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USA Today - Sun Dec 20, 5:09 am ET
No, Dwyane Wade is not auditioning for a berth on "The Biggest Loser".
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Time Magazine - Sun Dec 20, 1:10 am ET
The world's fastest man tests the limits of human performance and carries a nation in his wake
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Vail Daily - 1 hour 9 minutes ago
VAIL, Colorado - As many people may know, the Olympics originally began in 776 B.C. as a tribute to the Greek gods. Thousands of people would make the journey every four years to Olympia in order to cheer, watch, and participate in the Games. However, Emperor Theodosius abolished all pagan festivities, including the Olympic Games, in 393 A.D. due to the growing Roman influence in Greece. After ...
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Goal.com via Yahoo! Sports - Sat Dec 19, 7:12 pm ET
There's another fish left in the MLS pond for teams abroad to snatch up - Houston Dynamo midfielder Stuart Holden.
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New York Times - Sat Dec 19, 12:06 pm ET
The 30-year-old skeleton racer is on course for his first Olympics in Vancouver after a suspension tied to his use of an antibalding medication.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Dec 19, 11:20 am ET
Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Canada won the men's World Cup downhill race here on Saturday, seeing off Austrian Mario Scheiber by 0.13sec.
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The Washington Times - Sun Dec 20, 6:15 am ET
Casey Puckett is 37 years old and has two children, including a daughter with severe lung problems. His brother, a financial planner at the investment firm Edward Jones, offered to help find him a cushy job with the company. But Puckett's medium-length beard and sun-worn face suggest where his heart and ambition lie — out on the slopes, not behind a desk. The four-time Olympian isn't ready to ...
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Corpus Christi Caller-Times - Sat Dec 19, 9:13 pm ET
CORPUS CHRISTI —The Winter Olympic Games begin Feb. 12. For those of us who can’t wait that long, the holidays bring their own Olympic-caliber sport: the visiting-the-relatives marathon.With roots in the decathlon, the race entails leaping from home to home for face time with all family members on the day in question. Nothing says quality time like the dine-and-dash, right?The AAA predicts 87.7 ...
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AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Dec 19, 6:46 am ET
Olympic champion Cesar Cielo of Brazil broke the world record in the 50-meter freestyle on Friday, clocking 20.91 seconds during a meet in Sao Paulo.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Dec 19, 6:44 am ET
USA Luge announced Friday that Norton Abrasives, which has done business with the team since the 1980s, will continue as its primary sponsor through the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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Hartford Courant - Sat Dec 19, 7:24 pm ET
Placid No More: Once-Sleepy Adirondack Town Now Tourist Powerhouse, Thanks To Two Olympic Games Jim Shea paused for more than a moment, almost unable to imagine the thought of Lake Placid without the legacy of hosting two Winter Olympic games, in 1932 and 1980.
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Everett Herald - Sun Dec 20, 6:06 am ET
If you find the media frenzy surrounding Tiger Woods’ serial infidelities a bit much, trust me on this: it’s a neighborhood carnival compared with the five-ring Olympic circus that was Tonya Harding vs. Nancy Kerrigan at the 1994 Lillehammer Games.
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Telluride Daily Planet - 2 hours 51 minutes ago
Italy’s loss is Telluride’s gain. Due to a lack of snow, a snowboard World Cup race that was penciled for Europe is now slated for Telluride, giving the ski area its third World Cup event in the month of December, from the 15-20 of the month.
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Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Sun Dec 20, 3:16 am ET
After skiing down Whistler Mountain's 5,280 feet of vertical fun, I glanced at the summit and wondered why this massive, snow-topped peak had been rejected as a Winter Olympics host at least three times since the 1960s.
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Ann Arbor Journal - Sun Dec 20, 7:37 am ET
Don Sleeman, a longtime cross country and track coach at Pioneer High School, was recently honored with a proclamation by the Ann Arbor City Council.
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Louisville Courier-Journal - Sun Dec 20, 3:04 am ET
"Small little Adirondack resort" staged two Winter Olympics, including 1980's "Miracle on Ice," but it began as and remains a prime summer destination.
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Spartanburg Herald-Journal - Sun Dec 20, 6:52 am ET
Published: Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 3:53 p.m. ATLANTA -- New York City has Times Square. New Orleans is known for the French Quarter, and in San Francisco, camera-toting tourists flock to Fisherman's Wharf.
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Arizona Daily Star - Sun Dec 20, 2:21 am ET
The first decade of the 21st century was an unprecedented period of loss in Tucson sports.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sat Dec 19, 1:47 am ET
The Alexander Ovechkin show rolled through the 2010 Olympic city on Friday, generating plenty of buzz but no victory as the NHL's Washington Capitals lost 3-2 to the Vancouver Canucks.
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Park Hills Daily Journal - Sun Dec 20, 5:53 am ET
Here's a look at Thursday's sports in brief around the world.