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Countless hours of coverage in NBC's 2010 Olympic countdown [Updated]
L.A. Times Olympics BlogWant to know why the International Olympic Committee immediately backed NBC when it became angry over the prospect of a U.S. Olympic Network? Yes, the $5.7-billion NBC paid for U.S. broadcast rights to the Summer and Winter games from 2000...... -
The Kate Hansen story continues
Varsity Times InsiderKate Hansen, a 17-year-old from La Canada, is trying to pull off a feat almost as rare as snow falling in Los Angeles -- earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic team in luge while growing up in sunny Southern...... -
La Canada student makes U.S. Luge World Cup team
Varsity Times InsiderThe story keeps getting better for Kate Hansen, a 17-year-old La Canada High student who lives in sunny Southern California but is a step closer to making the 2010 Olympic team in luge. Over the weekend, Hansen earned a spot...... -
Winter Olympics: Luge
Our series of Winter Olympic segments continued. 3-time national junior champion and 2-time world junior champion Mary Ann Baribault-Zeira joined us live to tell us all about the sport of luge. For more information on the sport of luge, you can go to www....Tags: Paralympic Games, Ice Skating, Multi-Sport Events, Sports, Companies and Corporations
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Olympic Luge Athlete Dies After Crash
AP Sports WriterVANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - The IOC has confirmed that a men's Olympic luger from the country of Georgia has died after a crash during training. The International Olympic Committee says doctors were unable to revive Nodar Kumaritashvili, and the...Tags: Sports, Social Issues, Death, Hospitals and Clinics, Health
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Tags: Social Issues, Sports, Death, International Olympic Committee, Nodar Kumaritashvili
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Recalling our favorite sports memories of 2009
Baltimore Sun reporterWhy do we love watching sports? And what did we love the most in 2009? Those are two questions each of us would answer differently. But the answer to the second question helps explain the answer to the first. We love watching sports because they are a...Tags: Football, Multi-Sport Events, Weather Reports, Death, 2016 Olympic Games
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Mark Grimmette: "I'm still shaking" after being chosen to carry U.S. flag
L.A. Times Olympics BlogIt was only fitting that U.S. Olympic flag bearer Mark Grimmette learned about his selection from his doubles teammate, Brian Martin. Grimmette, of Muskegon, Mich., and Martin, of Palo Alto, have teamed to become the most successful luge duo in...... -
Born to luge and carry the flag: Mark Grimmette to be U.S. flagbearer
L.A. Times Olympics BlogLuge athlete and five-time Olympian Mark Grimmette of Muskegon, Mich., has been chosen to carry the U.S. flag into the Olympic opening ceremony Friday at BC Place. The honor is traditionally reserved for someone who has persevered through hardship or........ -
Controversy in, you guessed it, skeleton
L.A. Times Olympics BlogWhat would an Olympics be without a controversy in the sliding sports? For such relatively tiny sports that joined the Winter Games fairly recently, luge, a 1964 arrival, and skeleton, a 2002 addition, always manage to gin up a good...... -
Flag-bearer remembers when U.S. sliders were born losers, not lugers
L.A. Times Olympics BlogTwo other luge athletes have carried the flag for the United States in Olympic opening ceremonies: Frank Masley in 1984 and Cammy Myler in 1994. But it wasn't until 1998 that the U.S. won a medal in the German- and...... -
Georgian luge competitor seriously injured during training run [updated with video]
L.A. Times Olympics Blog[UPDATED, 12:16 p.m.: The Associated Press is reporting that Nodar Kumaritashvili has died from his injuries. You can see video of the crash here.] A men's luge competitor from the former Soviet republic of Georgia was seriously injured during a......
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