Fitzpatrick takes Speedo Diving Nationals (The Darien Times)
With the Beijing games serving as inspiration in the background, young Elizabeth Fitzpatrick of Darien gave it her all with an Olympic style performance winning gold in the 11-and-under three-meter springboard event at the USA Diving Speedo Junior National Championships held outside of Houston, Texas from August 6 to 10.

The local contingent (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)
Pawleys Island resident Elizabeth "Libby" Callahan finished 25th in the women's 25-meter sport pistol event with a total score of 575. Callahan, a Columbia native who was competing in her fourth Olympics, has the distinction of being the oldest U.S. female Olympian (56) in history. Loris resident Mike Hessman and the U.S. baseball team won a bronze medal in the games. Hessman hit a home run in ...

Hammon reflects on Olympic journey with Russia (KTIV Sioux City)
Associated Press - August 27, 2008 6:25 AM ET SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Becky Hammon says her decision to play Olympic basketball for Russia has humbled her and given her a fresh perspective on...