- Thursday, February 25, 2010, 14:08
- Basketball, Featured, NBA, NCAA, Olympics
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The Winter Olympics head into the final weekend of action, the NBA has begun their stretch run toward the playoffs, and NCAA Men’s basketball is coming down to crunch time as the madness of March is only a few days away.
Despite the long cold winter dragging on for most of the country, one sure sign ...
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- Thursday, February 25, 2010, 12:15
- NHL, Olympics
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The longer it went, the tighter the Americans got.
They clanged shots off the post, then the crossbar. A wrist shot early in the game by Phil Kessel that looked like a bad omen hit both. Everything else the U.S. hockey team threw on net Wednesday, Swiss goalie Jonas Hiller smothered.
But Zach Parise put all ...
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- Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 15:38
- Olympics
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Lindsey Vonn of the United States did not finish her first run of the women's giant slalom at the Vancouver Olympics, thwarting her hopes to add to the American Alpine skiing medal haul.
She lost control around a right turn in the middle section of the course, got twisted around, landed hard on her left hip ...
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- Friday, February 19, 2010, 16:33
- Basketball, Featured, NBA, NCAA, Olympics
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This weekend is all about the BracketBuster, NBA and the Winter Olympics, so let’s get right to it.
On Friday, the NBA returns with a doubleheader on ESPN at 8pm. Dallas, with newly-acquired Caron Butler and Brendan Haywood, take on Orlando and Dwight Howard. At 10:3pmET, after defeating the Kobe-less Lakers the night before, Boston will ...
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- Friday, February 19, 2010, 13:51
- Olympics, Skating
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Evan Lysacek became the first U.S. man to win the Olympic gold medal since Brian Boitano in 1988, shocking everyone -- including himself -- by upsetting defending champion Evgeni Plushenko on Thursday night.
Plushenko, retired the past three years, returned with the sole purpose of making a little history of his own with a second straight ...
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- Thursday, February 18, 2010, 15:17
- Basketball, Featured, Golf, Horses, NBA, NCAA, NHL, Olympics
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While the long cold winter drags on for most of the country, things are heating up in the sports world this weekend. The Winter Olympics are in full swing, the NBA is back in action after the All-Star break, and NCAA Men’s basketball is coming down to crunch time as the madness of March ...
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- Thursday, February 18, 2010, 12:49
- Olympics
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Shaun White had the trick in the bag, along with an Olympic gold medal. The redheaded shredder scored a 48.4 on the final run, even though he was already assured of defending his Olympic title with a score of 46.8 on his first trip.
Getting ready to close the night, he debated with his coaches for ...
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- Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 16:17
- Olympics
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Lindsey Vonn of the United States, fighting off an injured right shin, grabbed the lead in the women's Olympic downhill on Tuesday. Vonn covered the 2,939-meter course at Whistler Creekside in 1:44.19 -- more than a half-second ahead of her teammate Julia Mancuso.
Vonn is the two-time defending World Cup champ, and the defending World Cup ...
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- Friday, February 12, 2010, 18:24
- Olympics
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A men's luger from the former Soviet republic of Georgia died Friday after a high-speed crash during training for the Winter Games. The International Olympic Committee said doctors were unable to revive Nodar Kumaritashvili, and the 21-year-old died at a hospital, hours before the Vancouver Olympics' opening ceremonies were to start.
Kumaritashvili lost control of his ...
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- Thursday, February 11, 2010, 16:02
- Olympics
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More than 30 athletes have been barred from competing in the Vancouver Olympics after failing pre-Games testing, the director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency, David Howman, told The New York Times on Wednesday.
"It's a bit like before Beijing, when 70 athletes didn't go to the Games because they had tested positive beforehand," Howman told ...
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