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Deal clears way for U.S. to bid for Olympics again
When historians of such things seek the moment the U.S. Olympic Committee found a way to forge the Thursday agreement that put the U.S. back in the game as a potential Olympic Games host, they need look no further than Oct. 7, 2009. It was five days...
Tags: Sports Organizations, Olympic Games, Media Industry, Sports, International Olympic Committee
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Aberdeen teen has Olympic moment at trials
An Aberdeen teenager shared the pool with some of the world’s best swimmers on Monday. Aberdeen Swim Club member Hannah Kastigar competed at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Neb. “I was excited to swim and just go fast and do...
Tags: 2012 Summer Olympics, Ryan Lochte, Trials, Sports, Track and Field
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McGraw works to mesh young and old talent for Irish
South Bend TribuneNotre Dame women's basketball coach Muffet McGraw stepped out onto the Purcell Pavilion court and posted up Ariel Braker. McGraw wore white basketball shoes, blue warm-up pants and a collared pink sports shirt. She also wore her game face. During a...Tags: Sports Organizations, Basketball, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Twitter, Inc., Teaching and Learning
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Day proud to represent
It was easy to hear the loud cheers for Sharon Day at Costa Mesa City Hall Tuesday night. Neighbors and friends cheered for the Olympian who starred at the high school just a few blocks away. The cheers and support could easily be described as...
Tags: Misty May-Treanor, Human Interest, Sharon Day, April Ross, Track and Field
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Plymouth Olympian returns home to hero's welcome
WSBT-TVPLYMOUTH – She came up just short of winning an Olympic medal in London, but to many, Plymouth native Morgan Uceny is still a hero. She returned to her hometown Saturday, making a special appearance at the Blueberry Festival. The community is...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Morgan Uceny
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UK Basketball: Wiltjer's shooting impressive in summer play, has also added weight
larry@amnews.comKentucky sophomore Kyle Wiltjer could have enhanced his chances of playing in the 2016 Olympics for Canada with his play last week during a gathering of about 30 of Canada’s top players in Toronto after former NBA coach Jay Triano was named coach of...Tags: Basketball, Awards and Prizes, Tristan Thompson, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Kentucky Wildcats
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Women in North Korea now allowed to ride bikes
KIAHDictator Kim Jong Un has decided women will once again be allowed to ride bicycles. This overturns a ruling by his repressed, late father Kim Jong Il that decreed... a women in a skirt riding a bicycle was contrary to socialist customs. As silly as it...Tags: Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un, Lil' Kim
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Longwood's Hunter Kemper, on 4th Olympics: 'I don't think this will be my last one'
After Longwood's Hunter Kemper competes in his fourth Olympic triathlon in London on Aug. 7, he will face some questions. Does he want to go through four more years of training and attempt to qualify for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil? Or...
Tags: Joe Williams, Awards and Prizes, Viral Diseases and Infections
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London calling for Olympian Angela Ruggiero
Valley native and four-time ice hockey Olympic medalist Angela Ruggiero — one gold, two silvers, one bronze — was elected in 2010 by her fellow Olympians to the Athletes Commission of the International Olympic Committee. She's one of 12...
Tags: Sports Organizations, Donald Trump, Stanley Cup Playoffs, Awards and Prizes, Feminism
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Winning a habit for Pavlik
As with any young professional, updating one's resume is important to Whitney Pavlik. But for the former UC Irvine women's volleyball standout who is now excelling in professional beach volleyball, recurring success had rendered such editing something...
Tags: College Sports, Volleyball, Olympic Games, Beach Volleyball, Manhattan (New York City)
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Jr. Olympian Nico Hernandez fights for Team USA
CatchItKansas.comGo to a Wichita North cross country meet in the fall, and you will see one of the best runners in the state. A state qualifying season in his freshman year, and a finish in the top thirty last year as a sophomore are not bad to put on a high school...Tags: Running, Cross Country Running, Justice System, Awards and Prizes, Judges
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Nico Hernandez fights to Most Outstanding Award in Jr. Olympic competition
CatchItKansas.comWichita North athlete Nico Hernandez had a pretty successful summer vacation. After winning the Junior National Championship at 101 pounds, Hernandez earned the right to represent the United States Junior Olympic boxing team and travel to Russia to...Tags: Olympic Games, Russia
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