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Text of letter gauging Baltimore's interest in 2024 Olympics
Text of the letter: Dear Mayor: As you may know, the United States Olympic Committee is currently considering a bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. As we explore this exciting possibility, we are actively seeking to gauge the interest of U....Tags: Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Paralympics, Sports, International Olympic Committee, Sports Organizations
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Tribune and WGN-Ch. 9 Preps Plus Athlete of the Month | Glenbrook South's Olivia Smoliga
Special to the TribuneIn less than a five-month span, Olivia Smoliga went from the "Pool of Tears" to pumping her fists amidst a standing ovation following two national record-breaking performances. In between, the Glenbrook South senior had to rebuild herself following a...Tags: High Schools, Sports, Swimming, High School Sports, Schools
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Olympian Oscar Pistorius charged with murder
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius was charged Thursday with the murder of his girlfriend who was shot inside his home in South Africa, a stunning development in the life of a national hero known as the Blade Runner...
Tags: International Paralympic Committee, Firearms, Oscar Pistorius, Track and Field, South Africa
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Wrestling gets no respect from Olympic committee
Boy did the IOC executive board make a huge blunder and underestimate exactly what it was doing when it made a purely political decision by recommending the removal of wrestling for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Tennis, anyone? How about golf?...
Tags: Wrestling, Pete Sampras, Sports, Tiger Woods, International Olympic Committee
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World of wrestling reacts to IOC's decision to drop sport
The fallout from the International Olympic Committee's stunning decision to drop wrestling from the Summer Games beginning in 2020 has drawn outrage from wrestling officials and competitors around the world. Former Olympic champion Cael Sanderson of the...
Tags: Wrestling, Sports, International Olympic Committee, Modern Pentathlon, Awards and Prizes
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IOC votes to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympics
In a stunning surprise, the International Olympic Committee dropped wrestling, which has been a part of the modern Games since they began in 1896, from the Summer Olympics starting in 2020. Modern pentathlon was considered the most likely sport to be...
Tags: Wrestling, Summer Olympics, Services and Shopping, Sports, Sports Illustrated
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Kurt Angle, Gerald Brisco discuss IOC's recommendation to cut wrestling from 2020 Olympics
Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended that wrestling be removed from the 2020 Olympic Games. The recommendation was ultimately made by secret ballot of several rounds, and wrestling was voted out from a final group that included...
Tags: Wrestling, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., Sports, Kurt Angle, Freestyle Wrestling
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Five Questions: Apolo Anton Ohno now making strides against asthma
Apolo Anton Ohno, the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian of all time, was practicing for the 2002 Games when he learned he had exercise-induced asthma. It obviously didn't destroy the sporting career of the eight-time medalist. And now he is the public...Tags: Apolo Ohno, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Asthma
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Parkettes' Price, 2 Leopards get accolades
SportsTalkElizabeth "Ebee" Price may not have done enough to convince the people who selected the U.S. women's gymnastics competitors for the London Olympic Games, but people who follow the sport via the popular Gymnastike.com Internet website liked her a lot......... -
Fourth graders' Peeplympics a winner
Lehigh Valley ParentingA Peeps-centric version of the Olympic Games created by fourth-graders from St. Joseph the Worker School in Orefield is the top winner in the fourth annual PeepsFest Scholastic Diorama Competition. “Peeplympics,” featured Peeps competing in... -
Brazil nightclub owner blames country for fire
SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) — The owner of a nightclub in southern Brazil where more than 230 people died in a fire last weekend deflected blame to "the whole country," as well as to architects and inspectors charged with making sure the building was...
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Crime, Law and Justice, Brazil, Justice System
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2012 fashion and style around the globe
Special to the Los Angeles TimesLondon calling The queen's Diamond Jubilee was a chance to look back at 60 years of colorful suits and hats. And everyone seemed more than eager to hop aboard the royal train, including Pantone, which color-coded her highness' most iconic outfits, and...Tags: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Stella McCartney, Marilyn Monroe, Politics, Court Preliminary
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