Olympics
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WADA says possible issues with redesigned sample bottles
Jan 28, 2018 6:00 am - MONTREAL (AP) - The World Anti-Doping Agency is looking into possible integrity issues with urine-collection bottles that were redesigned after the Russian Olympic dopin...
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Olympic success brings extra joy to Norge festivitiesJan 28, 2018 12:00 am - The gathering for the Norge Ski Jump International Winter Tournament in Fox River Grove is always festive. On Sunday, though, fans, club members and budding young ski ju...
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Bumpy road: Goepper overcomes depression for 2nd Olympic run
Jan 27, 2018 6:00 am - ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - In the aftermath of his history-making triumph at the Sochi Olympics - the non-stop parties, the interview on Letterman, the random stops to be adore...
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Sheeran brings success for France's Olympic ice-dance duo
Jan 27, 2018 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - They dance to Ed Sheeran and the judges are in love with the shape of them. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron are the French ice-dance pair breakin...
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Shaun White pulls out of X Games to rest for Olympics
Jan 27, 2018 6:00 am - ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - Shaun White has withdrawn from the Winter X Games so he can return home to rest for the Olympics. White caught the flu last week. He was practicing i...
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IOC confirms 169 Russian athletes invited to Winter Olympics
Jan 27, 2018 6:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The IOC says it has invited 169 Russian athletes to compete at the Pyeongchang Olympics. The number confirms the team size announced Thursda...
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J.R. Celski is calming influence amid chaos of short track
Jan 27, 2018 6:00 am - J.R. Celski wasn't supposed to make it to his first Olympics in 2010, let alone win medals. Now, the speedskater is headed to his third games as the Zen-like presence of...
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Canada the power heading to Olympic figure skating events
Jan 26, 2018 6:00 am - The Maple Leaf could be on frequent display above the medals podium at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Canada heads to South Korea with the strongest overall figure skating te...
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Viktor Ahn wants IOC to explain why he can't go to Olympics
Jan 26, 2018 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Six-time Olympic gold medalist Viktor Ahn wants to know why he has been barred from next month's Pyeongchang Games. Ahn is a short-track speed skater who w...
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Unease mixes with excitement as Pyeongchang awaits the world
Jan 26, 2018 6:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) - Just weeks before the Olympics, an unusual culture clash is taking place in Pyeongchang, and it's only partly about the anticipatory jitt...