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Down the Stretch (Sept. 9)
The Baltimore Sun[Down the stretch is a daily Orioles Insider blog that will set up the coming day for the O's and their American League competition as the push for the postseason continues.] About last night O's win over Yankees tempered by Markakis' injury Orioles...Tags: Chris Davis, Buck Showalter, Miguel Cabrera, Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners
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Lynn receives welcome
NEWPORT BEACH — Robert Lynn said it felt good to be back home in Southern California after the London Olympics. Lynn was an assistant coach on the U.S. Olympic men's water polo team that finished eighth in London. He said he got funny text messages...
Tags: Michael Phelps, Skype, Water Polo, Sports, Polo
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The Olympics aren’t over until NBC says they’re over!
Channel Guide MagazineAfter paying $1.1 billion to license the U.S. broadcast rights to the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London (plus another $200 million in production costs), it makes sense that NBC would want to continue milking the event for all that it's worth, even... -
Phelps expected to be the biggest male star in London, according to poll
More than 10,500 athletes from 204 countries will be in London this Friday for the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics. And according to a Marist College poll released Monday, Michael Phelps is the Games’ runaway sensation. Fifty...
Tags: Michael Phelps
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For my 16th Olympics, looking at a bigger picture
LONDON - This is my 16th Olympic Games. It is also the first in which I will see the Olympic Games rather than be focused on one sport, track and field at the Summer Games, figure skating at the Winter Games. I love those two sports, and they have given...
Tags: Michael Phelps, Awards and Prizes, Sports, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Olympic Games
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Olympic spotlight should be on athletes
LONDON — When the London Olympics open Friday night, they also should begin to write a story free of the preconceived global narrative that has accompanied all recent summer games. Beijing 2008 was China's coming-out party. Athens 2004 was a return...Tags: John F. Kennedy, 2012 Summer Olympics, Elizabeth II, Politics, Sports Organizations
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Postcards from London: What we're looking forward to
Philip Hersh: On a quest for serendipity This is my 16th Olympic Games. It is also the first in which I will see the Olympic Games, rather than be focused on one sport — track and field at the Summer Games, figure skating at the Winter Games. I...
Tags: Wrestling, Michael Phelps, Awards and Prizes, Luol Deng, LeBron James
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London gears up for Olympics as only the British can
The Olympic torch came to Brixton on Thursday, and so did Amy Cohen. She lived in the South London district until recently, a job change and the continuing financial crisis sending her to live back home with her parents at age 34. Among the throngs who...
Tags: Coca-Cola Co., Elections, 2012 Summer Olympics, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Thames River
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Olympians with Illinois connections
Representing the U.S. Lance Brooks, Springfield, track and field (discus): The No. 1 discus thrower in the country, Brooks once worked seven jobs to pay for his training. The Millikin University graduate is ranked 34th in the world. Kelci Bryant,...
Tags: Chicago Sky, Wrestling, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Women's National Basketball Association, Abby Johnston
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Opening ceremony jolly good show
LONDON — In one of thousands of pubs across London, where surely tears mixed with laughter Friday night, they might say I was gobsmacked by the Olympic opening ceremony. In a more proper English teahouse, they might say I quite fancied that. All...Tags: Daniel Craig, J.K. Rowling , David Haugh, Tim Berners-Lee, Chicago Bears
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There Was Nobody Faster In 1952 Than Hartford's Lindy Remigino
The Hartford CourantHolding two Olympic gold medals in his 81-year-old hands, Lindy Remigino breaks into laughter. The medals show their age. The stories do not. The stories never grow old. "Look at these medals, I don't even know which one is which," said Remigino, who won...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, YMCA, Awards and Prizes, Red Smith, Arizona Cardinals
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Steinberg: Olympics still worth watching?
What has traditionally been the most transcendent event in the world of sports had its Opening Ceremonies in London Friday night and the competition started Saturday. Over the next 17 days NBC is planning to telecast a record 5,535 hours of Olympic...Tags: Bravo (tv network), Soccer, Olympic Games, Jordyn Wieber, Sports Organizations
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