Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the presidential sister who founded the Special Olympics, was celebrated Friday at a funeral Mass as a fearless warrior for the voiceless who changed the world for millions and an unconventional woman who smoked Cuban cigars and played tackle football. Complete Story...
Eunice Kennedy Shriver was celebrated by family members as a passionate humanitarian and a pious woman devoid of vanity on Thursday night, hours after thousands of mourners flocked to a white and gray clapboard church to pay their respects to the founder of the Special Olympics.
Reaction to the death of JFK's sister and Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who died Tuesday at age 88:
President John F. Kennedy's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family's public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the welfare of the mentally disabled, died early Tuesday surrounded by relatives at a Hyannis hospital. She was 88.
Wisconsin authorities say a bus with about 20 adult Special Olympics athletes crashed while returning from Nebraska, leaving two people with serious injuries.
WASHINGTON — The Special Olympics launched a campaign Tuesday to banish the word "retard," a casual insult that derives from an out-of-favor medical term and has long been considered inappropriate.
The White House says President Barack Obama realizes his talk show quip about the Special Olympics was a "thoughtless joke" and the group's athletes deserve better.
Maria Shriver says President Barack Obama's joke comparing his poor bowling score to that of a Special Olympics athlete was hurtful, although she is sure he didn't mean it that way.
President Barack Obama might have rolled a gutter ball on NBC's "The Tonight Show."
So President Barack Obama thinks he bowls like a competitor in the Special Olympics?
Vice President Joe Biden will lead a delegation to the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Boise, Idaho.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the 86-year-old sister of President John F. Kennedy, who founded the Special Olympics and championed the rights of the mentally retarded, has been hospitalized.
The funeral has been held of Eunice Shriver Kennedy, the sister of US President John F Kennedy, after her death aged 88 on Tuesday. Maria Shriver Kennedy described her mother, who founded the Special Olympics, as "momentum on wheels".
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, a member of a political dynasty who devoted her life to improving the welfare of the mentally disabled by founding the Special Olympics, died Tuesday morning at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Mass., after a series of strokes.
It's good news week. At least it is at the Des Moines Register. Tyler Steinke was never "supposed" to be able to walk or talk, but his parents had different plans.
Words...what are they? Mere pixels on your screen for you to absorb as you sip at your coffee? or are they something more? Do WORDS describe the writers emotions, thoughts and observations? Hopefully, intelligently in this posting>
The Special Olympics launched a campaign Tuesday to banish the word "retard," a casual insult that derives from an out-of-favor medical term and has long been considered inappropriate.
The Washington Times editorial board defended President Obama's crack about the Special Olympics Sunday, writing that although his comment was in poor taste, he clearly meant no harm and shouldn't be judged so harshly.
For anyone that is fixated on the slip-up President Obama made on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno - President Obama's stimulus bill increase of $11.7 billion for Special Education represents the biggest federal increase in history!
"It's almost like they've got — they've got a bomb strapped to them and they've got their hand on the trigger," President Obama said on Thursday of the banks he's chosen to bail out. "You don't want them to blow up.
Discussion over President Obama tonight show comment continues
March 31 is being billed a "national day of awareness," a call to Americans to recognize and rethink their use of the word "retard," or as the organization would prefer, the "R-word."
"I was shocked to learn of the comment made by President Obama about Special Olympics," Palin said in a statement. "This was a degrading remark about our world's most precious and unique people, coming from the most powerful position in the world."
President Obama slips and offends special needs community
Were you offended by President Obama's comment on The Tonight Show that his difficulties bowling were reminiscent of the Special Olympics? If so, why? Do you know a mentally handicapped person? If not, why not? Do you think there is too much political correctness in the world tod …
A bowling phenom in the Special Olympics has just challenged Prez Barack Obama to a White House roll-off ... and he'll probably kick Barack's butt.
During the second week of February, thousands of athletes, families and coaches will come to Idaho for the 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games.
As Kendall Bailey swims, his praying-mantis limbs flapping him forward, something about the water disguises his many maladies: cerebral palsy, mental retardation, autism and more. Only in a swimming pool do they dissolve and allow his troubled body and mind to be all but normal.
"A lifelong New Yorker, Richard Corman has photographed many a luminary including Mohammed Ali, Nelson Mandela, and Bill Clinton. His images have appeared in Vanity Fair, Vogue, Town & Country, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone and Architectural Digest.
You've heard, of course, of the Special Olympics, the sporting event that provides an opportunity for developmentally disabled youngsters to experience the highs and lows of athletic competition.
An interesting debate on whether Arnold Schwarzenegger thinks he's President. Discusses whether his environmental agenda is something he personally believes in or is he using it to forward his political career?
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Allsportrating.com TV Interview in Colorado in preparation for the Velocity Sports Performance with the Vice President and two-time Super Bowl Champion, David Diaz-Infante.
DOLTON, Ill. -- It's like "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas," but for real. A thief took off with some important items -- uniforms for a Special Olympics basketball team. Related Content: Video