Athens Shoots Past Sydney in Olympic Ratings
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NEW YORK  - Midway through the race  between Olympics past and present, this year's edition is  outrunning its predecessor from four years ago.
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Photos of the best of the action in Athens on day five of the Olympic Games.
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ATHENS  The United Arab Emirates and India scored Olympic firsts on day four of the Athens Games on Tuesday and there was good news also for host Greece, which landed its second gold of the competition.
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The Olympic hosts are winning rave reviews after the first week of the Athens Games, with foreign visitors expressing delight with the friendly, clean and well-organised Greek capital.
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A minor earthquake rattled Olympic venues in Athens Tuesday, but there were no reports of injuries or damage. The tremor was measured at 4.5 on the Richter scale, with an epicenter about 70 kilometers northeast of the Greek capital, under the Aegean Sea.
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Millions of people around the world watched the XXVIII Olympiad in Athens over the past two weeks. Most viewers simply marvel at the talents of the world's best athletes, but a select few watch and realistically envision themselves among the elite.
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A look at NBC's coverage of the summer Olympic games from Athens:
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By MATT MOORE    ATHENS, Greece  -- Amid the roar of the crowd, the silence of the phones can be deafening. As thousands of athletes, spectators, journalists, officials and more descend on the Greek capital ahead of the Aug...
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NBC took ratings gold, attracting big prime-time audiences for its first three nights of Olympics coverage.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Ian Thorpe was hailed as his nation&#39;s &quot;greatest Olympian ever&quot; by Australian Prime Minister John Howard following his dramatic victory in the 200 meters freestyle swimming final at the Athens Olympics.
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Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe beat  American arch-rival Michael Phelps in the men's 200-meter  freestyle on Monday as China, Australia and Japan led the  United States in the medals table on day three of the Olympic  Games.
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American Justin Gatlin won the Olympic 100 metres Sunday night, and China, in a race almost as close, picked up four gold medals to edge ahead of the United States after nine days of competition at the Athens Olympics.
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NEW YORK  - NBC lapped the primetime competition Tuesday as its Olympics coverage averaged 29.3 million viewers to second-ranked CBS&#39; 8.2 million.
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After a disastrous performance in Sydney, NBC proved its Olympic mettle with multi-network, vastly expanded coverage that both did better and was better.
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NEW YORK  - The Olympics bulldozed the  rest of the network primetime summer fare Sunday, delivering an  average 25.6 million viewers to NBC.
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ATHENS -- The bill arrived for the Athens Olympics yesterday -- about $11.6 billion, and it might climb higher.
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