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Phelps, U.S. win in Duel
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Michael Phelps helped his American team trounce a group of European all-stars in the Duel in the Pool, anchoring a relay to one of the eight world records the United States set over the two-day meet that ended yesterday.
The
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-Sporting quotes of the past 10 years
LONDON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Sporting quotes from the past 10
years:
"All these people who crucify me on TV are the same people
who wanted to be photographed with me after every success. But
after crucifixion comes resurrection." Greek sprinter
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Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight in Jeopardy Over Drug Testing
Manny Pacquiao is apparently refusing to take a blood test prior to the proposed fight with Floyd Mayweather on the advice of his trainer, Freddie Roach.
"A urine drug test, I'll do every day of the week. But giving blood before a fight, I will not
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Drug testing flap in Pacquiao-Mayweather talks
The proposed megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. was thrown into jeopardy late Tuesday with a demand by Mayweather's camp that both fighters be subjected to Olympic-type drug testing in the weeks leading up to the bout.
Mayweather'
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Call 2009 the Year of the Bad Decision in SC
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Call 2009 the Year of the Bad Decision in SC
And then there was Mark Sanford and his "soul mate."
The theme of the top news stories of 2009 in South Carolina? Call it the Year of the Bad Decision.
It seemed that with every click on a news Web site in 2009, someone in South Carolina was making a
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Des Kelly's Boxing Day quiz: Did John Terry's dad have snow this Christmas?
Before Christmas completely disappears in a blur for another year,
it is traditional to pause for a moment today and honour the miraculous
healer of the festive season, St Ibuprofen.
The chances are you are hung over and attempting to carry a
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Top 10 world sports news in 2009
BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Xinhua News Agency selected the top 10 world sports news in 2009.
1. USA Swimming suspended Michael Phelps, the winner of eight Olympic gold medals in 2008, for three months for smoking marijuana.
2. Barcelona
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Top 10 world sports news in 2009
Xinhua News Agency selected the top 10 world sports news in 2009.
1. USA Swimming suspended Michael Phelps, the winner of eight Olympic gold medals in 2008, for three months for smoking marijuana.
Michael Phelps of the U.S. swimming team smiles
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Harry R. Jackson, Jr.: In Favor of New Year's Resolutions
Many of us are looking forward to 2010 and thinking about what resolutions we will make. We are glad this year is coming to a close, as 2009 will go down in history as a year of scandals, disgraces, and re-evaluations. This will be, for some, the year
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Usain Bolt Reminds The World Why Sport Means So Much To So Many
A roar of disbelief greeted the tall Jamaican in Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium last year after he shattered the world 100 record and became the first person to run under 9.7 seconds.
Amid the soaring triumphs and tawdry scandals underscoring
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A look back: The 2000s sports hall of fame and shame
Sports offered a mixed bag over the last 10 years, integrity often fading into the background and the 2000s producing nearly as many scoundrels as it did stars.
A decade that gave us the BALCO scandal and a corrupt Olympic figure skating judge at the 2
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Was the Decade a Dud?
Sure, we took some hard knocks this past decade. But as we draw the curtains on the 2000s, we take a look back at the unifying moments, the innovative gizmos, and some of the discoveries that have enhanced our lives. Sometimes these things and moments
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2009 In Review
Saturday, January 02, 2010
Story last updated at 1/2/2010 - 12:16 am
1: Sixty-six New Year's revelers die and more than 200 are injured in a fire at a Bangkok nightclub.
9: Rod Blagojevich becomes first Illinois governor to be impeached.
12: President
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Top news stories of 2009: Economy, Obama, health care
One notable difference was that Michael Jackson's death was No. 3 among Facebook voters, instead of seventh on the AP members’ list.
Here are 2009's top 10 stories as voted by the U.S. editors and news directors:
1. THE ECONOMY: Despite a $78
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When Social Media Gets Athletes in Trouble
Professional athletes, like many celebrities, are using social media to connect with fans and share their personal lives in ways they never could before. But because of some strict rules and professional faux pas, many athletes are finding themselves
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Five Most Memorable American Sports Stories of the Decade
Everybody loves lists, but sometimes all a list does is start a debate. That’s not a bad thing—debating—but it’s not always a good thing either. Therefore, I’m not numbering my list of the most memorable sports stories of the decade.
To me, each of
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Ronaldo is Facebook's biggest sports star
The flamboyant footballer could count 3.2 million fans on his social network site on Wednesday, putting him ahead of Swiss tennis star Roger Federer with 3.18 million and US swimmer Michael Phelps, 2.86 million.
Ronaldo, 24, arrived in Real Madrid from
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DOD News Briefing with Brig. Gen. Cheek From the Pentagon
GEN. CHEEK: Good morning, everybody. My name is Brigadier General Gary Cheek. I'm the commanding general of the U.S. Army's Warrior Transition Command. And on behalf of Secretary Gates and the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the chairman of
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Charles Barkley Hosting SNL - 4 Athletes Who Got It Right
Athletes haven't always fared well in the show's history. Remember how stiff Michael Phelps was as he flubbed his lines? These guys aren't actors; they are paid to deliver wins, not jokes. I'm not discrediting them all, however. There have been a few
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'American Victory' by Henry Cejudo with Bill Plaschke
Bill Plaschke, The Times' award-winning sports columnist, has occasionally been accused of mawkishness. But if it's true that violin strings sometimes seem to accompany his prose, it's also true that his best, most heartfelt work involves those who
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Kevin Garside: Togo's African Cup of Nations tragedy is product of fascination with sport
Elite sport is no longer a free pass to travel the world but a death sentence
if the team bus takes a wrong turn. First the Sri Lankan cricket team in
Lahore now the footballers of Togo.
This atrocity is the tragic flip side of a political process
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NBC Universal Expects to Lose Money on Winter Olympics
Ad sales have picked up lately, but not enough to put the Olympics in the black, said NBC Sports president Dick Ebersol, speaking Sunday before a gathering of television critics in California.
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- NBC Universal expects to lose
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THE ENTERPRISE ALL-SCHOLASTICS: VOLLEYBALL
MORGAN THATCHER
BROCKTON
Morgan Thatcher has built up quite a resume during her career at Brockton High. Aside from being a two-time Enterprise All-Scholastic, Thatcher was named to the AVCA Under Armour All-American team where she played in Tampa Bay,
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It’s hard to tell what they’re all so sorry about
Are you sorry for what you did, or just sorry you got caught? Will someone ever admit to that?
No, I don’t think so. It goes against the First Rule of Apologizing: Never be completely truthful or honest for what you’re apologizing for. We live in a
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Tough task for Bolt to participate in 2010 CWG: O'Brien
MUMBAI: It will be a tough task for
the world's most high-profile sprinter Usain Bolt to represent Jamaica in this
year's Commonwealth Games," feels former American decathlete Dan O'Brien.
"My advice is irrelevant but it's going to be a tough push
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Michael Phelps leads swimming's finest in Long Beach
swimming career began and to share the venue with top competitors from around the world.
at Belmont as a child and training there while at Wilson. She also returned to Belmont for the Pac-10 Championships while attending Cal.
Swimmer Michael Phelps,
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Phelps: `It's cool to be back' in LB
sleeping. That's it," said Phelps, who recently finished three weeks of high-altitude training in Colorado. "I'm back in a routine, back in rhythm. ... I love getting in the water and racing."
Michael Phelps takes part in a training session for a USA
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Phelps dominates in triumphant 500 freestyle swim
LONG BEACH - Fourteen-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps, the most famous swimmer in the world, easily won the men's 500-yard freestyle in 4 minutes, 24.40 seconds in his only race Saturday in the 2010 Southern California Grand Prix at Belmont
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Michael Phelps, Katie Hoff prevail at Long Beach Grand Prix
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Olympic superstars Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff won 400-yard individual medleys on Sunday night at the Long Beach Grand Prix.
Phelps finished in 3 minutes, 38.42 seconds, about a second behind his preliminary time but well ahead
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Grevers and Hoff win high point awards in Long Beach
Olympians Matt Grevers (Lake Forest, Ill.) and Katie Hoff (Towson, Md.) took home the men’s and women’s high-point award Monday at the Southern California Grand Prix in Long Beach, Calif. Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) took home one gold medal in the 1
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Will 2010 Games become the Vonncouver Olympics?
The lasting image of Lindsey Vonn's 2006 Turin Olympics was a body-battering tumble during a downhill training run, a crash while she barreled down a mountainside at 50 mph or more.
She was tossed about 15 feet. She slammed against the snow with her
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Haiti: The stars come out for Haiti relief
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ricky Martin in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where he travelled to support earthquake relief efforts by UNICEF and Habitat for Humanity.
NEW YORK, USA, 21 January 2009 The two-hour, star-powered Hope for Haiti Now global concert
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New U.S. ski suits touted for speed
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Stop if you've heard this before: A new racing suit is being touted as so fast and so sleek that it could create quite a commotion at the Olympics.
Uniform supplier Spyder has designed the new suit for top U.S skiers, including
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Wuh-Woh! Not Enough Snow For The Winter Olympics?
Everyone’s getting pretty excited for the Winter Olympics, which start in Vancouver on February 12th. Only one thing is missing. And unfortunately, it’s a big one—snow. None is in the forecast and it’s too warm there to let snow machines do their usual
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Who should host SNL?
Celebrities Who Should Host Saturday Night Live
With such an iconic sketch comedy show like Saturday Night Live, it can be very disappointing when the host fails to excite us. Some celebrity hosts surprise the audience and are actually funny like Brian
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In tragedy, stars show human side
When they are performing their special brands of artistry on the playing courts and fields of the world it seems like our elite athletes are, well, not of this world.
Roger Federer gliding over the grass at Wimbledon, Tiger Woods snaking in a monster
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Today In History February 1, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) ―
Today is Monday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2010. There are 333 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Feb. 1, 1960, four black college students began a sit-in protest at a whites-only Woolworth's lunch counter in
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USOC attacks 'ambush marketing' as Olympics near
The statement did not identify any companies but an Olympic official, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said it was a response to ads by the Subway restaurant chain featuring Michael Phelps and ads by Verizon Communications,
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Tiger Woods tops list of America's most powerful athletes
The list released on Wednesday is based on earning potential and was compiled with the assistance of CSE and Horrow Sports Ventures.
LeBron James of the NBA''s Cleveland Cavaliers was second, followed by golfer Phil Mickelson, Albert Pujols of baseball'
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Best ever? Heiden's feat holds up 30 years later
Even as he stepped on the ice for that final race in Lake Placid, looking unbeatable and with an unprecedented speedskating sweep in his grasp, Eric Heiden had those lingering doubts.
Would this be the day his thick legs finally failed him?
Could he
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Media Democracy in Action:
There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth. Charles Dickens
The Corporate News Media: Not in the Business of News
The late New York University media scholar Neil Postman once said about America, We are the best
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Best ever? Heiden's feat holds up 30 years later
Even as he stepped on the ice for that final race in Lake Placid, looking unbeatable and with an unprecedented speedskating sweep in his grasp, Eric Heiden had those lingering doubts.
Would this be the day his thick legs finally failed him?
Could he
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Today in History
Today is Monday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2010. There are 333 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb.
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The Top Ten Winter Olympic Medalists
Bjørn Dæhlie, of Norway, ranks as the most decorated Winter Olympic athlete of all-time. From 1992 to 1998, he won 12 medals, including eight gold medals, in cross country skiing. Moreover, his cache of eight gold medals is more than that held by any
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When technology offers athlete an edge, ethics may be put to the test
DENIS POROY Associated Press
Using a controversial club didn't help Phil Mickelson at Torrey Pines last week.
RYAN REMIORZ AP file, 2008
Scott McCarron's stance was met with disapproval from PGA Tour officials.
Some other equipment banned by major
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Water Cube becomes park for Olympic stadium revival
Caf parlors and leisure centers will be built on both sides of the main swimming pools, operators said, and a performance stage can be set up to host entertainment shows and conventions.
The Water Cube will be home to a huge water park when it
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High schools outside the box: Feb. 5, 2010
From inside the lines to out, Express-News staff writers Chad Peters, Terrence Thomas and Pat Turner look back look ahead at the high school sports landscape:
0 - Home soccer matches lost this season by Incarnate Word. The Shamrocks went 5-0-2 at home,
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Six Things We Can Learn From Olympians
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Olympic athletes inspire us with their fierce discipline and natural talent as they smash records, going
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Vonn ready for her big moment
Lindsey Vonn was going downhill so fast - in a wholesome, epic, lucrative way - there wasn't time to wait for her to actually win an Olympic medal.
Lindsey's script was penned months ago, and should her skis take turns for the Whistler worse, well, in
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Six things to learn from Olympians
Olympic athletes not only smash records, go higher, further or faster, they also go beyond boundaries, and can encourage us all to take on new challenges.
"The Olympics symbolize the chance for all of us to push the boundaries of human potential,"
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Vancouver Olympics May Disappoint Online
As a live sports event with global relevance and historic importance, the Olympic Games would seem to be a magnet for online video. But some analysts are predicting that the Vancouver Games, unlike the 2008 Beijing Games, won't be another turning point
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Vonn questions whether she will race at Olympics
Indeed, almost anyone with any interest in the Vancouver Games — fans and competitors, yes, but also Vonn's sponsors and NBC — must have been taken aback Wednesday when the U.S. star said: "I'm sitting here today questioning whether, you know, I'll be
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Injury could deprive NBC of top star
NEW YORK (AP) - On the eve of an Olympics where NBC is already expected to lose more than $200 million, the injury to American skier Lindsey Vonn means the network could suddenly be without its most bankable star.
The two-time reigning World Cup
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10 story lines to follow at the Olympics
Ever wonder what Michael Phelps would look like on skis? She won't be winning eight gold medals, but she could bring home a bundle in the Alpine events, if a deep bone bruise on her right shin disclosed Wednesday doesn't stop her.
There is already
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Weather testing Vancouver Olympic organizers
VANCOUVER, British Columbia This just in from the Olympics. It's supposed to rain in Vancouver Saturday. Again.
Never mind the snowboards. Who brought the ark?
They're all ready in Vancouver. The athletes. The venues. The sea gulls. The judges counting
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The Clooney watch is on in Vancouver
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) Canadian celebrities are all over the
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Wheelchair Racing Buddies Roll On Against Heavy Odds
Published by the government of Zimbabwe
Harare — ONE day last summer, two friends went swimming in the deep waters of Lake Chivero, and from nowhere a crocodile came charging towards them.
Sensing danger one of the them started swimming furiously
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A model let-down for Ruby
RUBY Rose has been hanging out with her suspected fiancee and New York-based model Catherine McNeil while in Vancouver for Foxtel.
But it was another glamour who had her salivating when she was granted an interview with one of the original supermodels,
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Vonn says she won't use injury as an excuse
But if not for the pain from a badly bruised shin sustained at a terribly inopportune juncture, the pressure might well have been a non-issue for skiing's flaxen-haired superstar at these Winter Olympics. The 25-year-old Vonn hasn't evolved into the
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Olympic hockey: U.S. men beat Norway 6-1
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- This U.S. win already was secured by the time Michael Phelps left his rinkside side. Then it turned into a rout. A big surge in the final minutes helped the American men's hockey team complete a 6-1 victory over Norway on
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More cold than gold
USA men's hockey team needs to heat up against Canada
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — This U.S. win already was secured by the time Michael Phelps left his rinkside seat. Then it turned into a rout.
A big surge in the final minutes helped the American
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Snowboarding goes from X Games to A-list
Reporting from Vancouver, Canada -
Not only were they invited into the Olympic family, but they also were practically pulled through the doorway by the International Olympic Committee, begged to join the winter party.
Snowboarding gave the IOC that
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Apolo 7 mission proves big success
of the Beijing Olympics, swimmer Michael Phelps, who won a total of 14 gold medals over two Summer Games.
Apolo Anton Ohno of the United States celebrates winning the bronze medal for the men's 1000 m short track speed skating on day 9 of the Vancouver
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Bode Miller wins gold medal in Olympic super-combined
really expect that title to go to him when he awoke exhausted Sunday. The emotional and mental strains of the Olympics had caught up to him. Miller stood seventh after the downhill, seemingly out of medal contention.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — So
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Michael Phelps Becomes Ambassador of Youth Olympic Games
Fourteen-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps has become the first official ambassador of the Youth Olympic Games.
Phelps, who is in Vancouver to attend various Olympic Winter Games events, will support the YOG by encouraging the involvement of
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Michael Phelps is a Great Choice for Ambassador of Youth Olympic Games
sounds like the best role model ever, save for the last part
excessively playing poker, dating strippers and heavily tattooed cocktail waitresses in Vegas, strip clubs, bong hits, and DUIs.
You can say that about a million people that are bein cast as “
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AirTran Airways' Go Magazine Named Best Inflight Magazine for 2009 by North American Travel Journalists Association
AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:
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Vonn's Olympics end with slalom mistake, 2 medals
WHISTLER, British Columbia — These Olympics were supposed to be Lindsey Vonn's Olympics, and she wanted to finish them skiing, not watching.
So there she was in the starting gate for Friday's slalom — her broken right pinkie protected by a plastic
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Lindsey Vonn's Olympics End With 1 Gold, 1 Bronze
Lindsey Vonn's Olympics began the way everyone expected them to, with a gold medal in the downhill, her signature event. Little went according to plan thereafter. Yes, Vonn did collect a second medal, a bronze in the super-G, but she faulted herself for
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With Miller, Vonn leading the way, US rules Alpine
WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Four years ago, Bode Miller’s washout of a Winter Olympics symbolized where the United States stood in the Alpine skiing hierarchy.
Pegged as the big thing heading into the Turin Games, Miller finished only two of five
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Print is Dead, Long Live Print: Digital Magazines Have Publishers In a Spin
Time Inc, Hearst, Condé Nast, Wenner Media and Meredith magazine publishers have banded together to promote their print editions in a "power of print" ad campaign. But Let's do the Time Warp again, and remember digital mags really are the future.
The
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Safe-bet Winter Olympics stars could see endorsement spikes
Snowboard gold medalist Shaun White appears poised to add to his lucrative list of endorsements.
With the 2010 Vancouver Games completed, the competition has begun for endorsement gold. And Tiger Woods' loss could be an Olympian's gain.
Only a few
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Vail Daily's View: Vail's solid-gold Olympic contribution
Banged up, beat up and still going for it, Vail's Lindsey Vonn bagged her gold, Chris Del Bosco crashed trying to best mere bronze, and Sarah Schleper not only beat the odds and made the Olympic team for the fourth time, but she was the best of all
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2010 Winter Olympics: Awaiting Newest Wheaties Champions
Just as Super Bowl MVPs are expected to take trips to Disney World, U.S Olympic champions are expected to take their turns on the front of Wheaties boxes.
Wheaties, a cereal produced by General Mills, has been associated with sports since its creation
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Golden glow can turn into endorsement gold
Longtime Omega poster boy Michael Phelps bestows a watch on Olympic gold medalist Alex Bilodeau.
Advertisers and the celebrities they endorse have not always had ideal marriages, according to Testimonial Advertising in the American Marketplace.
And
co-
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Phelps Impressive In Winning 200IM
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Fourteen-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps came within a half second of the U.S. record in the 200-yard individual medley on Saturday, winning in 1 minute, 40.58 seconds in the Maryland swimming championships at the U.S. Naval
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Swimming: Phelps impressive in winning 200 IM
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Fourteen-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps came within a half second of the U.S. record in the 200-yard individual medley on Saturday, winning in 1 minute, 40.58 seconds in the Maryland swimming championships at the U.S. Naval
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Swimming: Phelps breaks own American record
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) Urged on by a vocal standing room only crowd, Michael Phelps closed out his weekend at the Maryland Swim Championships by setting the U.S. record in the 200 yard butterfly at the U.S. Naval Academy today.
Competing as a member of
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Phelps sets American record in state meet
ANNAPOLIS -- Olympic swim star Michael Phelps broke his own American record in the 200-yard butterfly on Sunday, winning in 1 minute 39.65 seconds at the Maryland State Championships at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Phelps set the old mark of 1:39.7 in 2006
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London 2012: US choose University of East London for their pre-Games training base
London calling: Michael Phelps will be among the US Olympic stars who will be based at the University of East London during the Games
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The country's Olympic committee (USOC) announced that its contingent of over
1,000 Olympic and
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Carmakers to vie for repeat customers
After 8.6 million Chinese bought their first cars last year, General Motors Co, Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co are positioning themselves to compete for return customers.
The number of car models in China's showrooms quadrupled in the past six years,
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Design with the least bite gets cut on ‘Runway’
"Project Runway" has never given me nightmares before, but that may change after last night's episode. And I'm not even talking about Ben's outfit, which incorporated one of my all-time biggest fears. (Thanks a lot, "Jaws.") No, I'm talking about that
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Three new clips from George Romero's Survival of the Dead
Despite getting critically clobbered by most in the horror community (our man Arrow's review no exception), I couldn't really live with myself if I didn't give George Romero's SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD at least a once-through. And since the flick is inching
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Around the Horn with ...
Sophomore Jun Oh of North Andover led Phillips Academy to its second ever New England swimming title with a spectacular day at Hotchkiss School's Hixon Pool.
He swam a 1:40.71 to win the 200 freestyle and break David Maine's 20-year-old school record
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Michael Phelps keeps a low profile at Jay-Z gig
New York, March 15 (ANI): Party animal Michael Phelps surprised people by being "really nice" at Jay-Z's concert in Atlantic City last weekend.
The source added: "He kept a hat on and was only drinking casually. He was really nice to girls that wanted
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Carrie Prejean is now engaged to NFL quarterback Kyle Boller, but that wasnt her first plan
A source close to the disgraced Miss USA 2009 runner-up — who billed herself as a devout Christian until her sex tape surfaced — says that Prejean received repeated advice to try to get pregnant during her fling last year with Olympian swimmer Michael
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Boys swimming | LA JOLLA SENIOR GOING DISTANCE
UNION-TRIBUNE | In the spotlight: La Jolla junior Eric Hedlin (left) has targeted breaking the San Diego Section record in the 500-yard freestyle, set by San Marcos’ Tim Siciliano in 1998. Hedlin hopes to build on the improvement he has shown in
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World Cup scores with U.S. soccer fans
Experts say America's interest, talent in soccer grow as sport becomes more accessibleU.S. national team opens sixth straight World Cup against England, Slovenia, Algeria ESPN plans blitzkrieg marketing campaign beginning in April, as U.S. ticket sales
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Sullivan beats pain barrier
The fact Sullivan has a ticket to the US and Delhi is remarkable given he had a fifth hip operation two months ago and was close to pulling out of the event last Monday.
''The day before the meet I was 90 per cent sure I was going to pull out,''
