Olympics
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Athlete's family soaks up Olympic experience in SochiFeb 11, 2014 12:00 am - Today's a big day for U.S. women's hockey defenseman Megan Bozek and her family, who are soaking up the Olympic experience as the team takes on rival Canada in Sochi. Me...
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Rising temps force Sochi athletes to adaptFeb 10, 2014 10:00 pm - KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Rising temperatures are turning the Winter Olympics into the Warm Olympics, forcing athletes to adapt. In sports contested in the mountains — ...
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Give Cubs a gold medal for Pride Parade decisionFeb 10, 2014 4:30 am - Gays and gay issues are everywhere in the news these days. Most prominent during the past week have been reports of Russia’s anti-gay policies surrounding the current So...
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IOC reprimands athletes for commemorating the deadFeb 10, 2014 4:25 am - SOCHI, Russia — The International Olympic Committee is reprimanding athletes for wearing items commemorating the dead. IOC spokesman Mark Adams said Monday the Olympic b...
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Sven Kramer ‘likely’ to skip 1,500 and focus on 10KFeb 10, 2014 4:25 am - SOCHI, Russia — Sven Kramer is so intent on atoning for the blunder that cost him the 10,000-meter speedskating title four years ago that he will likely skip a shot at g...
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Mancuso leads downhill run in Olympic super-combinedFeb 10, 2014 4:25 am - KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Julia Mancuso showed yet again she’s a big-game player, racing into the lead of the downhill portion of the Olympic super-combined on Monday a...
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Sochi organizers: Volunteers used to fill up seatsFeb 10, 2014 4:25 am - SOCHI, Russia — Organizers of the Sochi Games on Monday confirmed that they are using volunteers to fill the seats at less popular events. Competitions at the games have...
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SOCHI SCENE: ‘I am very famous,’ Plushenko’s wife saysFeb 10, 2014 4:25 am - SOCHI, Russia — From her black handbag — Hermes, crocodile, “It’s a very simple and democratic brand,” she’ll have you know — the wife of Evgeni Plushenko fished out a b...
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Former world champ Colas out of men's mogulsFeb 10, 2014 4:00 am - KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Former moguls world champion Guilbaut Colas of France is out of the Olympics due to a knee injury. The 30-year-old Colas sustained the injury ...
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Skating Algonquin brothers train with Sochi's eliteFeb 10, 2014 3:45 am - Rockne and Collin Brubaker train with the elite coterie of ice skaters now competing in the Sochi Olympics. So if anyone can talk ice dancing and pairs skating with auth...