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Under Armour bets on bobsled to fuel global growth
Facing a cupboard bare of medals and reeling from scandals, the once-proud U.S. bobsled and skeleton program was at rock bottom the year of the 2006 Winter Olympics.
The helping hands that reached out to restore stability and glory came from an unusual...Tags: Bobsleigh, 2016 Olympic Games, Companies and Corporations, Marketing, Awards and Prizes
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'Frozen chosen': U.Md. grad competes for Israel in skeleton
LAKE PLACID, N.Y — Just before he jumps on his skeleton sled for a wild, head-first ride down an icy, mile-long chute, Bradley Chalupski lowers his helmet visor, revealing a large Star of David.
Beneath the helmet is another layer: a yarmulke...Tags: Skeleton, Bobsleigh, 2016 Olympic Games, Facebook, Judaism
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'Top Chef' recap: Final four's culinary Olympics
Well Top Cheffers we are at the beginning of the end for this epic ninth season of "Top Chef." With Bev, Lindsay, Paul and Sarah as the final four, they are shipped from the blistering heat of Texas to the biting cold of British Columbia.
Even as they...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Coughing, Recipes, Soups, Top Chef (tv program)
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Making the Vancouver circuit
Ah, the quintessential time-honored family road trip. Maui's Road to Hana? Sure, a nice family drive. The breathtaking Mount Blanc circuit of France, Italy and Switzerland? Without doubt, a family bucket list candidate.
But for my tastes nothing can hold...Tags: Sandwiches, Transportation, Thurgood Marshall, Multi-Sport Events, Air Transportation
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Meissner recalls thrill of thinking, 'I'm an Olympian'
Baltimore Sun reporterFour years ago, Kimmie Meissner marched in the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Turin, at 16 the youngest member of the U.S. team. Meissner, the silver medalist at the U.S. National Figure Skating Championships that year, finished sixth at...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Ice Skating, Kimmie Meissner, Shirts (clothing), Multi-Sport Events
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Under Armour signs Phelps as spokesman
Under Armour, the athletic apparel brand that popularized the catch phrase "We must protect this house," can now boast that the metaphorical pool outside the house will also be protected. The company announced Thursday that it has signed Olympic...Tags: Under Armour Inc., Speedos, Tiger Woods, Beijing Games, National Football League
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Injured Meissner to miss nationals
A hip injury has forced 2006 world and 2007 national champion Kimmie Meissner to withdraw from this week's U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Cleveland. Meissner, who grew up in Bel Air but trains in Florida, said she hurt her right hip while running...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Injuries and Wounds, Ice Skating, Multi-Sport Events, Johnny Weir
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Sliding up in importance
In recent years, Skate America, one of six stops on the annual Grand Prix figure skating circuit, has been held in third-tier cities barely able to attract a respectable-sized crowd. This year, it's in a community of 102,000, a half-hour north of Seattle....Tags: Yu-Na Kim, Michelle Kwan, 2016 Olympic Games, Ice Skating, NBC (tv network)
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Jim McKay dies at 86
Sun ReportersJim McKay, who in 1947 spoke the first words ever heard on Baltimore television and later became the model for the modern sports anchorman with his marathon effort amid a terrorist attack at the 1972 Munich Olympics, died yesterday of natural causes at...Tags: College Sports, 2016 Olympic Games, NBC (tv network), High School Sports, Masters Tournament
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Meissner ready to rebound after tough season
Kimmie Meissner prepared for the worst and got the best. The former world and national champion from Bel Air suffered through a disastrous season last year that ended with a painful hip injury, and she figured the best she could hope for was a single...Tags: Kimmie Meissner, Rostelecom, Multi-Sport Events
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Meissner hopes new instructor helps artistic side shine through
The newest member of Kimmie Meissner's coaching team is a free spirit who cheerfully concedes that he knows nothing of figure skating, travels the country in a clunker Jeep with a bungee-corded tarp for a roof and 260,000 on the odometer, and keeps his...Tags: Michelle Kwan, 2016 Olympic Games, Ice Skating, Dance, Judges
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Bel Air throws parade for skater
Sun reporterShe was ushered through the heart of her hometown as adoring fans snapped her picture and screamed her name, and she later listened as a bevy of elected officials sang her praises and handed her enough proclamations, gift baskets and bouquets to fill a...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Ice Skating, George Bush, Multi-Sport Events, Flu
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