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Olympic leaders approved major changes Thursday in track cycling -- including elimination of the sport's signature endurance race -- and the addition of mixed doubles in tennis for the 2012 London Games. The International Olympic Committee executive board agreed to a program of five men's and five women's track cycling events as part of a gender-parity plan proposed by cycling world...
Cestinations around the world are taking center stage with big festivals, massive new developments, or just particularly good deals.
By: Christine Talbert Hockey players and skaters aren’t the only athletes on ice at the University. Students passing through the Ice Arena can also see curlers. The University’s curling club became an organization on campus in 2006, said club president Ryan Me...
As Tiger Woods uses silence to deal with the uproar over his alleged infidelities, his sponsors apparently are following suit, quietly not running his ads until the worst is over.
* Wiggins joins Team Sky on four-year deal
A local 6th grader will be representing Alabama at the Winter Olympic Games next year in Vancouver. But, she won't be competing, but rather reporting! Erin Young was surprised at an assembly at Madison
Gwanghwamun Square in downtown Seoul is ready to be transformed into a venue for winter festivities, accommodating Seoul Snow Jam, the fourth in the "Seoul Dream Series" which is designed to celebrate the dedication of the city's new landmark square.
Lausanne, Switzerland - Vancouver is on course with its preparations for the winter Games with just over 60 days to go, Olympic officials said on Thursday. We have again heard a positive report by the organizing committee VANOC, Rene Fasel, the cha...
Police in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo shot to death more than 11,000 suspects since 2003, and "frequently" carry out extrajudicial executions that only add to Brazil's spiral of violence, Human Rights Watch reported Tuesday.
GRID: Texas ups Brown's salary Texas coach Mack Brown is now a $5 million man. With the Longhorns playing for the BCS national championship, school officials said they have restructured his contract to raise his annual salary from $3M to $5M. * Fl...
Joetta Clark Diggs may be retired from track and field, but the Hillsborough resident is far from slowing down.
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM--(Marketwire - December 10, 2009) - WABCO Holdings Inc. ( NYSE : WBC ) [ www.wabco-auto.com ], a global technology leader and tier-one supplier to the commercial vehicle industry, today announced that WABCO and Yuchai Machinery Company Ltd. have completed an agreement for product development and the long-term supply of twin-cylinder compressors for ...
JACKSONVILLE – Jacksonville Ice & Sportsplex, 3605 Philips Highway, Jacksonville, and the First Coast Skating Club of Jacksonville are presenting two performances of the holiday ice show "A Snow Day" Dec. 12 and 13. This holiday ice spectacular features current national and international competitors, as well as future competitors, and a host of local skating school students.
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Here's a look at Tuesday's sports in brief around the world.
Here's a look at Monday's sports in brief around the world.
Instead of trekking through the snow in State College this past weekend, Sadie Anderson was surrounded by sand.
ST. SIMONS ISLAND - Sam Boling should have known something was up when Ronald McDonald clomped into a school assembly in his big red shoes. But when the restaurant chain's iconic clown began reading excepts from an essay Sam had written, the realization hit him: He is going to the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver in February. Sam is one of 10 named McDonald's Champion Kids after their 300-word ...
COLORADO SPRINGS — In recognition of the USA’s outstanding gold medal performance at the inaugural FIBA Americas U16 Championship, as well as two USA Men’s Developmental National Team training camps in 2009, USA Basketball recently announced Mid-Prairie High School head coach Don Showalter as the 2009 USA Basketball Developmental Coach of the Year.
(RTTNews) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has withheld the women's 100m gold medal at the Sydney Games in 2000, which was stripped from disgraced American sprinter Marion Jones two years ago. However, her 200m gold and long jump bronze were reallocated.
Authorities in Lansing, Mich., charged nine Michigan State football players with misdemeanor assault and conspiracy Wednesday following a dormitory brawl last month that has left the team short-handed for the Jan. 2 Alamo Bowl.All nine players were charged with conspiracy to commit an assault and battery, according to authorities. Each also was charged with at least one count of assault or ...
