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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: Michael Phelps, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Budgets and Budgeting, Under Armour Inc., Companies and Corporations
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One year out, 2012 London Olympics are on track
While the first official test event for the 2012 Olympics was taking place nearby, local sports fans Neal Weekes and Gordon Cunningham were talking about the Summer Games over a beer at the Mitre Hotel pub in Greenwich. "Greatest thing ever to happen...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Lotteries, Transportation Accidents, Multi-Sport Events, Basketball
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Michael Phelps: Behavior 'inappropriate'
Baltimore Sun reportersMichael Phelps, the Rodgers Forge native who has won more gold medals than anyone in Olympic history, acknowledged yesterday that he had engaged in "regrettable" behavior and shown "bad judgment" after a photo of him smoking what appears to be marijuana...Tags: Summer Olympics, Prosecution, Michael Phelps, 2016 Olympic Games, Marketing
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U.S. loses in gold medal softball game to Japan
O, by the WayIn what may be the final Olymoic softball game ever, the United States lost to Japan, 3-1, today and missed what would have been the Americans' fourth straight gold medal.The U.S. was undefeated in Beijing -- in fact, the Americans hadn't......Tags: Softball, Awards and Prizes
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Former heavyweight champion Ingemar Johansson dies at 76
The Associated PressIngemar Johansson, the Swede who stunned the boxing world by knocking out Floyd Patterson to win the heavyweight title in 1959, has died, his daughter said Saturday. He was 76. Johansson died at a nursing home in Kungsbacka on the Swedish west coast, his...Tags: Karl Ritter, Boxing, 2016 Olympic Games, Alzheimer's Disease, Death
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Rogge: Phelps is 'icon'
From wire reportsMichael Phelps has a new accolade. "He is the icon of the Games," International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said yesterday. The American swimmer had won five gold medals entering the 200-meter individual medley, setting five world...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, News Agency, Michael Phelps, 2016 Olympic Games, He Kexin
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Spitz: 'I never got invited'
From wire reportsMark Spitz says he is being snubbed as Michael Phelps takes aim at his Olympic record of seven gold medals in a single Games. Spitz, who won his seven swimming golds in 1972 in Munich, said no one connected with the Olympics - not the International...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Michael Phelps, 2016 Olympic Games, NBC (tv network), Sports Organizations
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Phelps low-key on arrival to China
From wire reportsMichael Phelps sneaked into Beijing almost unnoticed. He's unlikely to go out that way. Phelps, of Rodgers Forge and the probable star of the Beijing Olympics, avoided hundreds of fans, photographers and reporters yesterday by taking a side door out to a...Tags: Michael Phelps, 2016 Olympic Games, Dining and Drinking, Sports Organizations, Beijing Games
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Obama trip to Copenhagen 'not necessary,' Steele says
Republican National Chairman Michael S. Steele said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's upcoming trip to Copenhagen is "nice" but not essential business for the president.
Steele began a brief telephone news conference by criticizing Obama's lack of...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Business Trips, Economic Stimulus Plan, Michelle Obama, Multi-Sport Events
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Phelps golden with the media, too
News item: Editor & Publisher released a Pew Research Center study Friday showing that one-quarter of stories about the Olympics focused on Michael Phelps, who got seven times as much media coverage as the next-most-spotlighted athlete. My take: Seven...Tags: American League, Major League Baseball, Sports Organizations, Baseball, San Diego Padres
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IOC head says Phelps deserves second chance
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said swimming star Michael Phelps failed in his duty as a role model but deserves a second chance after being photographed with a marijuana pipe. Rogge said Phelps' apology and promise not to do it...Tags: Ryan Smyth, Tennis, Michael Phelps, Sports Organizations, United States
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The hGH issue and baseball
What is hGH? Human growth hormone, abbreviated as hGH, is a protein hormone produced naturally in the pituitary gland of the brain. It is believed that hGH is the controlling hormone of many functions associated with age, including energy and resilience....Tags: Major League Baseball, Brain, Steroids, Jason Giambi, New York Yankees
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