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Women's Watch: Illinois' LeDuc a self-starter on the mat

By Patricia Babcock McGraw
Jan 27, 2017 12:00 am - Floor exercise is gymnast Lizzy LeDuc's favorite event. The Illinois sophomore won it as part of a four-event triumph last week in a quad meet against Rutgers, UIC and E...
Illinois Hockey Hall of Fame ready to welcome newest class

By Ross Forman Special to the Daily Herald
Jan 26, 2017 5:01 pm - Mike Mullally has come a long way since skating at the Maine Park Lagoon in Park Ridge, starting at age 3. "We skated on the lagoon as soon as the ice froze," Mullally s...
Do you believe in upgrades? End for Lake Placid scoreboard

The Associated Press
Jan 26, 2017 6:00 am - LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) - The scoreboard from the "Miracle on Ice" game at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics is about to come down. The Olympic Regional Development Authority...
Los Angeles Council puts final stamp on 2024 Olympics bid

The Associated Press
Jan 25, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday gave final approval to a proposal that could bring the 2024 Olympic Games to Southern California. The unanim...
Bolt loses 2008 Olympic relay gold in teammate's doping case

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
Jan 25, 2017 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Usain Bolt has lost one of his nine Olympic gold medals because of a doping case involving Jamaican teammate Nesta Carter. The IOC said Wednesday that Cart...
Russia senator stripped of Olympic medals for doping

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Jan 25, 2017 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian senator who has been a vocal defender of the country's embattled state sports system was caught up in her own doping scandal and stripped of two ...
2020 Olympic golf course open to reviewing membership policy

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Jan 24, 2017 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - The club that will host the 2020 Olympic golf tournament would be open to changing its policy to include women as full members, if asked. The Kasumigaseki C...
US water polo coaches return for 2020 Tokyo Olympics

By JAY COHEN
Jan 24, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Adam Krikorian took some time off after coaching the U.S. women's water polo team to its second straight Olympic gold medal. He mourned the loss of his br...
Arlington Heights, Bartlett residents in Special Olympics winter games

Daily Herald report
Jan 24, 2017 12:00 am - Two Northwest suburban residents will represent the United States at the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games this March in Austria. Steve McVoy, of Arlington Height...
Germany's top Olympic official proposes Russia ban

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Jan 22, 2017 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - The president of the German Olympic Committee has called for Russia to be banned from the 2018 and 2020 Olympics if sports bosses there are found to have k...

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