Olympics
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Lindsey Vonn's Olympic downhill farewell a lovely shade of bronze
Feb 21, 2018 12:00 am - BUKPYEONG, South Korea - For one final time, Lindsey Vonn stared down the course for an Olympic downhill, the curves and bumps not unlike her own winding journey. For on...
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Analysis: Stop treating extreme sport athletes as second-class Olympians
Feb 21, 2018 12:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - If you're addicted to sports misery, you can't just look at the United States' modest Winter Olympics medal haul thus far. No, that's not depr...
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It's Russians, then everybody else in figure skating short program
Feb 21, 2018 12:00 am - GANGNEUNG, South Korea - Even before the first figure-skater's blade carved a mark on the surface of the Gangneung Ice Arena in the women's short program, the question w...
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Olympic bronze doesn't begin to tell the story of Lindsey Vonn
Feb 21, 2018 12:00 am - BUKPYEONG, South Korea - Her body still functions, and because her mind has never changed, she can still will all that scar tissue down a ski hill at harrowing speeds. B...
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Carpentersville skater Tennell's Olympic performance doesn't disappoint home crowdFeb 20, 2018 12:00 am - For Emily Soto, watching her onetime rival and now best friend make it to the Olympic arena evoked a feeling beyond description. "I'm blown away," said Soto, 21, just a ...
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Four American friends will vie for three medals in freestyle halfpipe
Feb 20, 2018 12:00 am - BONGPYEONG, South Korea - Four of the best halfpipe skiers in the world will battle for the same thing here at the Olympics, but there's little that's cutthroat about th...
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What to watch: Tuesday's Olympic schedule
Feb 20, 2018 12:00 am - Tuesday, Feb. 20 What to watch: An injury sidelined Lindsey Vonn before the Sochi Olympics. Now, the 33-year-old will try to become the oldest woman in Alpine skiin...
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Shibutanis prove siblings can succeed in sometimes-steamy ice dance
Feb 20, 2018 12:00 am - GANGNEUNG, South Korea - The night before they won their first Olympic medal, Alex and Maia Shibutani were frustrated. They skated what they believed to be their best sh...
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Suburban ski jumper places 20th in large hill event, accomplishing Olympic goalFeb 20, 2018 12:00 am - When Kevin Bickner looks back years from now on his first experience at the Olympics, he'll always remember the overwhelming feeling of standing atop the large hill in P...
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How a skier managed to compete at Olympics despite not being very good
Feb 20, 2018 12:00 am - Elizabeth Swaney is not bad at skiing, not at all. But she is not very good, either, and certainly not Olympic-caliber in the halfpipe. So how, at age 33 no less, did sh...