National Basketball Association commissioner David Stern and another torchbearer run with the torch in San Francisco, the United States, April 9, 2008. San Francisco is the sixth stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland. David Stern openly said last Thursday that he is no supporter of Olympic boycotts.

People wait to welcome the Olympic flame before the beginning of the Olympic torch relay in San Francisco, the United States, April 9, 2008. San Francisco is the sixth stop of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay outside the Chinese mainland.