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Soldiers on track to make U.S. Olympic bobsled team
U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program bobsledders Sgt. John Napier and 2nd Lt. Chris Fogt are on track to make Team USA for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
Top guns ready to join forces for U.S. Speedskating
US skater Shani Davis took the gold medal in the mens 1000 meter at the Essent ISU World Cup at the Utah Olympic Oval in Kearns, Sunday, December 13, 2009.
DIGEST: Yanks won't offer contract to Wang
Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 12:35 a.m. The Yankeesa top priority this offseason remains improving their starting rotation.
Andrews stalker will plead guilty
An Illinois insurance executive agreed to plead guilty to interstate stalking after secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews , according to court documents filed Thursday and first obtained by The Associated Press.
Past, future of Games unite as 2010 torch passes 1976 Olympic stadium
The past and future of Canada's Olympic Games got together this morning in Montreal.
Latinos no longer rare in college basketball
Traveling across South America, John Chaney heard plenty of claims. Most turned out to be untrue, the player not quite as tall, fast or talented as advertised.
Video: U.S. Olympic Wear Unveiled
Label-hungry shoppers will love the U.S. Olympic Team apparel by Polo Ralph Lauren, unveiled Tuesday at The Bay.
Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame to Induct Industry Innovators
WHAT: The Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame honors sports television innovators -- those who worked in front of the camera and those who worked behind it.
Fidel Castro's son elected to world baseball body
One of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's sons will help lead world baseball's drive to get the sport back in the Olympics after being elected as a vice president of the game's governing body.
Chain Baseball Academy pitch, catch clinic is today
Chain Baseball Academy will conduct a pitching and catching clinic today and Sunday at Chain Field.
Australian baseball on the Move with ABL
Spending a little time in the "land of down under" this week before heading to the winter meetings in Indianapolis.
Why not Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Orr? Why not have the two greatest Canadian hockey players in history, representing our favourite sport, representing our country, lighting the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Olympic Games? Some people will bristle at the thought of professional athletes lighting the torch at an event that ...
Terry Kennedy named manager of Portland Beavers
The San Diego Padres Tuesday announced that Terry Kennedy has been named manager of the Portland Beavers for the 2010 season.
Birds of Prey provides push for Vail Valley businesses
Thousands of spectators watch the Birds of Prey races at Beaver Creek each year.
Pine Island Kiwanis and Parks and Rec to host Jr. Olympics
For the 24th consecutive year, the Kiwanis Club of Pine Island will team up with the Lee County Parks and Recreation Department to host the Junior Olympics.
Walla s devotion to basketball a lifelong passion
Outside of family, Bill Wall has two great loves: basketball and country.For his contributions to both as a former executive director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches and of the Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America, which later became USA Basketball Wall was inducted Sunday into the National Collegiate ...
Klug and Co. hope to carve unique path to Olys
Chris Klug and his band of snowboarders know all about it. Denied funding in part because they participate in the least popular, least medal-producing event on the snowboarding program a ' the parallel giant slalom a ' Klug formed his own team, found his own sponsors, hired his own coaches and is seeking his own path to the Vancouver Games.
Magnificent monument to vision of one man
Without the intervention of Arthur Elvin, Wembley Stadium would have been dust more than 70 years ago.
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Queens woman, 95, gets Olympic record back after '36 Nazi team replaced her with man
Margaret Bergmann Lambert in her Queens home. Lambert was banned from the Berlin Olympics in 1936 despite matching the high-jump record of 5 feet 3 inches.
Yes, it is upsetting for these great athletes that they cannot compete in the 2010 Olympics , but the Olympics are about competition and when there are only a few women who actually ski jump you wouldn't get much of a competition.
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