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Sacred trees line the route to Olympic downhill gold medal

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
Feb 07, 2018 6:00 am - The most prized Olympic titles in Alpine skiing will be won this month on downhill courses raced only once before, and lined with trees that are sacred as symbols of fer...
Hog line? Hammer? Decoding the 'H'-heavy lingo of curling

By KRISTEN GELINEAU
Feb 07, 2018 6:00 am - Few Olympic events confound the public like curling, the obscure winter sport with the frenzied sweeping that gains cult status every four years. There's the mystifying-...
Against tense global backdrop, let the Games begin

By TED ANTHONY
Feb 07, 2018 6:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - On the one hand: The world gathers for a scripted, globalized spectacle of competition and unity. North Korean athletes and performers st...
What is norovirus? Stomach bug hits Winter Games

By The Associated Press
Feb 07, 2018 6:00 am - Norovirus, also known as the winter vomiting bug, has officials at the Pyeongchang Games scrambling to stop its spread. The bug apparently began spreading when private s...
Athletes, organizers contend with icy weather in Pyeongchang

By JAKE SEINER
Feb 07, 2018 6:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - When many athletes and officials woke up Wednesday, the temperature at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium was minus 3 Fahrenheit (minus 16 Celsi...
Pyeongchang Olympics begin with mixed doubles curling

The Associated Press
Feb 07, 2018 6:00 am - GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) - The Pyeongchang Olympics have begun with a curling competition featuring a showdown between a pair of U.S. siblings and a Russian husband-a...
Russian Olympians adapt to life in a neutral uniform

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Feb 07, 2018 6:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - Nadezhda Sergeeva's bobsled training outfit says a lot about what life will be like for an "Olympic Athlete from Russia." There is an old...
North Korea cheer squad arrives for Olympic games in South

By ERIC TALMADGE
Feb 07, 2018 6:00 am - INJE, South Korea (AP) - A 229-member strong, all-female cheering section arrived from North Korea on Wednesday for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The women, wearing r...
Goaltending gives European underdogs a chance at Olympics

By STEPHEN WHYNO
Feb 07, 2018 6:00 am - Craig Ramsay knows Russia has the best men's hockey team at the Olympics. He just doesn't think Slovakia is far behind. The former NHL coach is trying to make Slovakia's...
Norovirus at Olympics has officials scrambling, worried

By FOSTER KLUG
Feb 07, 2018 6:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - Signs posted around the Olympic venues urge extreme caution. Nine hundred troops stream into the area to help. Worried organizers sequest...

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