Olympics
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Buffalo Grove's Bozek returns home to celebrate silver medal with fans, supportersFeb 27, 2022 12:00 am - Megan Bozek may be an Olympic athlete who's competed on the world stage, but her ties to her hometown of Buffalo Grove remain strong. An estimated 500 of her local fans ...
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Analysis: China's bubble Olympics kept reality at a distance
Feb 21, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - They did it - that much seems obvious. But what, exactly, was the "it" that they did? China pulled off a logistically adept Olympics with very few mechani...
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At Olympics, cybersecurity worries linger in background
Feb 21, 2022 12:00 am - Associated Press BEIJING - Warnings to use disposable "burner" phones and laptops. Privacy-protecting software. Concerns about a security flaw in an official Games smart...
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Human rights? China won that Winter Olympics battle. Almost.
Feb 21, 2022 12:00 am - ZHANGJIAKOU, China - When three-time Olympian Gus Kenworthy took the remarkable, perhaps even brave decision to speak out against "human rights atrocities" while still i...
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US men's hockey team gets noise complaint after Olympic loss
Feb 19, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Members of the U.S. men's hockey team were involved in a noisy late-night party at the Olympic athletes village that prompted a conversation between the U...
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Bolshunov wins 3rd gold of Beijing Olympics in 30K race
Feb 19, 2022 12:00 am - Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) - The windy conditions played right into the hands - and skis - of Alexander Bolshunov. The Russian earned his third gold medal ...
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Edin skips Sweden to Olympic curling gold, Britain 2nd
Feb 19, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - Five-time world champion. Olympic bronze medalist. Olympic silver medalist. And now, finally, Niklas Edin of Sweden has claimed the only major title missing fr...
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Sui, Han earn Olympic gold at last in pairs figure skating
Feb 19, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Sui Wenjing and Han Cong captured the Olympic gold medal that eluded them by a razor-thin margin four years ago, edging Russian rivals Evgenia Tarasova an...
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Schouten wins 3rd gold on final day of Olympic speedskating
Feb 19, 2022 12:00 am - BEIJING - Irene Schouten grew up dreaming of an Olympic gold medal. She'll head home from the Beijing Games with three of 'em. The Dutch speedskater established herself ...
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U.S. skaters file appeal to get Olympic medals
Feb 19, 2022 12:00 am - ZHANGJIAKOU, China - The U.S. figure skaters whose Olympic silver medals are being withheld have filed an appeal to have them awarded before the end of the Beijing Games...