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Women's Olympic soccer roster finalized
U.S. women's soccer Coach Pia Sundhage has selected a roster deep in experience for this summer's Olympic Games, naming 11 players from the 2008 gold medal-winning team to the squad for London. Sundhage announced the final cuts Sunday, hours before her...
Tags: Lauren Cheney, Kelley O'Hara, Rachel Buehler, Nicole Barnhart, Soccer
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Deal to mend fences with IOC caps marathon effort by USOC's Probst
When historians of such things seek the moment the U.S. Olympic Committee found a way to forge the agreement Thursday 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: EA Tiburon, Corporate Officers, Philip Hersh, International Olympic Committee, 2016 Olympic Games
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NBC prepares marketing blitz for online viewing of Olympics
BOSTON -- Looking to make consumers who subscribe to cable or satellite television aware that the bulk of the Summer Olympics can be watched online at no additional charge, NBC is going to embark on a large marketing campaign in advance of the London...
Tags: Time Warner Cable Inc., Consumers, Carson Daly, Entertainment, Summer Olympics
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Sailing for U.S. in London is a point of pride for Anna Tunnicliffe
DALLAS -- Anna Tunnicliffe was born and raised in England. And she has the British accent to prove it. "With certain words it comes out," she acknowledged. But that does not, she insists, make this summer's Olympic Games a homecoming. "I'm American,"...
Tags: 2012 Olympics Games, Plantation, Awards and Prizes, Old Dominion University, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Olympic weightlifter Holley Mangold is living large and loving it
DALLAS -- Everything about Holley Mangold is oversized. Her personality. Her laugh. Her ambition. But the first thing most people notice is her body, which, at 5 feet 9 and 350 pounds, is hard to miss. "I'm huge," Mangold says with pride, not political...
Tags: Sociology, College Sports, Awards and Prizes, New York Jets, Football
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Goalie Betsey Armstrong is hub of U.S. Olympic water polo hopes
DALLAS — Betsey Armstrong has an anchor tattooed on her right calf. Why it's there, though, she's no longer sure.
"There's not a really specific meaning behind it," she says with a shrug. "People ask me all the time if I'm in the Navy. I'm just...Tags: College Sports, Awards and Prizes, Sports, Polo, Water Polo
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Heat's LeBron James will be named MVP
A person familiar with the decision has told the Associated Press that Miami's LeBron James will be announced Saturday as the NBA's most valuable player, the third time he has won the award in the past four seasons. James is expected to be presented with...
Tags: Equestrian, Eastern Conference (NHL), Belmont Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Auto Racing
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U.S. defeats Cuba in mens volleyball
The U.S. men's volleyball team moved to within a victory of a spot in this summer's Olympic Games by beating Cuba, 21-25, 25-18, 25-16, 25-16, on Friday in the semifinals of the NORCECA qualifying tournament played before a near-capacity crowd at Long...
Tags: Volleyball, Cuba, Matt Anderson
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For an Olympic volleyball hopeful, the dream may be fading
Twelfth in a series of occasional stories. No one, Jonathan Winder says, has told him anything specific. So he continues to show up for practice at the U.S. national volleyball team's facility in Anaheim every morning, still holding out hope he'll be...
Tags: Trinidad and Tobago, Volleyball, University of California, Irvine, Heart Disease, Brazil
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Pau Gasol wins J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award
Growing up, Pau Gasol came to a crossroads at which he had to decide whether to pursue a medical career or play professional basketball. He soon chose the latter, but the Lakers forward has still tapped into his interest in medicine. His involvement...
Tags: Ron Artest, UNICEF, Steve Blake, Hospitals and Clinics, Dwyane Wade
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Duchess Kate scores gold in teal dress at Olympics gala
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, has been on a sartorial roll this week in London — most recently at a gala celebrating the forthcoming Olympic Games. On the arm of husband Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, the former Kate Middleton dazzled in a...
Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, Roland Mouret, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
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U.S. qualifies for Olympics in volleyball
The U.S. men’s volleyball team is on its way to its eighth consecutive Olympic Games appearance after sweeping Canada on Saturday in the NORCECA regional qualifying tournament at Long Beach State. The scores were 28-26, 25-18, 25-20, leaving the U....
Tags: Volleyball, Cuba
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