USA to be cautious in bids for Games
USA Today - Tue Feb 9, 9:38 pm ETThe U.S. Olympic Committee CEO doesn't want the USA to bid on Olympics until he knows if the International Olympic Committee would show support.
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USOC leader Blackmun mixes business with IOC displeasure
USA Today - Wed Feb 10, 12:06 am ETLess than two weeks after reporting for duty, Blackmun is in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics, meeting and greeting the International Olympic Committee members who unceremoniously ousted Chicago in the voting for the 2016 Summer Games host last fall, then partly blamed it on the USOC's strained relations with the IOC.
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New USOC leader Blackmun mixes business with IOC displeasure
USA Today - Tue Feb 9, 9:38 pm ETNew U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun takes the first steps toward healing the organization's rift with the IOC.
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Personal Statement: volunteering for the Beijing Olympics
The Michigan Daily - 1 hour 11 minutes agoThough the Beijing Olympics were the world’s premiere sporting event in 2008, my experience with the games began one year earlier. read more
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IOC President Raves About Athletes' Village
ABC News - Tue Feb 9, 7:13 pm ETIOC president tours village, gives rave reviews to place he'll call home for part of Olympics International Olympic Committee - Olympic Games - sport - United States - Travel and Tourism
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Local Filmmaker celebrates 30th anniversary of 1980 Olympic Games
News 10 Now Syracuse - Tue Feb 9, 8:54 pm ETThis weekend marks the 30th anniversary of the 1980 winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid. As our Sarah Hagen tells us, one North Country filmmaker is drawing extra attention to this unique time in our state's history and making sure it is never forgotten.
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Hack chat: Five curlers for the penthouse suite
USA Today - Wed Feb 10, 12:06 am ETTracy Sachtjen of the 2010 U.S. women's curling team will document her experience for USA TODAY leading up to the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.
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Rogge: Vancouver is 'blueprint' for future games
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Tue Feb 9, 11:02 pm ETThe Vancouver Olympics will serve as a "blueprint" for future games, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said Tuesday. Three days before the opening of the games, Rogge praised Vancouver organizers for their policies on the environment and long-term use of facilities. He singled out organizing committee VANOC, which had to cope with the global economic downturn.
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Olympic official: Russia sent clear doping message
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Feb 9, 9:55 pm ETRussia has been sent a clear message that its athletes have a problem with using performance-enhancing drugs, and its government is taking action to deal with it, the leader of the International Olympic Committee's medical commission said Tuesday.
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IOC warns cheats will be unmasked in time
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Feb 9, 9:47 pm ETInternational Olympic Committee officials warned would-be dope cheats that they will be uncovered, even if it takes nearly eight years of advances in dope testing to reveal their shame.
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Official: Russia sent clear doping message
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Tue Feb 9, 9:02 pm ETRussia has been sent a clear message that its athletes have a problem with using performance-enhancing drugs, and its government is taking action to deal with it, the head of the International Olympic Committee's medical commission said Tuesday. The comments by Arne Ljungqvist came a day after IOC president Jacques Rogge voiced concern at the high number of doping cases among Russian...
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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) cheats
IGN Cheats - Tue Feb 9, 7:19 pm ETMario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) Unlockable: Emblems
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Google Maps climbs to Olympic peaks
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Feb 9, 4:54 pm ETGoogle sent snowmobiles rigged with cameras into Canadian mountains so folks snug and warm at home will get views of slopes at the Winter Olympic Games kicking off on Friday.
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'Eagle' spirit still soaring 22 years later
USA Today - Tue Feb 9, 9:24 pm ETRemembering Michael "Eddie the Eagle" Edwards, a 1988 Olympic ski jumper from a country that did not have ski jumping.
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IOC, USOC begin talks on improving relations
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Mon Feb 8, 11:02 pm ETU.S. and international Olympic leaders have opened discussions on improving relations and settling the financial issues that have isolated the Americans from the rest of the Olympic movement. U.S. Olympic Committee president Larry Probst and new chief executive officer Scott Blackmun met Monday with International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge and other officials to begin the new...
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Ice hockey is more than a game to Canadians
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 21 minutes agoCanada's ambitious goal is to top the medals table at the Vancouver Winter Olympics but it will be a hollow achievement to much of the Great White North unless the men's ice hockey gold is among the final tally.
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Aussie vet M Corcia to retire after current season
Sports Illustrated - 2 hours 36 minutes agoSYDNEY (AP) -- Sydney and former Australia midfielder Steve Corica will retire at the end of the current A-League season, ending a career which included 32 internationals and spells in England and Japan.
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U.S. Winter Olympic Rosters
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Tue Feb 9, 2:02 pm ETTeam USA announced by U.S. Olympic Committee for 2010 Olympic Winter Games: Alpine Skiing Men Will Brandenburg , Spokane, Wash. Jimmy Cochran , Keene, N.H. Erik Fisher , Middleton, Idaho Tommy Ford , Bend, Ore. Tim Jitloff , Reno, Nev. Nolan Kasper , Warren, Vt. Ted Ligety , Park City, Utah Bode Miller , Franconia, N.H. Steven Nyman , Sundance, Utah Marco Sullivan , Squaw Valley, Calif. Andrew ...
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Warm weather, IOC dope warning creates big chill
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Feb 10, 12:35 am ETBright sunshine darkened the mood again at the Winter Olympics while potential drugs cheats received a pre-Games warning that they'll never escape their crimes.
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Eddie the Eagle still flying years after 1988 Calgary Games
USA Today - Tue Feb 9, 6:55 pm ETIn England, there's not much construction work to do during the winter. So certainly, Michael Edwards would have time for a phone chat.
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Sydney and Australia's Corica to retire
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Wed Feb 10, 12:02 am ETSydney and former Australia midfielder Steve Corica will retire at the end of the current A-League season, ending a career which included 32 internationals and spells in England and Japan. Corica, 36, played more than 490 top-level games in a 20-year career which began in Australia's defunct National Soccer League.
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