March 8th, 2010
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March 8th, 2010
On Native Ground - American Reporter He even flew to Copenhagen on the day of the final vote to make one last pitch to the International Olympic For those of you on the other side of the aisle listening in who are upset that I sound gleeful - I am,” said Rush Limbaugh on his radio
Fans snap up Paralympic tickets - Vancouver Sun VANCOUVER — The momentum of the Olympic Games is pushing Paralympic tickets sales higher as Friday’s opening ceremony inches closer and athletes begin arriving in British Columbia. “Coming off the success of the Olympics, things have been going
Word on the Street - MetroWest Daily News Early risers from Ashland who watch WCVB-Channel 5 might see a familiar face on one of the TV station’s promotional clips: Ashland Fire Lt. David Iarussi, who appears with his family in one of the spots. “David from Ashland” tells how watching
Social conscience of Olympic skate champ Cheek still burns hot - Seattle Post Intelligencer For one who was among the most talked-about American athletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy, and who made a controversial splash around the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, Joey Cheek slipped in and out of Vancouver with barely a notice. Mostly
Thomas Edison frontrunner for statue in U.S. Capitol building - Sandusky Register Mark Wagoner, R-Toledo,is the chairman of the committee charged with recommending whom the Jesse Owens, the Ohio State University athlete famous for his four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics in Germany; Judith Resnik, an astronaut who died in the
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March 8th, 2010
sloping roof, the Aspire Dome houses an Olympic stage the World Indoor Athletics Championships – even though the only athletes competing for Qatar will be a bunch of imported Kenyans. (By they way, Qatar also bid for the 2016 Olympics, Continue ..
For one who was among the most talked-about American athletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy, and who made a controversial splash around the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, Joey Cheek slipped in and out of Vancouver with barely a notice. Mostly Continue ..
Alas, after 17 days of thrilling athletic competition and amazing displays of sportsmanship, the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics came to a close last Sunday. In the closing ceremony, the more than 2,600 Olympians who competed entered the stadium. They Continue ..
This weekend will bring us the joy of Selection Sunday, the gateway to March Madness, which leads to the Sweet Sixteen, the Elite Eight and the Final Four. But these days Sports Nation is riled up — and I mean RILED UP — over the prospect that the Continue ..
The Arnold Classic started out as a one-day bodybuilding competition in 1989, but has since transformed into the four-day, 44-sport Arnold Sports Festival that includes a little something for everyone. “It was my vision 30 years ago to bring all of Continue ..
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March 8th, 2010
Phelps had been scheduled to swim in two events Saturday, but chose to drop out of the 500 freestyle to concentrate on the 200 IM after swimming a 1:43.99 in his qualifying heat. Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte set the U.S. record of Continue ..
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March 7th, 2010
Earnhardt Jr. rockets to pole at Atlanta - Motorsport.com On a windy cool Friday evening at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Dale Earnhardt Jr. rocketed to the pole position for Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 500, the fourth race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. NASCAR’s most popular driver ripped off a lap at 192
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March 7th, 2010
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March 7th, 2010
Jordan Malone’s first pair of shoes were a good omen of his Olympic fortunes. “Little Navy blue, cloth baby shoes with Olympic rings on them,” said Peggy Aitken, Malone’s mother. She bought them when her son was born in 1984, the same year as the Los Continue ..
teammate Julia Mancuso was 0.38 seconds back in third. Gisin appeared to have fully recovered from her spectacular crash during the final jump of the Vancouver Olympic downhill. Her previous two World Cup wins were downhill races. Vonn won Saturday’s Continue ..
CLEVELAND - Lots of folks had the opportunity to check out the Olympics on television, but Christina Ernst, President of VIP Travel, VIP Alpine Tours of Cleveland was there in person for a portion of the event. Ernst said she was invited by the Continue ..
Olympic, Olympiad, the Olympic rings, Faster Higher Stronger, Citius Altius Fortius and related marks are owned by the International Olympics Committee, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the XXI Olympic Winter Continue ..
John Eggerton of Broadcasting & Cable magazine reported that NBC Meet the Press host David Gregory faced a conservative question at a National Association of Broadcasters state leadership event, but he insisted NBC does a great job of presenting both Continue ..
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March 7th, 2010
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IOC Supports N. Korean Olympic TeamKorea TimesBy Na Jeong-ju The International Olympic Committee (IOC) provided $115200 worth of support for the training of North Korean athletes who took part in the …
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March 7th, 2010
Didier Cuche of Switzerland won his third straight World Cup downhill title with a dominant run Saturday, his first race after missing the podium in the event at the Vancouver Olympics. Cuche finished the 1994 Olympic course in 1 minute, 45.98 Continue ..
TYNGSBORO — Mary Gray of North Andover, a senior at the Academy of Notre Dame, has received the Distinguished Senior Award for January. Mary is described by teachers as an honest, hardworking and compassionate person who exemplifies the spirit of Continue ..
Joe Starkey co-hosts a talk show 2-6 p.m. weekdays on 93.7 “The Fan.” His columns appear Thursdays and Sundays in the Trib. He can be reached via e-mail. Maybe we’ve been using the wrong basketball analogy in discussing Sidney Crosby and Alex Continue ..
Pittsburgh has won three straight since the Olympic break. Mike Ribeiro and Brandon Segal each had a goal and an assist, and Loui Eriksson scored his 25th goal for Dallas. CAPITALS 2, RANGERS 0: At Washington, Eric Belanger scored his first goal for Continue ..
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March 7th, 2010
The Winter Games are over but Olympic fever continues in Vancouver, B.C., with the Paralympic Games, opening Friday, March 12. The Paralympic Games could offer a slightly less busy, and more affordable, way to enjoy Olympic activities north of the Continue ..
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March 7th, 2010
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March 7th, 2010
Carolina won its last five games before the Olympic break, before winning 5-1 at Toronto on Tuesday night and beating Ottawa 4-1 on Thursday night NOTES: Carolina G Cam Ward (notes) (back) is listed day-to-day. He has missed eight games. … Continue ..
Leonid Tyagachev, the head of Russia’s Olympic Committee, resigned his post following the country’s poor showing at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. Russian news agencies reported his resignation on Wednesday. Russian Olympic Committee spokesman Continue ..
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March 7th, 2010
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March 7th, 2010
You really need to be a little odd to do something like that, but ever since my friend Dennis Gurrant, an Olympic-class broad-jumper who later, when I wrote about it in a handwritten article for the Village Voice. And then there was Colin Powell Continue ..
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March 7th, 2010
DENVER, Mar 06, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian in history and star of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Apolo Anton Ohno has partnered with The Century Council and its Ask, Listen, Learn: Kids and Alcohol Don’t Mix Continue ..
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March 7th, 2010
Raceday: Coming to some serious grip - Raleigh News & Observer 1. Drivers seem enamored with the new tire compound Goodyear brought this weekend. The sixth different product in the last six races, it’s provided better grip and proved more durable than previous incarnations. That’s crucial on a track with a
The Iditarod is on, mon! - CNN Anchorage, Alaska (CNN) — It’s the world’s most famous sled dog race, a feat of endurance for mushers and dog teams who must travel across 1,049 miles through some the most unforgivable and extreme terrain on the planet. It is the Iditarod
Maxim Devyatovsky thrills DCU Center crowd - Worcester Telegram & Gazette have preferred to see American Jonathan Horton hoisting the cup, but his slip on the parallel bars cost him his third title in this event, which kicks off the international gymnastics season. Gymnasts are among the most graceful athletes on
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March 6th, 2010
Maybe they should wait another four years, or eight years, or whatever,’” Pound said, a former Olympic swimmer for Canada. Pound’s comments suggest that even now, female athletes trying to break barriers not only have to be talented, committed Continue ..
Editor’s note: Every weekday, CNN focuses on a handful of people in the news. This is a chance to find out more about what they’ve done — good or bad — what they’ve said or what they believe, and why we think they’re intriguing. (CNN) — David Continue ..
MOSCOW — A wave of public anger, soul-searching and nostalgia for the Soviet era swept Russia after its dismal showing at the Vancouver Games, leaving many wondering what has gone wrong since the Soviet Union did whatever was necessary to reap Continue ..
Terry Newton, a professional rugby player with a thick chest and a tattoo of a star on his left knee, has played on three teams over the last 11 years and in the parlance of the rugged sport has often played hooker, a versatile playmaker positioned Continue ..
She wasn’t just Alf Engen’s wife. Evelyn Engen was an influential figure in her own right in making Alta Ski Area — and Utah’s billion-dollar ski industry — what they are today. “One can see her as the grand dame of 20th century skiing,” Gregory Continue ..
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March 6th, 2010
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