Articles filed under Washington Post
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Lindsey Vonn is skiing for more than herself in PyeongchangFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Lindsey Vonn is a grown woman of enormous professional accomplishment and a personal life that has played out in public over the past decade-a...
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Five myths about figure skatingFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - Another Olympics is here, and it's time for that American ritual: becoming an armchair expert in sports you haven't watched in four years. Figure skating is one of the m...
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A witness drew a terrible sketch to help police identify a suspect; it actually workedFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - Objectively, the sketch is bad. The thick lines look like an inverted triangle with hair, or a strawberry wearing a tiny cap. The two dot eyes are inexplicably paired wi...
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U.S. men's hockey team: Welcome to the Olympics. Now meet your teammates.Feb 09, 2018 12:00 am - GANGNEUNG, South Korea — The members of the U.S. men's hockey team skated onto the ice at the Gangneung Hockey Center a few at a time, emerging from the first locker roo...
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Analysis: Nobody knows why stocks are tankingFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - Sometimes stocks fall because of bad news, sometimes they fall because of good news, and other times they fall because of no news at all. The last week has been some com...
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Senate passes spending bill after shutdownFeb 08, 2018 10:01 am - WASHINGTON - The Senate passed a sweeping bipartisan spending bill Friday morning, but not before the federal government shut down when Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., delayed th...
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After losing coin toss, speedskater Shani Davis rips US Olympic flag-bearer pickFeb 08, 2018 12:00 am - Erin Hamlin would seem to be a fine choice to lead the U.S. Winter Olympic team into Friday's opening ceremony as its flag-bearer. The first U.S. athlete to medal in sin...
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How to watch figure skating at the 2018 Winter OlympicsFeb 08, 2018 12:00 am - Q: What is figure skating? A: Arguably the marquee sport at the Winter Olympics, figure skating needs little introduction. With grace, grit and often controversy, a...
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What to watch: Thursday's Olympic highlightsFeb 08, 2018 12:00 am - Thursday's Olympic schedule What to watch: Figure skating gets underway with the team competition, which provides an early look at the performers and routines that ...
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2018 Winter Olympics TV schedule and highlightsFeb 08, 2018 12:00 am - More than 90 countries will send roughly 2,900 athletes to compete in the Pyeongchang Olympics. There are 102 events - most in Olympic history - including four making th...