http://baseballstatsandnews.com/topic/jacques-rogge2010-12-30T06:31:35Z2010-04-16T10:50:56ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-04-16:/professional-baseball/struck-softball-baseball-2016-games-631035a/

<div id="subtitle">Struck out, still swinging: Softball, baseball lose bid to return to Olympic, vow to fight on</div><div><p>On a day when her sport lost another bid to get back into the Olympics, U.S. softball star <a title="Jennie Finch" href="/topic/Jennie+Finch" >Jennie Finch</a> vowed to fight on.</p><p>A two-time Olympian, Finch called Thursday a heartbreaking day, particularly for young players around the world who dreamed of playing at the sport's highest level.</p><p>Softball was added...

2010-12-30T06:31:35ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-12-30:/photo/brazil-rio-2016-2404018p/

<a title="Jacques Rogge" href="/topic/Jacques+Rogge" >International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge</a>, from <a title="Belgium" href="/topic/Belgium" >Belgium</a>, delivers a speech during a ceremony laying the cornerstone of the future Olympic village in <a title="Rio de Janeiro" href="/topic/Rio+de+Janeiro" >Rio de Janeiro</a>, <a title="Brazil" href="/topic/Brazil" >Brazil</a>, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)<div id="copyright"><div> Copyright 2010&#160; <a...

2010-10-07T04:45:26ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-10-07:/photo/mideast-israel-palestinians-rogge-2358689p/

President of the International Olympic Committee <a title="Jacques Rogge" href="/topic/Jacques+Rogge" >Jacques Rogge</a>, center, visits a souvenir shop in the <a title="West Bank" href="/topic/West+Bank" >West Bank</a> town of <a title="Bethlehem" href="/topic/Bethlehem" >Bethlehem</a>, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. Rogge on Tuesday expressed concern over "obstacles" facing Palestinian athletes, and in veiled criticism of <a title="Israel" href="/topic/Israel" >Israel</a> said athletes should be gr...

2010-10-05T09:45:29ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-10-05:/photo/mideast-israel-palestinians-olympics-2357603p/

President of the International Olympic Committee <a title="Jacques Rogge" href="/topic/Jacques+Rogge" >Jacques Rogge</a>, back row second left, poses with <a title="Salam Fayyad" href="/topic/Salam+Fayyad" >Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad</a>, back row second right, and Palestinian children for a group photo, during Rogge's tour to <a title="Al Amari" href="/topic/Al+Amari" >Al Amari</a> refugee camp in the <a title="West Bank" href="/topic/West+Bank" >West Bank</a> city of <a title="Ram...

2010-09-24T05:00:26ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-09-24:/photo/rogge-commonwealth-games-2351332p/

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 10, 2006 file photo <a title="Jacques Rogge" href="/topic/Jacques+Rogge" >IOC President Jacques Rogge</a> gestures as he delivers the "Worldethicspeech" in Tuebingen, southwestern <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a>, where Rogge talked about "Global Sport and Global Ethic". Rogge says Friday Sept. 24, 2010, <a title="New Delhi" href="/topic/New+Delhi" >New Delhi</a>'s potential for hosting future Olympics should not be written off before giving emb...

2010-08-17T07:15:41ZAP Newstag:baseballstatsandnews.com,2010-08-17:/photo/singapore-youth-olympics-2332196p/

<a title="Jacques Rogge" href="/topic/Jacques+Rogge" >IOC President Jacques Rogge</a>, on a screen, speaks during the opening ceremony celebrations of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games Saturday Aug. 14, 2010 in <a title="Singapore" href="/topic/Singapore" >Singapore</a>. (AP Photo/Sam <a title="Kang Li" href="/topic/Kang+Li" >Kang Li</a>)<div id="copyright"><div> Copyright 2010&#160; <a href="http://www.ap.org">AP News</a></div></div><div><p></p><br /><br /></div>...