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December 31, 2004
• Saving The Boats, Ships
• Book Review "My Mommy Rows", the MRA,
• Rowing the Inside Passage
• Access, politics:
  • Tempe Town Lake to become a river
• Canada news:
  • Olympian task ahead for Richardson
• Ocean rowing:
  • The long way home
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Happy surprise for four Olympic champs
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Sir Clive Woodward: 'Anyone found compromising should be fined, or sacked...or shot at dawn'
  • Harvard study on fitness misleading
• Surfboat rowing:
  • Family thrilled by letter from No 10 by Pinsent
• UK News:
  • Pinsent becomes Sir Matthew
  • Knighthood Still Sinking in for Proud Pinsent
  • Hard Work Pays Off for Cracknell

December 30, 2004
• Bucks to the Schuykill banks
• Access, politics:
  • Boathouses lose their free ride
• Collegiate:
  • Celebrating Our Past: a Daughter Following An Idol
• HS/Scholastic:
  • Phenom with an oar
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Best sporting quotes of 2004
  • Nagambie secures big events
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Second place not an option in U.S. sports
• US Team:
  • Athlete of Year: Through All the Turmoil Shines a Good One

December 29, 2004
• Notable Sports Death 2004
• Staying young - 84-year-old just keeps on rowing
• Osprey a hotbed for rowing
• Adaptive rowing:
  • Adapting to Rowing Blind
• Canada news:
  • NHL lockout, loss of Expos, Olympic blahs put damper on year in sport
• Collegiate:
  • Muraoka Named Scholar-Athlete of the Week
  • Wilkin Named Scholar-Athlete of the Week
• Indoor rowing:
  • Klean rows to win
• Masters:
  • OARS masters row 200 kilometers
• UK News:
  • Sport Review of the Year 2004
  • Oar-some Year
• US Team:
  • 2004 Year in Review: They said it

December 28, 2004
• Access, politics:
  • Waterfront plans take big strides
• HS/Scholastic:
  • Clues sought in crash that killed girl, 15
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Wins and spills mark 2004
• UK News:
  • Quotes of the year
• US Team:
  • From Ithaca to Athens
  • Mudville's Year in Sports

December 27, 2004
• Thousands risk injuries
• The Beautiful People
• Like father, like son
• Asia news:
  • Burj Al Arab, Al Fujairah finish on top
• Collegiate:
  • Double Duty Doubly Taxing
• OZ/NZ News:
  • When only the worst will do
• UK News:
  • Honours for Pinsent and Holmes
  • Triumph and despair
  • The Numbers Game...

December 24, 2004
• Fitting Christmas into Training
• Asia news:
  • 124 sportspersons honoured
• Boat Race guff:
  • Rower achieves a fine time in Boat Race trial
• Canada news:
  • Laumann heads to Hall of Fame
• Ocean rowing:
  • Best of ExplorersWeb 2004 Awards
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Oarsome Olympian to test ironman skills at Ulverstone
  • Tales of triumph, drama and sadness
• UK News:
  • Little makes a big difference
  • Club honours memory of Ken
  • Aldridge's euro success
  • Pinsent Gives Most Poignant Moment
• US Team:
  • 2004: Take a look back
  • Jones reflects on Olympics thanks to Mike McQuaid

December 23, 2004
• Photo: Canadian W8 training at Schinias
• Festive excess stores up trouble careful, would-be lightweights thanks to Liz Wray
• Collegiate:
  • Rowers bid adieu as duty calls Marine reservist
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Dual-gold rower Ginn in triathlon hunt
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Boost Your Energy Levels

December 22, 2004
• A year of astonishing research and gripping sport
• Canada news:
  • Brock rowing win taken away
• Indoor rowing:
  • Fast racing, new faces - Euro Open
• OZ/NZ News:
  • (Un)Australian story of 2004
  • Lay Down Sally the story of the year
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Doers: David Brubacher - He's got the world on a string
• US Team:
  • Times capsule: Back to business after Games

December 21, 2004
• Gene test for child's sporting chance
• row2k almanac: Solstice occurred this morning today at 12:42 UT (7:42 Eastern)
• Adaptive rowing:
  • Rowing duo earn recognition
• Collegiate:
  • Women's Crew Celebrates 30 Years
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Rower drops oars for triathlon
  • Top athletes to attend Lydiard funeral
• UK News:
  • Extreme challenge raises charity cash
  • Howling beats heaving good one

December 20, 2004
• Friends of Shen Crew row for dollars
• Christmas hits the water for charity
• Asia news:
  • RSP ridicules Congress claims
  • Navy Wins National Rowing
• Boat Race guff:
  • Williams to quit light blues
• Canada news:
  • Rower honoured for his dedication
• HS/Scholastic:
  • PHS swim teams open new home with sweep
• Indoor rowing:
  • Amsterdam Hosts Euro Open
• Masters:
  • A good row
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Rowing ... it's an addiction
  • 2004 Halberg nominations announced
  • A for athletics, A for Arthur, A for an opportunity lost
  • Five rowers selected to compete at the Youth Olympics
  • SASI awards for 'local' athletes McRae and Webb
  • Rowing saga on course for court
• row2k news: Chief Coach Robin Williams to leave Cambridge University Boat Club
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Suburbanite seeks an honest workout in the machine age
• UK News:
  • Cambridge coach to join national squad
  • Babies offered part in 2012 Games
  • James looks to next generation
  • GB post is just job for Light Blue Rob
  • Grobler digs for gold

December 17, 2004
• Pet projects grab $11M in CRP grants
• RSP ridicules Congress claims
• Suburbanite seeks an honest workout in the machine age
• Groups Discuss Plans For Boathouse That Could Bring Life To Norwich Harbor
• HS/Scholastic:
  • Friends of Shen Crew row for dollars
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Five rowers selected to compete at the Youth Olympics
  • Law dips in: Rowing saga on course for court
• UK News:
  • More than one child in three plays sport

December 16, 2004
• Venues are selected for Empire State Games
• Dragonboats:
  • Local dragon boaters earn medal
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Rowing comments lead to legal action
  • Rowers vie for state honours
  • Coates takes Jones to court
  • Mâori Names Help Inspire Cambridge Crew
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • It's all about friending
• UK News:
  • New boats are set to propel youth interest in rowing club
  • Delight for golden girl Fiona
  • Rowing win double delight
  • Grainger in Action

December 15, 2004
• Reception honoring Ted Nash tonight
• Proposals for FISA's Extraordinary Congress
• Remembering the legacy of Arthur Lydiard
• Asia news:
  • Malaysia Send 32 For Olympic Festival
• Boat Race guff:
  • Wrexham rower guns for Boat Race revenge
  • Hodge in charge as Cowboys win trial
  • Williams finds being beaten by best is good enough
  • Hodge serves reminder with stunning trial triumph
  • Oxford face rough time as Cowboys conquer
• row2k news: row2k Carlin Award acceptance comments
• UK News:
  • On the top row!
• US Team:
  • Reflecting Back on the Games

December 14, 2004
• Boat Race guff:
  • Germans push the boat out in Cambridge trials
• Collegiate:
  • Rower Pauls Wins National Canadian Award
• HS/Scholastic:
  • Kent School rowing center plans
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Twins split for talent development
• UK News:
  • Six of the best for city club on Thames
  • Tarn kids are oar-some, says winning coach Graeme

December 13, 2004
• Marin profile: Dana King is fully anchored
• Athletics coach Lydiard dies
• FISA Award goes behind the scenes with Sweeney
• Access, politics:
  • Support a Rowing Facility in the New Queen's Centre
• HS/Scholastic:
  • Friends Academy Crew Team Rows to a Successful Season
• Masters:
  • The San Francisco Bay area will host the 2009 summer national senior games - the Senior Olympics
• Ocean rowing:
  • Journey becomes reality with help of Mattapoisett man
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Rower's cream of the cafe set
  • It's back to Nagambie
  • Evers-Swindells split but reign supreme
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Brush's Dumas top Ironman should that be 3x/day?
  • Muddy Waters Creates A New Blues Sound in Chicago
• UK News:
  • Rowing heroes win BBC team award
  • Ignore the rest, Pinsent is the best
  • Rutherford Rowers Build Up Steam
  • Olympic double winner Holmes wins BBC sports personality 2004 award
  • Matthew Pinsent Factfile
  • Pinsent leads card recycling plea

December 11, 2004
• Henley Royal Regatta:
  • Stewards' December Meeting 2004

December 10, 2004
• W.G. Killhour, executive, rower
• It's cool to erg in Mexico thanks to Luis Aparicio
• Is your body built for rowing?
• Boathouse Row to get new light system Site will go dark Jan. 6
• Collegiate:
  • Badger Women's Rowing 'Rakes' in Money for Charity
  • Cougar Rowing Contributing To Holiday Season
• HS/Scholastic:
  • Nomadic rowers churn protest with dock quest
• Ocean rowing:
  • Bold stroke: Vinalhaven shocks competition at 2004 Icebreaker i dunno, some of those kids don't look happy
• Olympic Games:
  • NYC Makes Ambitious Bid for the 2012 Olympics
• OZ/NZ News:
  • NW athletes earn rewards
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • It's 'Nightfall' at the Riverrun Gallery
• UK News:
  • Could you be the next Pinsent?
  • Cracknell playing waiting game
  • The alternative sports personality of the year awards
  • Surely Holmes Will Win BBC Award?
  • Cracknell: You don't stop
• USRowing info:
  • Letter from the President of USRowing: Dane Steps Down

December 9, 2004
• Athletics: Dehydration And Performance
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Rower reveals plans to be in Beijing
  • Robbins to keep paddling
  • Parents claims about Sally cover-up denied
  • Sally keeps oar in water
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Colgate Executives Get Thousands for Perks
  • Lighthouse murder revisited in TV's 'True Crimes' series
• UK News:
  • Winners on the page and winners off it
  • Good display in final meet
• US Team:
  • Two-time Olympian visits Paul Hadley Middle School

December 8, 2004
• Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski: 2004 FISA female crew of the year
• Asia news:
  • Sobhini's parents get compensation
• HS/Scholastic:
  • Huron, Pioneer rowers prove themselves
• OZ/NZ News:
  • AOC denies rowing cover-up
  • I'll be rowing in Beijing: Robbins
  • No cover-up, no probe into no-row affair
  • Sally keeps oar in water
  • Robbins misses best friend's wedding
• row2k news: Rowing Canada Aviron Announces New VP of High Performance
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • New theory on Stonehenge mystery

December 7, 2004
• Sports Round-up: FISA buoyancy proposal
• Access, politics:
  • Task force to unveil riverbank
• Canada news:
  • Silver medal winning men's four wins Rowing Canada's international award
  • Rowing Canada Awards
• Collegiate:
  • Supreme Court wrestles with Title IX
  • Winter White-Out: Business as usual starts at
  • BU women's crew team raises money with Fire and Ice
• Ocean rowing:
  • Round the world alone : Argos beacons problems for Fedor Konyukhov
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Early Start for Rowing Regatta
  • Rowers pumped up over new gym training proposal
  • Parents rock boat over Robbins
• US Team:
  • Video: NJ Senate Honors US Men's 8 starts at 15:40

December 6, 2004
• 3 area rowing clubs earn medals
• Lipa sets another first
• Proposals for FISA's Extraordinary Congress several significant proposals
• Canada news:
  • Medal count low: coach
  • Canadian rower Tom Herschmiller recovering from motorcycle accident
• OZ/NZ News:
  • The two of us: Ginn and Tomkins
  • Rowers take off on dam
• row2k news: Canadian Olympic Medallist Recovering from Motorcycle Accident
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Exercise 'bingers' warned
• UK News:
  • Partridge trains sights on golden road ahead by Pinsent
  • Interview: Rowing's golden boy relishes chance to get out of his scull
  • I'll Never Be As Oarsome As Pinsent
  • Quotes of the week
  • Tony's up to speed

December 3, 2004
• American Rowing History Project from the MRA
• Staying involved after retirement
• Collegiate:
  • Men's Varsity 8 Takes First At The Frostbite Regatta
  • No pain, no gain for men's crew team during offseason
• Olympic Games:
  • The original Olympic spirit first rowing story from Beijing 2008, whew
• UK News:
  • Tough future times ahead after Pinsent
  • Wells pipped at the post
  • Pinsent photo
  • Partridge return to fitness helped by new backer

December 2, 2004
• Romania rewards rowing veteran
• Asia news:
  • China poised to become worlds next sporting superpower
• Collegiate:
  • SU Women's Rowing Signs Six for 2005-06
  • IU signs 5 recruits for 2005
  • Rassan, Turk Look To Lead Women's Lightweight Crew Back To Top
• HS/Scholastic:
  • Reader looks forward to more youth news
• Indoor rowing:
  • For indoor rowers, even the wit is dry
• Ocean rowing:
  • AIDS Day Is Observed Around the Globe
• UK News:
  • Great Britain honours coaches Thompson and Grobler
  • Oarsome Val mixes with stars
  • Olympian rows in for Christmas lights show
  • Coach joins Hall of Fame
  • Stroke of genius puts Pinsent and Redknapp in the clear

December 1, 2004
• Canada news:
  • Canadian coaches open up in new book
• Ocean rowing:
  • Gloucester rowers fare well in competition in Hull
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Beijing beckons: rowers ready to do it all again
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • No offence, but why are all white men so aggressive?
  • Fitness from thin air
• UK News:
  • Indoor rowers claim national glory
  • British rowing approaches new era
  • No tears as Pinsent knows it's time to go
  • Pinsent pulls in his oars
  • 'There's nobody else I would rather have in my boat than the big fella' by Cracknell
  • I'll cheer lads with a beer
  • Pinsent calls time with no regrets
  • Zest caught the nation's imagination
  • Pinsent close to IOC post
  • 'I am happiest as spectator rather than as a gladiator'
  • Pinsent's experience essential to development of future stars
  • Pinsent looks beyond fifth gold towards bright future
  • What happens now for Britain's Olympic squad?
  • Oarsome effort!