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Ted Ligety earns sixth World Cup giant slalom victory of season
American Ted Ligety, who had already clinched his fourth World Cup series championship in the giant slalom, won his sixth event of the season Saturday in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Ligety edged Marcel Hirscher of Austria by 37/100ths of a second to win...
Tags: Bo Jackson, Sports, Giant Slalom Skiing, FIFA World Cup, Awards and Prizes
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Injured Lindsey Vonn wins sixth straight World Cup downhill title
How good is Lindsey Vonn? She wins titles even when sidelined by a serious knee injury. Vonn won her sixth straight World Cup downhill title after Wednesday's race in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, was canceled because of fog. The cancellation allowed Vonn...
Tags: Sports, FIFA World Cup, ESPN (tv network)
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Death threat doesn't faze skier Tina Maze, who finishes fourth
Tina Maze, a 29-year-old Slovenian skier who has clinched the World Cup overall women's title this season, shook off a death threat to finish fourth in the super-giant slalom race Sunday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Maze, one of only six women to...
Tags: Super G Skiing, Sports, Julia Mancuso, Giant Slalom Skiing, 2010 Winter Olympic Games
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Lindsey Vonn, on road to recovery, is critical of ski officials
Lindsey Vonn, who might be known as much now for dating Tiger Woods as her legendary World Cup and Olympic feats, was critical of ski officials after a devastating knee injury. Vonn tore two knee ligaments and broke a bone in her leg Feb. 5 during a...
Tags: Super G Skiing, Tim Tebow, Tiger Woods, Sports, FIFA World Cup
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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: Ceremonies, Philip Hersh, Alpine Slalom Skiing, Sports, FIFA World Cup
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U.S. skier Ted Ligety on the verge of an amazing feat
U.S. skier Ted Ligety is on the verge of joining some elite company. He has already won gold medals in the super-G and super-combined at the world championships in Austria this week, so if Ligety wins the giant slalom Friday, he will become the first...
Tags: Super G Skiing, Oscar Pistorius, Sports, Giant Slalom Skiing, FIFA World Cup
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Lindsey Vonn will miss the rest of ski season with injured knee
Lindsey Vonn will miss the rest of the ski season after crashing during the super-G at the world championships Tuesday in Schladming, Austria, and being airlifted to a hospital. Vonn tore her anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament...
Tags: Super G Skiing, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Tiger Woods, Sports, FIFA World Cup
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Knee injury won't keep Lindsey Vonn from trying to ski in Olympics
More shocking than Tuesday’s news from Austria that American alpine star Lindsey Vonn had suffered a major right knee injury during a race was the official word that Vonn is expected to be back in time for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Expected back...
Tags: Sports Illustrated, Tiger Woods, Sports, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Lindsey Vonn
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Eastern Sierra peak will be named Mt. Andrea Lawrence
A 12,240-foot Eastern Sierra peak will be named after the late Andrea Lawrence, the Olympic ski champion and mountain conservationist. The Mono County peak, now known only by its elevation, is on the border of the Ansel Adams Wilderness, just east of...
Tags: Alpine Slalom Skiing, Barack Obama, Barbara Boxer, Sports, Buck McKeon
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Jill Kinmont Boothe dies at 75; ski champ disabled in crash became role model
Jill Kinmont Boothe was the national women's slalom champion and on the cover of Sports Illustrated when she set out to win a 1955 race that would help put her on the U.S. Olympic ski team. As she sped down a Utah mountain slope, she lost control on an...Tags: Sports Illustrated, Air and Space Accidents, Alpine Slalom Skiing, Transportation Accidents, Entertainment
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