Media Watch -- Post-Olympic Beijing; World Baseball Classic

On March 6, NBC Nightly News reported on post-Olympic Beijing.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22601899/

The InvestorCentric Blog says Beijing is turning into a ghost town.

http://www.nuwireinvestor.com/blogs/investorcentric/2009/03/beijing-is-turning-into-ghost-town.html

Opinions on the World Baseball Classic are mixed. The Olympian newspaper calls it "a sham" while The Los Angeles Times calls it a "mixed bag."

http://www.theolympian.com/sports/blog/story/778093.html

http://www.latimes.com/sports/printedition/la-sp-wbc-advance4-2009mar04,0,1123480.story

London's the Times has a profile of London 2012 CEO Paul Deighton who is still optimistic that the London Games will prove profitable, despite the current economic crisis.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/movers_and_shakers/article5827170.ece

The BBC has a roundup of English newspapers' reaction to the attack on the Sri Lankan Cricket Team while touring Pakistan.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7922733.stm

Canada's the Province says the attacks demonstrate terrorists "don't care about sports."

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Terrorists+care+about+sports/1359291/story.html

Town planner Sir Peter Hall says the 2012 Olympics may offer the same benefit to London that the Sydney Opera House did for Sydney.

http://www.regen.net/opinion/ByLocation/Wales/886250/Olympics-will-leave-us-richer/

The current recession will overshadow the 2016 bids for the Olympics, according to a report in the Telegraph.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/4604891/Recession-to-overshadow-2016-Olympic-bids.html

Even in tough economic times, merchandise for the Vancouver Olympics is still selling well.

http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/pique/index.php?cat=C_News&content=Mascot+money+1610

Rob Shaw and Jeff Lee report on the fate of the security cameras Vancouver is putting up for the Olympics.

http://www.canada.com/Sports/story.html?id=1247902

Peggy Cassidy writes on a fake, proposed mascot for Chicago 2016, "Chalkie."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29495465/

Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune has another list of proposed mascots.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-change-mascot-bd01-mar01,0,2118063.column

Calling the Pan American Games the "Olympics Lite", Frank Touby writes in the Toronto newspaper The Bulletin that the Pan Ams would be a disappointment for the city.

http://www.thebulletin.ca/cbulletin/content.jsp?sid=14348566291150087577523196697&ctid=1000009&cnid=1002061

The Las Vegas Sun has an interview with Olympic legend Greg Louganis, who is now training show dogs.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/mar/04/olympics-canine-competitions/

The Associated Press writes about the surprise performance of the U.S. ski team at the recent world championships in Liberec, Czech Republic.

http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/200903010147

Written by Ed Hula III.