Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is going to help Rio de Janeiro fight crime before it hosts the 2016 Olympics. During a visit to a Rio slum on ...
AP | BRETT MARTEL | Posted 10.14.2009 | Chicago
NEW ORLEANS — The ousted CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee said changing leadership and strained relations with international Olympic officials ...
Rick Horowitz | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics
Why was the GOP so elated with Chicago's Olympic failure? Was it the joy in avoiding the inevitable cost overruns? The security concerns? Or was it enough that Obama had failed?
Chicago Tribune | Kathy Bergen and Philip Hersh | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago
Though Chicago's campaign for the 2016 Summer Games went down in flames in the first round of voting, there was nothing more the city could have done ...
Gary Shapiro | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business
We make our trade show a world-class event, but our nation's visa policies work against us in attracting the world to our country.
Chris McGowan | Posted 12.02.2009 | World
Brazilians would be far better off if its populace refused to tolerate the rogues' gallery that populates its government. But despite its social problems, the Rio Olympics may be the most entertaining Games ever.
Michael D. Brown | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics
Brazil was among the last to enter into the current world recession, but is among the first to begin to emerge from the recession. And therein is why Chicago did not get the Olympics.
Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago
Rio should be a tremendous source of pride for the millions of U.S.-born Hispanics whose familial roots stretch not only south of the border, but south of the hemisphere.
Huffington Post | Posted 12.02.2009 | World
Thousand of Brazilian fans broke out into a spontaneous celebration as Rio de Janeiro won the bid to host the 2016 Olympics. Go here for more. Get...
Huffington Post | Posted 12.02.2009 | Chicago
In a major upset, Chicago was eliminated in the first round of IOC voting for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Tokyo, considered the underdog at the outset, ...
AP | GRAHAM DUNBAR | Posted 12.02.2009 | World
COPENHAGEN — Rio de Janeiro delivered a passionate appeal for South America to be awarded the Olympics for the first time. Brazilian President ...
AP | JOHN LEICESTER | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago
COPENHAGEN — In 30 minutes, it will be over. Years of preparations, arm-twisting, sweet-talking and hopes will be rejected or rewarded Friday w...
AP | JOHN LEICESTER | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago
COPENHAGEN — In 30 minutes, it will be over. Years of preparations, arm-twisting, sweet-talking and hopes will be rejected or rewarded Friday w...
AP | Posted 11.30.2009 | Chicago
COPENHAGEN — Brazil's president says he's not worried that U.S. President Barack Obama is coming to Denmark to lobby that Chicago and not Rio de...
AP | NANCY ARMOUR | Posted 11.29.2009 | Chicago
COPENHAGEN — Rio or Chicago? Risk vs. reliable. For the International Olympic Committee, the biggest decision in choosing the city to host the ...
AP | JAN M. OLSEN | Posted 11.29.2009 | Chicago
COPENHAGEN — Brazilian soccer great Pele isn't worried President Barack Obama's star power could help Chicago win the bid for the 2016 Olympics ...
Chicago Tribune | James Janega | Posted 11.28.2009 | Chicago
A 43-year-old Chicago advertising copywriter told the Chicago Tribune today that he was the creative mind behind ChicagoansForRio.com, ending a weeklo...
AP | NANCY ARMOUR | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO — The crowd at President Barack Obama's victory rally stretched from one end of Grant Park to the other, spilling onto nearby sidewalks ...
Chicago Tribune | Dan P. Blake | Posted 11.21.2009 | Chicago
Mayor Richard Daley today said he was "getting more confident" that Chicago will be chosen host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics when international o...
AP | STEPHEN WILSON | Posted 11.10.2009 | Chicago
LONDON — IOC president Jacques Rogge expects the race for the 2016 Olympics to be decided by "a couple of votes" and says Chicago's chances shou...
Huffington Post/AP | Posted 12.04.2009 | New York