Olympics
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Babcock McGraw: Top women's sports storiesJan 02, 2015 3:01 pm - Happy New Year! Before we get too far into 2015, let's take a look back at my list of the top women's sports stories in 2014. 10. Net dominance: Big Ten volleyball...
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Bob Frisk: Best Sports Quotes of 2014Dec 26, 2014 4:30 am - Good morning. I am back. For one day. When I retired in 2008 after 50 years with the Daily Herald, I retired from writing. I was exhausted from all those years in front ...
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Constable: South Elgin High School junior makes Deaflympics teamDec 07, 2014 6:30 am - By the time Derek Struwing discovered he was hearing-impaired, he already knew he was a hockey player. The Bartlett boy was around 3 years old when his parents, Dan and ...
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Champion female bobsledder awaits male crewNov 21, 2014 12:01 am - CALGARY, Alberta - Kaillie Humphries is getting ready for a new sort of run. The two-time Olympic gold medalist in women's bobsled will make her World Cup debut in the f...
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Brown, Gold among elite skaters at Sears Centre this weekendOct 24, 2014 5:00 am - Some of the top figure skaters in the world, including Olympians with suburban ties — Gracie Gold and Jason Brown — will compete at Hoffman Estates' Sears Centre Arena t...
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'Blade Runner' Pistorius gets 5 years in prisonOct 21, 2014 1:01 am - PRETORIA, South Africa - Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, completing a transformation from an acclai...
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Prosecutor wants 10 years in prison for PistoriusOct 17, 2014 1:01 am - PRETORIA, South Africa - The chief prosecutor in the Oscar Pistorius trial urged the judge on Friday to send the Olympic athlete to prison for at least 10 years, calling...
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Shaun White bringing action sports to Rose BowlOct 17, 2014 1:01 am - PASADENA, Calif. - Shaun White is bringing a two-day festival featuring action sports, music, fashion, art and food to the Rose Bowl on Feb. 21-22. The Olympian announce...
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Steenkamp cousin: Pistorius apology not genuineOct 16, 2014 1:01 am - PRETORIA, South Africa - Oscar Pistorius must "pay for what he's done" and his apology to the family of the girlfriend he killed was not sincere, a cousin of Reeva Steen...
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Hong denies Biles 3rd gold at gymnastics worldsOct 11, 2014 1:01 am - NANNING, China - Hong Un Jong of North Korea won the vault event on Saturday, denying Simone Biles of the United States a third gold medal at the gymnastics world champi...