Olympics
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Architect: 2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium is too bigOct 16, 2013 9:36 am - TOKYO — A prominent Japanese architect is campaigning to reduce the size of the spaceshiplike main stadium approved for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, saying it’s too expensiv...
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Time currently Lysacek’s biggest competitionOct 12, 2013 8:00 am - PARK CITY, Utah — There were only a few dozen fans in the stands, and the lower-level figure skating competition would have little or no impact on this all-important Oly...
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Zusi, Altidore lift U.S. to 2-0 victory over JamaicaOct 11, 2013 9:31 pm - KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Jurgen Klinsmann knew that Graham Zusi wanted to play for the United States in front of his fans, so he told the Sporting Kansas City midfielder at h...
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Abby Wambach marries longtime partnerOct 09, 2013 6:28 pm - U.S. soccer star Abby Wambach has married her longtime partner and teammate, Sarah Huffman. The two were married Saturday on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. In a post Wed...
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Olympic flame relay highlights Putin's RussiaOct 07, 2013 3:00 pm - MOSCOW — In the words of President Vladimir Putin, the four-month Olympic flame relay will “show the world Russia as she is and as we love her.” The relay for the Sochi...
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Girls giving rugby a chance, helping sport’s growth in U.S.Oct 06, 2013 9:56 am - In his native South Africa, rugby is more than a sport for Palatine resident Warren Taylor. “For us it’s a religion,” he said. That level of devotion seems to have been ...
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IOC receives Armstrong’s Olympic medalOct 02, 2013 4:05 pm - LONDON — Lance Armstrong’s Olympic medal is back with the IOC. The International Olympic Committee stripped the American rider of the bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney G...
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Lysacek has torn labrum, will miss Skate AmericaSep 30, 2013 3:36 pm - PARK CITY, Utah — This isn’t quite the way Evan Lysacek wanted to break into acting. The reigning Olympic figure skating champion revealed Monday he’s got a torn labrum...
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Sky coach named an assistant for women's hoops campSep 30, 2013 3:30 pm - Doug Bruno, Pokey Chatman, Jennifer Rizzotti and Dawn Staley will assist Geno Auriemma at the U.S. women's basketball training camp in Las Vegas this weekend. Bruno was ...
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Armstrong returns Olympic bronze medalSep 12, 2013 3:24 pm - AUSTIN, Texas — Lance Armstrong has returned his Olympic bronze cycling medal, the latest fallout from his confession to using performance-enhancing drugs. Armstrong won...