Olympics
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Naming any sport's Mount Rushmore not easy taskFeb 21, 2014 4:15 am - I'll say Michael, Magic …: Why doesn't every sports Hall of Fame just go ahead and build its own version of Mount Rushmore; then we can end this whimsical, nonstop ...
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Sweden wins bronze medal in men's Olympic curlingFeb 21, 2014 12:01 am - SOCHI, Russia - Sweden won the bronze medal in men's Olympic curling on Friday, beating China 6-4 in a game that was decided by the final shot in an extra end. It is Swe...
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Norway regains top status in Nordic combinedFeb 21, 2014 12:01 am - KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - Joergen Graabak delivered a long awaited Olympic gold medal for the nation that pioneered Nordic combined, then added another victory for good...
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Russia 1st, U.S. 2nd in 5,000-meter relayFeb 21, 2014 12:01 am - SOCHI, Russia - Viktor Ahn was already a Russian citizen. At the Sochi Olympics, he was embraced as a national hero by his adopted country. Ahn clapped as he crossed the...
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Germany's Woerner taken off course on stretcherFeb 21, 2014 12:01 am - KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - German skicross racer Anna Woerner was taken off the Olympic course on a stretcher Friday after a nasty fall during her quarterfinal heat. T...
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American teen wins Olympic slalomFeb 21, 2014 12:01 am - KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - Normally so composed, so in control, so not-very-teenlike on and off the slopes, Mikaela Shiffrin suddenly found herself in an awkward positio...
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SOCHI SCENE: France makes move in medal standingsFeb 21, 2014 12:01 am - SOCHI, Russia - France may seem relatively quiet in the medal standings, but get this: It's won more medals than any other countries over the last three days. A French s...
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Judging talk overshadows figure skating againFeb 21, 2014 12:01 am - SOCHI, Russia - Leave it to figure skating and judging, where winning can be obscured by whining. Any sport without a finish line or clock or some definitive standard is...
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Two Olympians kicked out for dopingFeb 21, 2014 12:01 am - SOCHI, Russia - A top German biathlete and an Italian bobsledder were kicked out of the Sochi Olympics on Friday in the first doping cases of the Winter Games. Former tw...
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Canada finishes 1-2 in Olympic women's skicrossFeb 21, 2014 12:01 am - KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - Before the Vancouver Olympics, the Canadians set out to own the podium. Here in Sochi, at least when it comes to freestyle skiing, they've kep...