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Not many people in Mike Krzyzewski's position are interested in a second job. But that's exactly what Coach K has with USA basketball, albeit a part-time gig... by Justin McTeer 16 reads Opinion Not many people in Mike Krzyzewski's position are interested in a second job.

Mini Olympics OLYMPIC fever hit Wakefield last Thursday as hundreds of youngsters descended on Thornes Park for this year's Mini olympics.

BASED building contractor Barr Construction was yesterday awarded the contract to build the main structure for the basketball arena for the 2012 London Olympics, making it the 30th Scottish firm to win a contract for the Games.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski will return to coach the Olympics in 2012. Duke's Mike Krzyzewski will coach Team USA in the 2012 Olympics.

If the Iraqi women's basketball team qualifies for the London 2012 or Chicago 2016 Olympics, two local coaches will be able to say they helped make it happen.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, July 2. THREE-time Olympic gold medalist Mary T. Meagher, widely know in the swimming community as "Madame Butterfly," will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.

The U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame announced its remarkable 2009 class the other night.

Former Cairo High School Syrupmaid and University of Georgia Lady Bulldog standout basketball player Teresa Edwards was named to the U.S .Olympic Hall of Fame's 2009 class.

Skier Picabo Street and Utah Jazz legends John Stockton and Karl Malone are among the athletes who will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame next fall, the U.S. Olympic Committee announced Wednesday.

Omaha may not see another sports year like 2008. Three championship events rarely held in a single city injected nearly 30 million out-of-town dollars into the city's economy, according to a new estimate.

Everybody wants to be wanted. And then there's Mike Krzyzewski. The man already has a job for life at Duke, and barely three weeks to decide whether he wants to coach the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team again.

The Dream Team has earned a spot in the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. The star-studded team that featured Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Charles Barkley and won the gold medal in Barcelona headlines this year's class of 10 inductees.

The Chicago 2016 bid team will hold several events to celebrate Olympic Day in the city hoping to win the 2016 Summer Games.

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British Olympic swimmer Melanie Marshall, best known for winning six medals at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in 2006, visited the Children's Trust at Tadworth to help judge a special mini Olympics.

One of Britain's greatest Olympians has championed two youth projects and given his backing to the Special Olympics.

Team Jamaica departed the island yesterday for the 20th staging of the Caribbean Basketball Championship to be held in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, from June 30 to July 4. This will be the team's first test on the road in its bid to qualify the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

There was clarity in Joey Cheek's athletic calling: Skate in a circle as fast as possible.

As the fastest man in the 500 meters, Cheek won gold at the 2006 Winter Olympics. And after he donated his winnings to a charity that helped children in disadvantaged countries play sports, he was hailed as the Olympic ideal and chosen to carry the U.S. flag in the Closing Ceremonies.

But Cheek soon found out that his impulse to do good outside the Olympic arena was a far murkier proposition.

Without explanation, Chinese officials revoked Cheek's visa on the eve of his departure for the 2008 Beijing Games, where he had planned to discuss the suffering in Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur. The U.S. Olympic Committee distanced itself from the three-time medalist, noting that Cheek wasn't part of its official delegation. And with the International Olympic Committee silent, Cheek was left to promote his cause from the Washington office of Team Darfur, a coalition of concerned athletes he helped organize in 2007.

If you enjoyed the Special Olympics World Winter Games in February, you can recapture that same feeling this weekend! The state games are this Friday and Saturday... and you can be a part of it.