Media Watch-- Lucas Sang, King FIFA and Athlete Courage

(ATR) ESPN unravels the mystery behind Kenyan Olympian Lucas Sang's death after post-election violence ... South African media explores the amount of power FIFA wields ... and ticket scalping is out of control, according to Thai media. More opinions and ideas inside...

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ESPN’s Wright Thompson unravels the mystery behind Kenyan Olympian Lucas Sang’s death after post-election violence.

FIFA is the most powerful organization in the world, according tothe South Africa'sIndependent Online.

Philadelphia Daily News writer Sam Donnellon criticizes journalists making a human rights statement by sitting out the Olympics.

Sports Illustrated profiles U.S. sprinter John Carlos, who made a political display for black power at the 1968 Games in Mexico, and Steven A. Smith compares Carlos’s courage to the today’s athletes.

The Wall Street Journal catalogs all the rules Olympic spectators will have to follow in Beijing.

Yao Ming is not rushing back to play for China's national team too soon after his knee injury.

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