Olympics
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NBC and IOC sign $3B Olympic media rights deal through 2036 including Salt Lake City Winter Games
Mar 13, 2025 7:39 pm - LAUSANNE, Switzerland — NBC will now be the champion of Olympic broadcasting in the United States through at least 2036. The IOC said Thursday it signed its long-time Uni...
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Mikaela Shiffrin sets World Cup podiums record with 3rd place in a slalom won by Katharina Truppe
Mar 09, 2025 4:43 pm - ARE, Sweden — Mikaela Shiffrin set an all-time World Cup record Sunday with her 156th podium finish though she let victory slip away in a slalom. Racing through steadily...
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Figure skating event in Washington benefiting victims of the DC plane crash raises $1.2 million
Mar 03, 2025 9:21 pm - WASHINGTON — Organizers of a figure skating benefit event in Washington said they have already raised $1.2 million for victims of the D.C. plane crash and first responder...
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Tears flow at a poignant figure skating event in Washington benefiting victims of the DC plane crash
Mar 02, 2025 4:53 pm - WASHINGTON — A star-studded group of some of the best U.S. figure skaters of the past and present took the ice Sunday in the nation’s capital to remember and raise money ...
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Transport strike affecting Olympic test event underscores risks facing Milan-Cortina Games
Feb 18, 2025 7:40 pm - ROME — A transport strike during an official test event for the Milan-Cortina Olympics highlighted why organizers are negotiating with trade unions to avoid a similar sce...
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It's not just Shiffrin and Vonn. The US Ski Team has multiple medal contenders for the Olympics
Feb 16, 2025 6:57 pm - SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria — A year before the Winter Olympics, the U.S. Ski Team just had a performance to remember. The women’s squad won medals in four out of five ...
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Special Olympics torch run ‘nothing for the faint of heart’Jan 31, 2025 2:51 pm - The Algonquin police chief and a West Chicago detective join a global police team trekking the Special Olympics Flame of Hope from Greece to Turin, Italy.
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Libertyville native only woman representing Illinois on USA Team at Special Olympics World Games in ItalyJan 31, 2025 1:30 pm - From the Midwest prairie land to the Italian Alps, Libertyville native Mallory Marvin is blazing a trail one snowshoe at a time. Marvin, 28, will compete in the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin, Italy this March.
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World champ Ilia Malinin lands 6 quad jumps, cruises to his third straight US Figure Skating title
Jan 26, 2025 5:35 pm - Ilia Malinin laid in the middle of the ice at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Sunday as everyone else stood in ovation. He has that effect on people. In another ...
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American gymnast Jordan Chiles takes bid to have Olympic bronze restored to the Swiss Supreme Court
Sep 16, 2024 8:58 pm - LAUSANNE, Switzerland — American gymnast Jordan Chiles is asking Switzerland's Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that stripped Chil...