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2 hrs ago | ESPN.com - Olympic Sports

Tickets for 2010 Vancouver Games postponed by glitch

Anyone hoping to grab some of the last remaining tickets for the 2010 Winter Games will have to wait until next Saturday.

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7 hrs ago | USA Today

Ski.com: 10 affordable ski resorts

Ski.com has come up with a list of what it calls the '10 most affordable ski resorts', including Whistler-Blackcomb , site of the Winter Olympics.

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

11 hrs ago | Free Press

Toronto beats two South American rivals to win bid to host Pan Am Games in 2015

After years of disappointments, Toronto has finally won a major international sporting event, beating two South American cities to host the 2015 Pan Am Games.

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Related Topix: Sports, Summer Sports, Olympics, Olympic Swimming, Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, Swimming

16 hrs ago | The Bennington Banner

Celski back on track after scary crash U.S. athletes preparing for...

J.R. Celski could hear his mother screaming. The 19-year-old rising star had crashed right in front of his parents during the U.S. short track speedskating championships Sept.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Ice Skating, Winter Sports, Cross Country Skiing, Alpine Skiing

20 hrs ago | WBIR-TV

Fame launched on YouTube doesn't faze 5-year-old Spring Hill boy

Age 5 is shaping up to be a big year for Josh Sacco. In the past month, the Chapman's Retreat kindergartner has sat on Ellen DeGeneres' couch, seen his image on ESPN's SportsCenter and made plans to attend the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Ice Hockey, Winter Sports

Fri Nov 06, 2009

WNOL-TV New Orleans

Former skier, two-time Olympian Willy Bogner to head Munich's bid for 2018 Winter Games

Willy Bogner has been named head of Munich's bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics. The former two-time Olympian skier, who won the famed Wengen downhill as a 17-year-old, later became a movie maker and directed and filmed skiing scenes in four James Bond movies, as well as movies from several Winter Games.

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

CANOE

Colbert ups speedskating ante

Speedskating just got a huge ratings boost in the U.S. this week -- with seemingly everyone but Canadian athletes paying attention.

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

WAPT-TV Jackson

Mississippian Chosen To Carry Olympic Torch

Dr. Tim Alford, a family physician in Kosciusko, has been selected by Coca-Cola as an Olympic torchbearer for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games to be held in Canada in February.

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Edmonton Journal

Olympics have poured $1B into economy, report asserts

The 2010 Winter Olympic Games have already generated as much as $1 billion for the B.C. and Canadian economies, says an independent report prepared for the two governments.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Bright result Australian snowboarder Torah Bright has qualified for...

Torah Bright gets some air on her way to victory in Switzerland. Australian snowboarder Torah Bright has qualified for February's Winter Olympics in Vancouver after taking out a World Cup halfpipe event in Saas Fee, Switzerland.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

IGN complete

U.S. and Canadian Gold Medal Hopefuls Grace the Cover of Official Olympic Videogame

SEGA heats up the slopes and announces cover athletes for Vancouver 2010 - The Official Videogame of The Olympic Winter Games.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Seth Wescott, Snowboarding, Winter Sports, Kristina Groves, Speed Skating, Alpine Skiing

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Videoblogging: 100 Days To Vancouver Winter Olympics: Apolo Ohno Interview Part 1

Five-time Olympic medalist and a native of the Seattle area Apolo Ohno talks about when he knew he wanted to be an Olympican in Part 1 of a seven part interview series.

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PR-inside.com

Samsung Brings Real-Time Mobile Updates to Fans as Part of Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the Official Worldwide Olympic Partner in Wireless Communications Equipment, today announced the public availability of its Wireless Olympic Works communications platform, a comprehensive application designed to keep users connected and informed during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

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CANOE

Team Canada revealed NYE

Steve Yzerman will unveil the Olympic men's hockey team on New Year's Eve. Steve Yzerman has made some pretty important plans for New Year's Eve.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Ice Hockey, Winter Sports

The Boston Globe

Olympic roster to be announced during Winter Classic

USA Hockey announced today that the roster for its 2010 United States Olympic men's ice hockey team will be revealed during NBC's telecast of the NHL Winter Classic between the Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers on January 1 at Fenway Park.

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Related Topix: Ice Hockey, Winter Sports, Sports, Olympics, Tim Thomas, NHL Players

Wed Nov 04, 2009

SI.com

Miller returning to slopes, planning full schedule

Bode Miller plans to ski the slalom race in Levi, Finland, on Nov. 15. AP Bode Miller is preparing to return next week after a seven-month hiatus from skiing, and nobody is quite sure what to expect.

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Related Topix: Alpine Skiing, Winter Sports, Outdoor Recreation, Snowboarding, Sports, Olympics

SuperstationWGN.com TV

Winter Olympians celebrate 100 days until the Vancouver Games

A very confident adolescent boy stopped skating around the Rockefeller Center rink to ask Gretchen Bleiler something.

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Related Topix: Sports, More Sports, Figure Skating, Ice Skating, Winter Sports, Competitive Skating, Alpine Skiing, Olympic Trampoline, Summer Sports, Biathlon, Olympics

WCTV Tallahassee

Valdosta State Student to Carry Torch at 2010 Olympic Winter Games

Crystal Hardy, 20, will pass the torch at the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay in Vancouver.

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The Plain Dealer

With 100 days before Vancouver, some Winter Olympic storylines to start following

You're up on Apolo, Lindsey and Bode the Bad Boy. Rocks and brooms make you think curling, not stickball.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Winter Sports, Curling, More Sports, Figure Skating, Ice Skating, Competitive Skating, Stephane Lambiel

Canada.com

British ask IOC to referee camera dispute over Olympic venues

Britain's top sports body has turned to the International Olympic Committee to resolve a dispute with Vancouver 2010 organizers over what British officials consider unfair restrictions on video cameras to be used by their athletes for analyzing tactics and ice conditions during February's competition.

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