Olympics
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Figure skating debate rages between artistry, amplitude
Jan 25, 2018 6:00 am - Patrick Chan remembers just about everything from his Olympic debut eight years ago in Vancouver, including the controversy that erupted when Evan Lysacek won the gold m...
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Australia names strong team of 45 for Pyeongchang
Jan 24, 2018 6:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - World champions Britt Cox and Scotty James headline Australia's 45-strong team named Thursday to compete at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Moguls champio...
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Bach wants to avoid post-Olympic Russian doping cases
Jan 24, 2018 6:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Seeking to avoid "negative surprises" about past doping by Russian athletes after they compete at the Pyeongchang Olympics, IOC President Th...
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Sam McGuffie: Once an NFL hopeful, now an Olympic bobsledder
Jan 24, 2018 6:00 am - Sam McGuffie has scored a touchdown at Notre Dame Stadium . His college football career started with him calling Michigan's Big House home. He played before crowds of mo...
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Japanese snowboarder has tricks, height for Olympic gold
Jan 24, 2018 6:00 am - ASPEN, Colo. (AP) - His first name, loosely translated into English, means "Walk the Dream ." No wonder, then, that back home in Japan, expectations soar nearly as high ...
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Kremlin rejects talk of boycotting the Olympics _ for now
Jan 24, 2018 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - The Kremlin dismissed talk of an Olympic boycott on Wednesday despite some of Russia's top athletes being barred from competing at the Pyeongchang Games. S...
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Japanese PM Abe to attend opening ceremony in Pyeongchang
Jan 24, 2018 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to attend the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Olympics next month. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo on Wednesday,...
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2 world champions among 45 Australians for Pyeongchang
Jan 24, 2018 6:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - World champions Britt Cox (moguls) and Scotty James (snowboard halfpipe) are among 45 athletes named to the Australian team for the Pyeongchang Winter Olym...
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After Bjoerndalen, Petter Northug out of Olympic team
Jan 24, 2018 6:00 am - OSLO, Norway (AP) - Two-time gold medalist Petter Northug has failed to qualify for Norway's Olympic team. Tore Ovrebo, head of sports at Norway's Olympic committee, say...
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Vonn, Shiffrin, Ligety lead US Alpine roster for Olympics
Jan 24, 2018 6:00 am - PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - Past Olympic medalists Lindsey Vonn, Mikaela Shiffrin, Ted Ligety and Andrew Weibrecht are among the 22 ski racers named to the U.S. Alpine team h...