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December 29, 2006
• World Champion rowers make their wish continued
• Griffin's legacy cast in bronze
• Asia news:
  • Madras Boat Club wins Hoogly Cup
• Collegiate:
  • Criticism of team's name heats up Dartmouth game
• Indoor rowing:
  • Euro Silver 'Blow' for Prowse
• Ocean/Open water rowing:
  • Rower Roz heads back to the high seas
  • Rowing for the Celtic cause
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Rowing centre confirms expectations
  • Evers-Swindell sisters determined to regain their top spot
  • Year of cups ahead for NZ
• UK News:
  • Lucy ready for Sydney
  • Death of Cllr John Webb

December 28, 2006
• Dooley rows in behind Olympic hopefuls
• Access, politics:
  • Looking Back at '06: Chicago
• Canada news:
  • The complete list of the top 106
  • The Non-Negotiable New Year's Resolution: When Dreams of Gold Take Second Place
• Collegiate:
  • Rutgers Football Success May Fail to Boost College Financially
  • Mysterious death draws townsfolk closer
• Ocean/Open water rowing:
  • Borders oarsman Leven Brown
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Tears for lost boy
  • Mourners pack bushwalker's funeral
  • Father pays tribute to teen bushwalker
  • Kiwis aim to reach South Pole by Jan 2
  • Schoolboy remembered, with jazz, tears and oarsmen
• UK News:
  • Some singular successes
  • Olympic Hopeful Seeks a Sponsor

December 27, 2006
• 2006 passages: Sports
• Visa sponsors Chinese teams
• Sports figures who died in 2006
• William C. Warren III dies at 84
• Rowing In Behind the Team
• Africa news:
  • Kenya: Association First to Pick Games Squad
  • NCS told lies, says PMinga
• Collegiate:
  • Ten Biggest Stories Of 2006 - #10
• Indoor rowing:
  • Super-fit Fiona simply oar-inspiring
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Our young Olympians
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • 'Mr. Watts' takes kids through 'Age of Sail'
  • Things to Do: Boathouse Row Christmas Lights Show
  • Motorist Survives Plunge Into Schuylkill River
  • Take the Fitness Route, Urges Water Company
• UK News:
  • Soldiers row for charity

December 24, 2006
• World Champion rowers make their wish
• Swimming standout remains involved in athletics
• Access, politics:
  • To keep rowing alive
• Africa news:
  • Three disciplines struck out of All Africa Games
  • Kenya Association first to pick games squad
• Indoor rowing:
  • Making a splash - indoors
• Ocean/Open water rowing:
  • Danger, grit on the high seas
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Swimmers stranded by mix-up
  • 10 things that made us feel good in 2006
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Answers to the Independent Sports Quiz
  • Working off the Christmas calories
• UK News:
  • First-hand look at regeneration

December 22, 2006
• Cop and Spik Named Best Slovenian Team
• Access, politics:
  • Ruling opens door to demolition
  • Resolutions for rowing club
  • Town Council unanimously agrees to accept donation
• Canada news:
  • Rowing coach visits UCFV
• Collegiate:
  • Q&A with Rowing coach Carrie Graves
  • Conn College Athletic Hall Of Fame To Honor Five Jan. 27
  • ETSU president's response to task force today
• Indoor rowing:
  • Row, Row, Row
• Ocean/Open water rowing:
  • Two New Zealand men walk to South Pole for white Christmas
  • Bhavik, first Asian to row solo across any ocean
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Halberg Nominations
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Maverick at work: Businessman Resch shares the wealth
  • Short Trips: 'Essential Seattle' sifts through 150 years
  • 'Wrestlers' finds home at LACMA
  • The cafeteria here at Gonzaga
• UK News:
  • Oliver seizes his opportunity

December 21, 2006
• Collegiate:
  • Rutgers fencers take aim at cuts
  • SU Women's Rowing Team Spreads Holiday Cheer
• Indoor rowing:
  • Tough blood on the indoor rowing circuit
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Sort yourselves out, rowers told
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Wrecksercisers: Halifax reveals homeowner costs
• UK News:
  • Oar-some gift for rowers

December 20, 2006
• Foster takes top Swiss rowing job
• Swiss bring in Foster as their new chief coach
• Feeling old? Feel better with exercise
• Not so hellish northern rowing
• New head coach for Switzerland
• Access, politics:
  • American Indian museum on hold
  • Boathouse near Ditto won't get a reprieve
• Adaptive rowing:
  • Silva Speaks of Olympic Dream
• Canada news:
  • New Baby for Biesenthal and Brambell
• Club news:
  • Station Maine seeks help to 'Rescue the Rogue'
• Collegiate:
  • USC Crew Remembers Year 1956
• Indoor rowing:
  • Just Oar-some!
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Scullers glad they teamed up
  • Loss fires up twins
  • Top rowing coach to reconsider future in Wanganui
  • Probe into teen bushwalker's death
  • Rowers impress early in season
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Blaze of glory for a local hero thanks to John Pickford
• UK News:
  • There's no party for James in Boston
• USRowing info:
  • 2007 Junior National Team Identification Camps

December 19, 2006
• Canada news:
  • New Mountain sports academy trains top student-athletes
• OZ/NZ News:
  • The Boathouse
  • Teen hiker's death leaves 'huge hole'
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Christmas brainteaser to win quiz book scroll down to no. 26
• UK News:
  • ET Sports Awards

December 18, 2006
• Local back to row on the river
• Investing in sports
• Asia news:
  • Indonesia focuses on future Southeast Asian Games
  • Mixed result for India in Asiad
• Canada news:
  • BC Hydro continues to restore power
  • Springbank dam work could wake neighbours
• HS/Scholastic:
  • Outdoors Digest
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Telegraph Point Regatta success
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Dog With Harness Rescued From Newport Sewer
• UK News:
  • Grainger back in the boat
  • Dispute hinders West and James
  • RTE Sport presents OB Sport's Review of 2006

December 15, 2006
• Brush Fire at Lake Wheeler Destroys Boats, Racks
• Merc Partners announce support for Irish Heavyweight Rowing Team
• Gibraltar seeks recognition from governing bodies
• The sculler's mind opened in documentary
• Access, politics:
  • Council OKs Mead boathouse - again
  • Rec won't host rowing or inside dog obedience classes
• Asia news:
  • China to keep cool before big number of golds in Doha
  • Pacifist Japan's 'gentlemen' officers face riskier future
• Canada news:
  • Meeting the challenge of rowing
• Club news:
  • SRA Frostbite Regatta's Red Hot
• Collegiate:
  • Take football out of Title IX formula
• Head of the Charles:
  • Head Of The Charles Job Opening: Director of Operations
• Ocean/Open water rowing:
  • With shouts of "stroke," shivering rowers brave the Hudson
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Councils' Christmas 'drinks' laced with an agenda
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • One gift, multiple recipients
  • The DJ Q & A Eric Prydz
• UK News:
  • Funding offer gives hope to Cambridge pair

December 14, 2006
• A Letter from the USRowing Executive Director on Organizational Membership and Insurance
• Canada news:
  • Hamilton's harbouring dreams
• Collegiate:
  • Opinion by Greg Hansen: Addition of latest UA sport is all wet
  • Skidmore collecting 'truckloads' of food
  • Upstart Bison searching for instant success
• Dragonboats:
  • The Commissioner's other passion
• Indoor rowing:
  • Video: Row Your Boat
• Olympic Games:
  • City turns Olympic eye to its lakefront
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • The scenic route
  • Seattle Office Routine: Coffee, Email, Watch For Suicidal Jumpers
  • Music-maker
• UK News:
  • 60million Promised For Coaching
  • Come on in, the water's whiffey
  • Teesside rowers take to the Tyne

December 13, 2006
• Berlin Sports Museum finds permanent exhibition home for huge collection
• Africa news:
  • Africa Games Pushed a Week Back
• Canada news:
  • Update - Heavyweight Women's Program
  • City floats west harbour plan
• Collegiate:
  • End fiscal losing streak
  • Lentini Inducted Into High School Hall of Fame
  • Bucknell Women's Rowing Continues Training
  • Coalition continues fight for cut sports
  • Off the water, WSU rowers are quite handy
• UK News:
  • From rowing umpire to parliament

December 12, 2006
• Ireland's first indoor rowing centre to built at UL
• Access, politics:
  • Carver renovations get Regents' OK
• Asia news:
  • Executive lounge
• Collegiate:
  • Irving Named Scholar-Athlete of the Week
• Ocean/Open water rowing:
  • Briny happy people
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Nelson has winning edge
  • Drysdale chasing Beijing edge
  • Robin's calendar puts rowers in picture
• row2k news: Adaptive Rowing National Team Selection Camp erg test
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Phila.'s light fantastic makes skyline a show
  • You don't say
• US Team:
  • NRF Fall newsletter

December 11, 2006
• Access, politics:
  • TPZ approves, then denies boathouse project
• Asia news:
  • Some geeks have all the talent
• Collegiate:
  • Rowers decry loss of program
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Head of the Yarra success for MUBC rowing teams
• Surfboat rowing:
  • Tannum turn-up surprises fancies
• UK News:
  • Steve's oarsome display
  • James fights to turn tide over funding
  • Rowing club receives mayor's cheque
  • Businessman kicked to death in one of Britain's "safest" towns (Henley-on-Thames)
  • Clean-up pulls rowing boat and tyres out of canal

December 10, 2006
• Asia news:
  • Dream come true for rowers
  • Venues decided for 30th National Games
• Club news:
  • Restaurant's owners to give back Rowing Club memorabilia
  • Rowing club goes merrily on its way
• Collegiate:
  • Up a creek, no paddle
  • UI rowing team may get own boathouse
  • Lawsuit had "no bearing" on decision
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Independence Day
  • A popular life of a controversial painter
• UK News:
  • Sword of honor for graduate Angela
  • 'Worst lifeboat disaster' service

December 9, 2006
• Access, politics:
  • Club may sink or swim with old boathouse
• Asia news:
  • Rowers short-listed
• Canada news:
  • Golden summer of 2006 pays off for Saanich rower
• Club news:
  • Getting her strokes
• Collegiate:
  • Praise for RU football, but pain for 5 sports
  • Appeal made to save 6 Rutgers sports
  • San Diego: Novice Rowers Shine at Long Beach Regatta
  • Rutgers grid success "should" save other sports
• HS/Scholastic:
  • Farmingdale Resident Completes Fall Rowing Season With Gold
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Sports Person of the year: Mahe Drysdale
  • Aussie world champs named rowers of year
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Row, Row, Romance
• UK News:
  • Eventful life for keeper of the Thames
  • Minority sports set medal example
  • A standing ovation for our sporting heroes
  • One over the eight
• USRowing info:
  • 2007 Junior National Team Identification Camps
  • 2007 National Team Selection Event and Racing Schedule

December 8, 2006
• ISC Welcomes Additional Capital Investment in Sport
• Africa news:
  • Early Xmas for top athletes
• Asia news:
  • HK official congratulates HK athletes to win 2 more medals in Doha
  • RI gets two bronzes from rowing
  • Indian rowers prove critics wrong
  • Surprised China loses Asian Games rowing monopoly
• Boat Race guff:
  • Oxford crews survive trial by high wind and waves
• Club news:
  • Long Island Frostbite Regatta Re-cap
• Collegiate:
  • Dartmouth paper: cover of Indian scalper was mistake
  • Colonials Admitted to the EARC
  • UCF Rowing Takes Time to Help U.S. Soldiers Overseas
• HS/Scholastic:
  • ...From Inside the Rowing Shell
• Indoor rowing:
  • Pike rows to record in England
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Girls scoop awards pool
  • Oarsome opportunity
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • The Bloomfields rock Del Rio tonight
  • No Champagne for the Runners-Up
• UK News:
  • Silver service for Royal ace Lucy

December 7, 2006
• Africa news:
  • Top schools to compete in regatta
• Asia news:
  • Chinese rowing's challenges looming ahead
  • Uzbeks clinch rowing double
  • Double delight for Uzbek rowers
  • Photo: CHN W2x
  • Photo: Asian Games rowing official
  • Medal standings of rowing
  • China's rowing suffers setback in Doha
  • India win silver in men's four rowing
  • Vijay Kumar wins Bronze medal in Asian games
  • China's world champion Xu takes women's lightweight single sculls title
• Canada news:
  • RowOntario honours Herd
• Club news:
  • Winni Rowing Club receives trailer as gift
• HS/Scholastic:
  • Sebastian rower makes Scholastic Honor Roll
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Tomkins eyes Beijing Games
• row2k news: Boat Race Guff Special: Oxford to face weather on Boat Race course today
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Mannum's flooded rowers remembered
  • O's Space: A civilian's take on athletic life non-rower takes on LMU crew - not a bad read
• UK News:
  • Thames was no barrier

December 6, 2006
• Access, politics:
  • Lesnick continues push for boating on Grassy Sprain in Yonkers
  • Washington Boat Launch Plan Presented to Wetlands Panel
  • Indian River County Commission rules against developer
• Asia news:
  • Iraq fail to book first rowing final berth at Asian Games history
  • ...but they would have appreciated some more money
  • India finish fourth in men's double sculls rowing
  • Uzbekistan lifts women's lightweight double sculls Asiad title
  • Japan wins rowing gold along with two each to China, Uzbekistan
  • A message from Iraq's athletes: We made it
  • HK keep focus on 2008
  • Asian rowers narrowed down to finals
  • Photo: Men's double sculls
  • Photo: CHN W4-
  • Photo: Uzbekistan LW2x
  • Photo: JPN LM2x
  • Photo: Uzbekistan LM2x
  • Photo: M2x race
  • Suda, Omoto win gold in rowing
  • India's boat collides with Hong Kong in rowing
  • Uzbeks break Chinas Asiad rowing stranglehold
  • India in line for two rowing gold medals
  • Punjab Governor disburses cash awards to sports persons
  • Japan wins rowing gold
• Club news:
  • Company Rows in with Sponsorship Deal
• Collegiate:
  • Pope John grad excells with Duquesne crew team
  • San Diego: Men's Rowing Concludes Fall Season on High Note
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Ivy League oars, elite asking price

December 5, 2006
• Access, politics:
  • Langley Pond levels dropping for inspection
• Asia news:
  • Chinese rowing team treats Asian Games as high-intensity training
  • A message from the athletes to Iraq: we made it
  • Pakistani oarsmen end up with more disappointment
  • Hong Kong keep focus on Beijing Games despite upset at Asian Games
  • HK rowers' protest rejected
  • Wednesday lookahead at the Asian Games
  • World rowing champion Wu breezes through to semifinals in Doha
  • Veteran rowing tandem reaches second round
• Canada news:
  • Victoria rowers land national awards
• Club news:
  • Fitness, all in a row
• Collegiate:
  • Fixing the record on Rutgers remarks
  • Shelagh Donohoe Selected To Participate In Prestigious Coaches Academy
• Masters:
  • Whatever Rows Your Boat thanks to Abby Martin
• Ocean/Open water rowing:
  • Leven backs snubbed rower
• row2k news: Liski Named New Rowing Canada Aviron President
• row2k news: Rowing Canada Aviron 2006 Award Winners
• UK News:
  • Paul and Andre take top prizes
  • Better use of rivers encouraged
  • Sports community's hopes of cashing in on Olympics checked

December 4, 2006
• Access, politics:
  • Rowing facilities sought for Indian River County canal
• Asia news:
  • Photo: Asian Games
  • Photo: Vietnam LM2x
  • Photo: Iran W4-
  • Photo: Asian Games warmup
  • Kazakhstan on target for Lightweight double final
  • Wind plays havoc but Chinese power on in Doha
  • Strong winds test China's rowing performance in Doha
  • Iranian women fail to ride the choppy waters
• Ocean/Open water rowing:
  • Rowing gigs towed to safety
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Resident recovers 39 bikes dumped in Lake Lisgar
  • Unhappy anniversary
• UK News:
  • Consultants endorse camToo proposals
  • BBC South awards evening

December 3, 2006
• Competitive rower opens fitness center
• Buffalonians are doing the Wright thing
• Rowing team competes at the Frostbite
• Access, politics:
  • Rowing facilities sought for Indian River County canal
• Asia news:
  • China tipped to dominate Asian Games
• Collegiate:
  • Watkins finds her newest sport challenging
  • Syracuse Womens Rowing Team Competes in Turkey Trots
• Olympic Games:
  • Sir Steve's 2012 fears
• Rowing News of the Odd:
  • Sega bound for Beijing Olympics
  • Prydz goes from sexy to green with no-carbon CD
• UK News:
  • Three Great Britain champion rowers defeated on Thames
  • Rowing places

December 1, 2006
• Sport of crew is an exercise in camaraderie
• UN effort for eco-friendly sports wins gold with new report on 2006 Winter Olympics
• Donato 'Dan' Fanelli | Defense worker, 84 former adaptive rowing programs volunteer
• Access, politics:
  • Newark schools get $3,500 from Ecolab
• Africa news:
  • Somali rowing develops outside the country
• Asia news:
  • Asian Games Fact Box: Rowing
• Boat Race guff:
  • Funding row clouds Boat Race
• HS/Scholastic:
  • No matter the coast, gold a fitting color
• Olympic Games:
  • Has sport's freakshow begun?
• OZ/NZ News:
  • Rookie rowers show promise
  • Cancelled regatta will cost city
  • Bid to oust outspoken health board members
• UK News:
  • Broxbourne crews are a-Head of the game
  • Veterans fill the first two places
  • Pupils in limbo as they wait for news of friend
  • Trans-Atlantic rower brands club 'sexist'