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Four American friends will vie for three medals in freestyle halfpipeFeb 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 scheduleFeb 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 danceFeb 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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A cartoon about school shootings is breaking people's heartsFeb 20, 2018 12:00 am - As news of the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, unfolded last week, Pia Guerra, a 46-year-old Vancouver-based artist, f...
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How a skier managed to compete at Olympics despite not being very goodFeb 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...
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Kirstie Alley vs. US curling - the Olympic feud we've been waiting forFeb 20, 2018 12:00 am - In on> corner, wearing a black dress: American actress Kirstie Alley! “Im not trying to be mean but. . .. . . Curling is boring,” Alley tweeted. And in the other corner...
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College players lift US men's hockey into Olympic quarterfinalsFeb 20, 2018 12:00 am - GANGNEUNG, South Korea - The idea belonged to Jim Johansen, the general manager who conceived this motley U.S. men's hockey team. Most of the players would come from min...
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The Olympic rings that follow US athletes home from the gamesFeb 20, 2018 12:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Snowboard cross rider Nick Baumgartner came to Pyeongchang for his third Olympic Games with two hardware-related goals in mind. First, obvious...
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Essay: Who knew Olympians were so small - and so vulnerable?Feb 20, 2018 12:00 am - GANGNEUNG, South Korea - The first thing I noticed about ice dancer Madison Chock was that she was so much smaller in person. Most on-ice athletes are. The skates normal...
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President Trump expresses support for senators' gun billFeb 19, 2018 12:00 am - President Donald Trump signaled support for one piece of gun control legislation on Monday, five days after a mass shooting at a Florida high school left 17 people dead ...