Archive for the Olympics Category
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What to Watch This Weekend
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 wi
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U.S. Hockey Advances to Semifinals
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,
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Vonn Doesn’t Survive Slalom First Run
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 o
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What to Watch on the Tube: Feb. 19-21
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
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Lysacek Ends Gold Drought for U.S.
Evan Lysacek became the first U.S. man to win the Olympic gold medal since Brian Boitano in 1988 by upsetting defending champion Evgeni Plushenko on Thursday night. An American man hadn't won a gold since the last time the games were in Canada. Ly
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What to Watch This Weekend
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
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Vonn Grabs Lead in Women’s Downhill
Lindsey Vonn of the United States grabbed the lead in the women's Olympic downhill on Tuesday. She 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
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More Than 30 Athletes Barred from Olympics
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 Beij
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Vonn Expected to Start in Olympic Training
Lindsey Vonn is expected to start in an Olympic downhill training run Thursday despite her bruised and swollen right shin, the U.S. Ski Team said. It would be the first time Vonn has skied since hurting herself during pre-Olympic training in Austr
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Olympic Champ Ramzi Stripped of Gold Medal
Bahrain's Olympic 1,500 meters champion Rashid Ramzi has been stripped of his gold medal for doping at the Beijing 2008 Games, a source within the Olympic movement said on Wednesday. "Ramzi has been stripped of his gold medal," the source told Reu
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