Olympics
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Skaters hope super suits give them golden edgeFeb 06, 2014 4:55 am - SOCHI, Russia — Top speedskaters at the Sochi Olympics are all squeezing into new high-tech suits which will either shave fractions of seconds off their times or sow eno...
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Bode Miller leads downhill training; women delayedFeb 06, 2014 4:00 am - Bode Miller is at his fifth Olympics and already owns a U.S.-record five Alpine medals, so in many ways he certainly already has, as he put it Thursday, "been here and d...
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Highland Park couple to see son skate in SochiFeb 06, 2014 4:00 am - Steve and Marla Brown are excited to watch their figure-skating son Jason compete in the Winter Olympics. But they weren't content to watch the Sochi Games at home. The ...
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Billie Jean King won’t attend Sochi openingFeb 05, 2014 3:51 pm - NEW YORK — Billie Jean King will not attend Friday’s opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympics in Russia because her mother is ill. King, who was selected to help lead the...
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Five eye-raising story lines out of Sochi OlympicsFeb 05, 2014 9:16 am - SOCHI, Russia — The unusual Olympic story isn’t so unusual anymore. Competitors like Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards — the British less-than-high-flyer who became a respectabl...
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Jamaican bobsledders’ equipment lost with luggage en route to SochiFeb 05, 2014 8:03 am - KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Jamaica’s beloved bobsled team had to raise money just to get to Russia. Now they’ve arrived at the Sochi Games — but without their equipment....
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Shaun White jams wrist, nixes Olympic slopestyleFeb 05, 2014 8:00 am - KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Shaun White jammed his wrist on one jump and watched the world's best snowboarders join him in tumbling down the supersized, super-scary Olym...
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Images from Sochi as BG Olympian arrivesFeb 04, 2014 5:00 pm - With the Opening Ceremonies just two days away, Buffalo Grove Olympian Megan Bozek is getting her first look at the host city of Sochi, Russia, and she sent images to he...
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More than half Americans plan to follow OlympicsFeb 04, 2014 3:30 pm - NEW YORK — Just over half of Americans surveyed plan to watch or follow the Winter Olympics, according to an Associated Press-GfK Poll, and one-third of respondents say ...
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Putin strokes leopard, wins IOC supportFeb 04, 2014 1:26 pm - SOCHI, Russia — Stroking a Persian leopard sprawled on his lap, tough-guy President Vladimir Putin showed his softer side Thursday as he prepared to welcome the world to...