via The Independent JACK WILSHERE AMBITIOUS FOR OLYMPIC GOLD: Wilshere said: "The Olympics are going to be massive in London. It will be brilliant. It would be a dream to play in the Olympics." (GMM: Footballer is causing waves as the Olympics could conflict with his pro career.)
via The Telegraph BRITISH CIVIL SERVANTS WILL WORK FROM HOME DURING OLYMPIC COMPETITION: Up to 40 per cent of Whitehall staff will be asked to stay away from the office to help ease congestion on London's transport network. Others will be asked to shift their working times or take annual leave.
via AP 9-TIME NYC MARATHON WINNER GRETE WAITZ DIES AT 57: Grete Waitz, a Norwegian runner who won nine New York City Marathons and the silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, has died after a six-year battle with cancer. She was 57.
KELLOGG RETURNS TO U.S. OLYMPIC PARTNERSHIP: The heavy weight food producer had a partnership with the USOC from 2000-2008, but they discontinued it after Beijing. (They also took a break from their partnership with Michael Phelps after a certain image surfaced. Interestingly, many marketing/advertising analysts resported that there seperation from Phelps actually hurt their sales.) Kellogg is now back in the Olympic fold in a deal north of $10 million over four years.
(I swam, I swim, and as a swimmer I love swimming.)
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