Olympics
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It’s official: Sochi selection suits McElman just fineDec 19, 2013 5:58 pm - Andy McElman was at home asleep in Algonquin that mid-November morning when his phone started blowing up. The text messages of congratulations were coming in from fellow...
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Figure skating champ Boitano says he’s gayDec 19, 2013 5:56 pm - Olympic figure skating champion Brian Boitano came out Thursday, two days after he was named to the U.S. delegation for Sochi along with openly gay athletes Billie Jean ...
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Bloomingdale woman to take the ice as Olympic refereeDec 17, 2013 4:30 am - Erin Blair has spent much of her life training for the Winter Olympics. In February, the Bloomingdale resident will take the ice to officiate games featuring the greates...
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U.S. fundraising mittens made in ChinaDec 16, 2013 5:48 pm - The outside of the mittens say “Go USA.” The insides say “Made in China.” Less than two years after being criticized for having the U.S. Olympic team’s uniforms made in...
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Thousands brave Rio’s dirty waters in swim racesDec 14, 2013 3:00 pm - RIO DE JANEIRO — Thousands of amateur swimmers took to the brackish waters of Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach Saturday for an open-sea race that also brought out demon...
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Nice that Bears have decided on QB even if fans haven'tDec 12, 2013 4:00 pm - I'm as happy as the entire Channel 2 news team out for a night of ice skating that the Bears have named a starting QB for the Cleveland game. Not happy that it's the rig...
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Tearful Lysacek drops out of Olympic chaseDec 10, 2013 10:00 am - Evan Lysacek woke up every morning praying this would be the day the excruciating pain in his left hip — “like you're being electrocuted” — would subside. And every day ...
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U.S. women sweep bobsled medalsDec 07, 2013 2:11 pm - PARK CITY, Utah — The United States swept the podium in a women’s bobsled World Cup race on Saturday, with the team of Elana Meyers and Chicago’s Aja Evans winning a gol...
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Chicagoan third at speedskating World CupDec 07, 2013 1:26 pm - BERLIN — South Korea’s Mo Tae-bum won the men’s 1,000-meter race at the final World Cup speedskating event before the Sochi Olympics, while Chicago native Shani Davis fi...
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U.S. Ski Team: Vonn cleared for downhill trainingDec 03, 2013 7:28 pm - LAKE LOUISE, Alberta — Lindsey Vonn was cleared to get back on a World Cup course for downhill training, the latest step as she works to return from a right knee injury ...