Olympics
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Brown, Gold help U.S. earn bronze in team figure skatingFeb 09, 2014 10:30 am - SOCHI, Russia — A master showman and four-time Olympic medalist, Evgeni Plushenko knows brilliance on the ice. He saw it Sunday night inside the Iceberg at Sochi's Olymp...
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Are the suburbs an Olympic ice skating hub?Feb 09, 2014 7:00 am - The Northbrook Speed Skating Club doesn’t have one or two Olympians among its alumni. It has 19. Its skaters have competed in all but one of every Winter Olympics since ...
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Anderson completes U.S. Olympic sweep in slopestyleFeb 09, 2014 6:43 am - KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Jamie Anderson stood atop the podium and lifted her arms in triumph, her long and sometimes draining quest for Olympic glory finally complete....
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SOCHI SCENE: Medal MoversFeb 09, 2014 6:42 am - SOCHI, Russia — No big surprise: Norway’s jumped out to an early medal lead at the Sochi Games. The snow and ice powerhouse has the most medals in Winter Olympics histor...
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SOCHI SCENE: Shatner’s fandomFeb 09, 2014 6:42 am - SOCHI, Russia — Sochi: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the bobsled USA-1. If the American bobsled team finds itself in a jam at the Sochi Games, it appears...
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SOCHI SCENE: Olympic shoppingFeb 09, 2014 6:42 am - SOCHI, Russia — The Olympic competition isn’t just in the venues. It’s pretty fierce at the Olympic superstore too. Located in the Olympic Park near Fisht Stadium, the s...
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Iraschko-Stolz again dominates jumping trainingFeb 09, 2014 6:42 am - KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Daniela Iraschko-Stolz of Austria dominated women’s ski jumping training sessions Sunday at the Sochi Olympics, proving her first-day performa...
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Austria’s Mayer beats Bode Miller, Svindal in Olympic downhillFeb 09, 2014 6:42 am - KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Matthias Mayer grew up in Austria admiring plenty of Alpine skiers, from his medal-winning dad, to all-time great Hermann Maier, to a couple o...
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Battle of generations in women’s Olympic curlingFeb 09, 2014 6:42 am - SOCHI, Russia — The women’s Olympic curling tournament is shaping up as more than just a fight for gold. It’s also a battle of the generations. In one corner is the mode...
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SOCHI SCENE: Music to her earsFeb 09, 2014 6:42 am - SOCHI, Russia — As Jamie Anderson was hopping around elated at the base of the women’s slopestyle course, having just completed Team USA’s double gold in slopestyle, you...