Olympics
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Archery hits pop culture's bull's eye with 'Hunger Games'May 26, 2012 8:00 am - Two-time Olympian Jennifer Nichols' eyes light up with she talks about her sport finally climbing out of the shadows. “The Hunger Games” has shined a bright light on the...
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UK bans leaders who abuse rights from OlympicsMay 26, 2012 7:55 am - LONDON — Britain will ban leaders guilty of human rights abuses from traveling to the U.K. for the 2012 London Olympics, a senior British official said this week. Jeremy...
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Smaller sports firms rely on informal endorsements to compete at OlympicsMay 19, 2012 11:00 pm - LONDON - Provexis, vying for a sliver of the $42 billion sports-drink market, is counting on a lift from unsolicited athlete endorsements on the eve of the Summer Olympi...
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Motherhood big change for Walsh in 3rd Olympic tryMay 12, 2012 3:24 pm - Preparing for this Olympics is different for Kerri Walsh because this time she has two kids tagging along on her training. The U.S. beach volleyball star now has a son f...
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Olympic flame for London Games lit in GreeceMay 10, 2012 11:54 am - ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece — The flame that will burn during the London Games was lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics on Thursday, heralding the start of a t...
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U.S. bobsledder retires to pursue military careerMay 08, 2012 8:02 pm - LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — After serving as a fire team leader deep in the mountains of Afghanistan and toting an automatic weapon weighing more than 22 pounds when fully ...
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2008 gold medalist retires after losing at Olympic wrestling trialsApr 22, 2012 1:54 pm - IOWA CITY, Iowa — Olympic champion Henry Cejudo returned to wrestling to inspire people and try to win a gold medal with his mother in the stands in London. It didn’t wo...
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Zhang, Wang claim Olympic table tennis berths for U.S.Apr 22, 2012 1:54 pm - CARY, N.C. — Americans Timothy Wang and Lily Zhang made the final day of the North American table tennis qualifier a good one for their country. Wang and Zhang claimed t...
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Kenya's Wesley Korir, Cherop win Boston MarathonApr 15, 2012 11:00 pm - BOSTON — Trailing the leaders by 200 yards when the Boston Marathon slogged through Heartbreak Hill, Wesley Korir passed them one by one until he took the lead on his wa...
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Gold medalist diver dies at 43Apr 09, 2012 9:53 pm - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Mark Lenzi struck gold when he switched from wrestling to diving in the mid-1980s. Over the next decade, he became the 1992 Olympic 3-meter springboa...