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Boston Bruins and Red Sox postpone Friday games
The Bruins and the Red Sox, Boston-based professional sports teams with home games that had been scheduled for Friday, postponed competition as authorities searched for and apprehended a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. Regional rail and bus...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ice Hockey, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Kansas City Royals
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American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin, 17, wins world slalom title
There is no doubt now whom the U.S. media will choose as the fresh-faced star in the run-up to the 2014 Winter Olympics. It is Mikaela Shiffrin, 17, who became the youngest women’s Alpine skiing world champion since 1985 when she won Saturday&...
Tags: FIFA World Cup, Awards and Prizes, Sports, Culture, Arts and Culture
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President Obama's answer shows wrong-headed U.S. attitude
L.A. Times Olympics BlogI'd like to add a few things to my take on the voting for the 2018 and 2022 soccer World Cups, which appeared in Friday's print and online editions of the Chicago Tribune. (For that story, click here) 1. What...... -
Hoist a cold one: $18 mill taking chill out of USOC - IOC relationship
L.A. Times Olympics BlogTo paraphrase a famous utterance, the financial agreement announced Thursday between the U.S. Olympic Committee and the International is a small step in settling account ledgers and a giant leap in getting past the idea that this was more about...... -
It figures for Kim, Lysacek to take golden parachute
L.A. Times Olympics BlogTen things I know, and you should: 1. I hope I'm wrong, but my gut feeling is 2010 Olympic figure skating singles champions Kim Yuna of South Korea and Evan Lysacek of the United States are done with competitive skating....... -
Remembering track-and-field legends Hal Connolly, Scott Davis
L.A. Times Olympics BlogThe sport of track and field -- and the sports world in general -- is far poorer today. Two track-and-field legends, Harold Connolly and Scott Davis, died Wednesday. Connolly was an Olympic champion whose Cold War love story captivated the...... -
Sand storms in the beach volleyball world
L.A. Times Olympics BlogThe future of one pro beach volleyball tour apparently is imperiled by financial trouble. Another with a back-to-the-future set of rules hits its beachhead in Chicago this weekend. As my boss pointed out when I mentioned the confluence of these...... -
From USOC's Mike Moran: A call to salute 1980 Olympians who stayed at home
L.A. Times Olympics BlogWednesday, I posted an essay from 1980 U.S. Olympian Anita DeFrantz on the pain she still feels over the 1980 Olympic boycott. (To read it, click here). Here is a more anecdotal voice on the 1980 boycott, that of longtime...... -
U.S. companies paying majority of Olympic freight again
L.A. Times Olympics BlogBy Philip Hersh News and comment: News: U.S. Olympic Committee sponsor Proctor & Gamble will announce Wednesday it has become an International Olympic Committee global sponsor as well. Comment: Another plus for the USOC in its efforts to regain... -
With two years to run, Coe says London in 'killing zone' of its Olympic preparations race
L.A. Times Olympics BlogThe London 2012 Olympic Stadium as it looked earlier this month. (Associated Press / Kirsty Wigglesworth) By Philip Hersh Tuesday marks two years to go to the July 27, 2012 opening of the London Summer Olympics. To the man running...... -
Chicago needs to join next U.S. World Cup
L.A. Times Olympics BlogThe opening ceremony of the 1994 World Cup at Soldier Field (AP file photo) By Philip Hersh A few things have slipped by lately while I was working on other things. I'm getting to them one-by-one -- this is the...... -
Cycling's ageless wonder Longo still improving at 51
L.A. Times Olympics BlogOld gold: Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli riding to her 57th national title June 24 in France and, below, holding the gold medal. (Photos: AP / David Vincent) By Philip Hersh A few things have slipped by lately while I was working on......
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