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1 hr ago | CBC

Canada's Hollingsworth takes gold

Mellisa Hollingsworth won skeleton gold on Friday in Lake Placid, N.Y. Canadian Mellisa Hollingsworth captured her first World Cup skeleton gold medal of the season on Friday in Lake Placid, N.Y. Hollingsworth was fastest in both runs, finishing with a combined time of one minute, 54.85 seconds.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Katie Uhlaender

5 hrs ago | Lethbridge Herald

Canucks jumped H1N1 vaccine queue, B.C.'s provincial health officer says

While the focus at Vancouver Canucks practice Thursday was supposed to be on the impending return of sniper Daniel Sedin, much of the attention instead centred around a shot that had nothing to do with pucks.

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Related Topix: Sports, NHL Hockey, Vancouver Canucks, Daniel Sedin, Willie Mitchell, NHL Players, NHL Northwest Division, Ice Hockey

10 hrs ago | Aspen Times Weekly

Vail's Vonntourage preparing for the season

VAIL, Colo. - Vail's Lindsey Vonn and her husband, Thomas, were sitting on the couch watching the HBO series "Entourage" when the idea popped into Thomas' head - the "Vonntourage." As the top female skier on the World Cup circuit the past two seasons, Vonn travels full time with two physical trainers provided by Red Bull, her ski technician, and ...

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Related Topix: Alpine Skiing

15 hrs ago | The Summit County Journal

Durango Mountain Resort pulls critic's pass

Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort has revoked a woman's season pass for publicly criticizing the ski area's new operating schedule.

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Related Topix: Alpine Skiing

Thu Nov 19, 2009

FOX6Now.com - WITI

Injury behind him, Patrick Chan eager to get back on the ice at Skate Canada

Patrick Chan isn't picking a fight. Honest. He just wants Evgeni Plushenko to know that, despite a monster win in the Olympic champion's first competition since coming out of retirement, figure skating isn't quite where he left it four years ago.

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Related Topix: Sports, More Sports, Figure Skating, Ice Skating, Brian Joubert

Aspen Times

Stiegler injures knee in GS training at Copper

COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. - U.S. skier Resi Stiegler injured her left knee when she crashed after hooking a gate during giant slalom training Thursday.

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Related Topix: Alpine Skiing, Bobsledding

CBC News

Battle of the Blades back next fall

Jamie Sale and Craig Simpson, performing on CBC Television's Battle of the Blades on Nov.

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Related Topix: Sports, More Sports, Figure Skating, Competitive Skating, Ice Skating

KCPQ

Photo

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, Olympic Winter Games

Vail Daily

Vail racers Vonn and Schleper training at Copper

On its road to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, the U.S. Alpine Ski Team - including racers from Vail - is making a stop at Copper Mountain this week.

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Related Topix: Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Squamish Chief

Sidney Crosby runs with Olympic flame in Halifax, delights hometown crowd

Sidney Crosby has added another iconic piece of hardware to the collection he's hoisted in his stellar hockey career - the Olympic torch.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Olympic Winter Games, NHL Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins, Sidney Crosby, NHL Players, Ice Hockey, NHL Atlantic Division

The Summit County Journal

Fans can design Lindsey Vonn's Olympic helmet

Fans will have a chance to design the Olympic helmet of World Champion Lindsey Vonn, of Vail.

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Related Topix: Alpine Skiing

CBC News

Fleury will press charges against James

Theoren Fleury alleges in his recent autobiography that he was abused by Graham James starting when Fleury was 14.

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Related Topix: Ice Hockey, Sports

Transworld Snowboarding

Winter Park Opens On November 18

" Winter Park Resort, one of Colorado's premier resort destinations less than two hours from Denver, opens Wednesday, November 18 for its 70th season with 33 acres, three chairlifts, two trails and the Sorensen Park beginner area.

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Related Topix: Alpine Skiing

Slam Sports

Ovechkin feeling better

Alex Ovechkin isn't saying for sure, but all signs suggest his injury absence is over and he'll play against the New York Rangers.

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Related Topix: Sports, NHL Hockey, Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals, NHL Players, NHL Atlantic Division, New York Rangers, NHL Southeast Division, Curling

Tue Nov 17, 2009

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, Sports, Olympics, Olympic Winter Games, Bobsledding

National Post

With no job in sight, Shanahan calls it a career

Brendan Shanahan is retiring from the NHL after 21 seasons and an almost certain Hall of Fame career.

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Related Topix: Ice Hockey

National Post

Filatov loaned to KHL team for remainder of season

The Columbus Blue Jackets have loaned promising forward Nikita Filatov to CSKA of the Kontinental Hockey League for the remainder of the 2009-10 season.

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Related Topix: Sports, Columbus Blue Jackets, NHL Hockey, Nikita Filatov, NHL Players, NHL Central Division, Ice Hockey

The Chronicle-Journal

Three straight wins earns Detroita s Zetterberg NHLa s first star of week

Detroit Red Wings' Dan Cleary , Jonathan Ericsson, center, of Sweden, and Henrik Zetterberg, right, also of Sweden, celebrate Zetterberg's goal against the Anaheim Ducks during the third period of their NHL hockey game on Saturday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Sports, Detroit Red Wings, NHL Hockey, NHL Players, Henrik Zetterberg, Jonathan Ericsson, NHL Central Division, Ice Hockey, Ilya Kovalchuk

Truro Daily News

Gretzky watches Olympic hockey selection process from the outside now

Wayne Gretzky remembers this critical period before the Olympics well. He was executive director of Canada's men's Olympic hockey teams in both 2002 and 2006.

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Related Topix: Ice Hockey, Summer Sports, Olympic Tennis

Mon Nov 16, 2009

WQAD

Only 17, Olympic hopeful Kate Hansen gets a spot on the US luge team for World Cup opener

Kate Hansen clinched a spot on the USA Luge national team for the first two World Cup races Sunday, giving the 17-year-old a chance at making the Olympics.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Luge, Erin Hamlin, Tony Benshoof

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