But seven years ago Blackwell tried something offbeat: He launched the career of an Olympic athlete.
What is it like to be an Olympic athlete after winning (or not winning) the Olympics?
Ex-England goalkeeper David Seaman, Olympic athlete Kelly Holmes and dancer Bonnie Langford are among competitors.
Prior to the Vancouver Games, no Winter Olympic athlete had been killed during an event.
At 57, this former Olympic athlete had previously been considered a little too old.
Former Olympic athlete Steve Cram is one of the organisers of the events.
But when you're an Olympic athlete, you don't get to have your cake and eat it, too.
In the old Iraq it was dangerous to be an Olympic athlete if you did not win.
He donned a gray and black uniform with IOA -- Independent Olympic Athlete -- printed on it.
They work for ten years climbing the ladder from district champion, to national champion, and ultimately, to Olympic athlete.
Trout Lake Ice Rink, used for Olympic athlete training last year, was also converted into a regulation-size NHL hockey rink.
No wonder why Sanya Richards-Ross has been so vocal about changing the rules regarding Olympic athlete payment and sponsorships.
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Gilbert , inventor of the Erector Set, was also a professional magician, Yale Med School grad, Olympic athlete and big-game hunter.
As my Forbes colleague Kurt Badenhausen noted, Ms. Hamilton is not the first Olympic athlete to severely tarnish their image.
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"Being an Olympic athlete is all about developing resilience, " said Dr Dobbin.
The union has concerns about testing NFL players in the same manner due to their mass and musculature compared to the leaner Olympic athlete sample.
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Gilbert, the inventor of the Erector Set, was also a professional magician, a graduate of Yale Medical School, an Olympic athlete and a big-game hunter.
The fall of the Olympic athlete is not a new phenomenon.
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He's also adjusting to rounds that last four hours rather than races that last four minutes, as well as one other major luxury for the retired Olympic athlete: free time.
To alter the metaphor, it was rather like an Olympic athlete on steroids: basically impressive, but made to look even more so by the artificial stimulus of a financial-asset boom.
You may not have the physical abilities of an Olympian, but you do have a brain that you can use to focus on a goal as powerfully as any Olympic athlete.
PRETORIA, South Africa South Africa's police department replaced the lead investigator in the murder case against Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius on Thursday, after the detective was found to be facing attempted-murder charges of his own.
"From supporting the training and finances of an Olympic athlete to building industrial parks and helping Cambodia become a leading rice exporter, we want to invest in areas that Cambodians take pride in, " said Marvin Yeo, the co-founder of Frontier Investment Partners.
This was Michael, from the North Baltimore Aquatics Club, known out of town as Michael Phelps, perhaps the greatest Olympic athlete of all time, freshly retired after a brilliant final run in London, and content to enjoy a second act as a Ravens super fan.
Postboxes were painted in the hometowns of every gold medal-winning Team GB Olympic and Paralympic athlete last year.
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But none of his sponsors has yet formally broken links with the Olympic and Paralympic athlete, and most are remaining tight-lipped.
Mr. Pistorius's lawyers argued that the Olympic and Paralympic athlete fired four shots through a locked bathroom door in self-defense because he believed an intruder was inside.
Today, like on Tuesday, Oscar's father Henke, brother Carl and sister Aimee are seated as close as they can be to the Olympic and Paralympic athlete - near enough to reach forward and hold his shoulder during the frequent occasions when he has been overwhelmed by emotion.
As of Tuesday, USOC and the the Olympic Center, its athlete training facility, were not in immediate danger.
Yesterday Forbes reported about the wildfires in Colorado Springs, Colorado, home to the U.S. Olympic Committee and its athlete training center.
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