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2 hrs ago | WLUC-TV Negaunee

Olympic bobsledder Hays hoping to be back in 2 weeks

USA's Todd Hays, bottom, of Del Rio, Texas, pilots the two man bobsled as brakeman Chuck Berkeley, of Clayton, Calif., jumps in during the FIBT International training week.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Todd Hays, Winter Sports, Bobsledding

6 hrs ago | Myrtle Beach Online

Northug the man to beat as Olympic season starts

Petter Northug enters the Olympic season as the man to beat in cross-country skiing, and he isn't doing much to downplay expectations.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Freestyle Skiing, Winter Sports, Alpine Skiing, Cross Country Skiing, Axel Teichmann

Fri Nov 20, 2009

CW33 Dallas KDAF-TV

Germans go 1-2 in men, Canada wins women's race in World Cup skeleton at Lake Placid

The home-ice advantage for the U.S. skeleton team vanished for the second straight week in World Cup competition and Canada and Germany took advantage in the snowless Adirondack Mountains.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Noelle Pikus-Pace, Winter Sports, Eric Bernotas, Zach Lund, Jeff Pain

Kentucky.com

Female ski jumpers hear reasons for case dismissal

Vancouver Olympic organizers didn't violate women ski jumpers' rights because they had no power to include their event in the 2010 Winters Games.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Olympic Boxing, Summer Sports

Telegraph.co.uk

Rusty Goepel replaces Jack Poole as chairman of Winter Olympics organising committee

Rusty Goepel was named the new chairman of the organising committee for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics replacing Jack Poole who died last month.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics

The Victoria Star

Chan anxious to compete

Patrick Chan isn't planning any chest thumping or finger wagging - he believes his skating will tell the story.

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Related Topix: Sports, More Sports, Winter Sports, Figure Skating, Ice Skating, Competitive Skating, Olympics, Joannie Rochette

WGN-TV Chicago

Plan to use cruise ships for lodging at Vancouver Olympics is dead in the water

An Olympic housing plan in which thousands of visitors would have stayed on cruise ships has been called off because of the rough economy.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Austin American-Statesman

Tony Benshoof's back ailing again

Olympic luge slider Tony Benshoof's back is aching again, just as the international racing season is set to begin.

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Related Topix: Sports, Luge, Olympics, Tony Benshoof, Winter Sports, Olympic Weightlifting, Summer Sports

Chicago Tribune

Belbin looks like an Olympic medalist. But the winner is. . .

A few figure skating observations as the Grand Prix series heads into its last event before the Dec.

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Related Topix: Logan Tom, Summer Sports, Sports, Amanda Beard, Olympic Volleyball, Amy Acuff, Olympic Water Polo, Olympics

Truro Daily News

The Canadian Press takes another shot at selecting its Team Canada

At one point or another, Mike Babcock has heard pretty much every name tossed out there.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, NHL Hockey, Tampa Bay Lightning, Steven Stamkos, NHL Players, Ice Hockey, Winter Sports

Star Phoenix

Olympic flame arrives in Nova Scotia

Organizers say almost a third of all torchbearers across the country were specially selected by either the Vancouver Olympic committee or the games' sponsors, and include hundreds of corporate friends, and media members as well.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics

WorthPlaying

NDS Review - 'Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games'

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games invites players to face-off in some of the most intense winter competitions, taking you to lifelike Olympic venues where you can choose from a legendary cast of playable characters, including new faces to the series to be revealed later this year, As far as Nintendo consoles are concerned, Mario and sports ...

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Summer Sports, Olympic Baseball, Olympic Tennis, Olympic Basketball

Wed Nov 18, 2009

TMCnet

Reminder: Over 100,000 Olympic Winter Games tickets on sale Saturday, ...

Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games' fans wanting to purchase tickets to city events, including gold medal hockey, curling, as well as Opening, Closing and nightly Victory Ceremonies will have another chance on Saturday, November 14 at 10:00 am .

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Winter Sports, Curling

Connecticut's WB 20

Sweet reward: Erin Hamlin's world championship in luge came with a dessert, and a bulls-eye

In this Feb. 20, 2009, file photo, United States' Erin Hamlin, of Remsen, N.Y., races down the track during her first run at the Luge World Cup in Whistler, British Columbia.

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Related Topix: Sports, Luge, Erin Hamlin, Olympics, Winter Sports

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Study: 2010 Winter Olympics an economic bust

Pageants, even those televised around the world, do not necessarily put people to work.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Olympic Summer Games

The Globe and Mail

Intrawest sells Colorado ski resort

David Ebner Vancouver - I ntrawest ULC has agreed to sell one of its big ski resorts, allowing the company to ease the severity of a debt load built up during the real estate boom.

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Related Topix: Alpine Skiing, Winter Sports, Sports, Olympics

Penticton Herald

Hockey star Sidney Crosby to carry Olympic torch in downtown Halifax

Canadian hockey star Sidney Crosby is gearing up to run with the Olympic torch when it arrives in the Halifax area Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, NHL Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins, Sidney Crosby, NHL Players

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Fox Sports

'Flash' making a splash

Then the 2009-10 campaign began, and Fleischmann was forced to sit and watch because of a blood clot in his left leg.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, NHL Hockey, Washington Capitals, Alex Ovechkin, NHL Players, Tomas Fleischmann, NHL Southeast Division

24 Hours Vancouer

Richmond declares war on Stephen Colbert

The syrup-suckers at Richmond have laid down the gauntlet to the Colbert Nation.

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Related Topix: Speed Skating, Winter Sports, Sports, Olympics, Bobsledding

Canada.com

Special Olympian helps flame shine in Cape Breton

The Olympic Torch Relay is a huge, high-octane, well-oiled machine. It landed in Cape Breton on Monday like a foreign invasion: dozens of four-wheel vehicles and troop transports carrying an army of young, track-suit wearing organizers, convoy captains, crowd controllers, flame-handlers, cheerleaders and other assorted staff from home base in ...

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Swimming

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