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Russia must be banned from the Olympics and beyond... if even one Russian ... - Daily Mail

09-11-2015 23:57

Daily Mail
Russia must be banned from the Olympics and beyond... if even one Russian ...
Daily Mail
Russia must be banned from the Olympics and beyond... if even one Russian athlete competes next summer the sport is lost. WADA report released on Monday revealed huge scale of Russian doping; Those fighting war on drugs have been betrayed by ...
Athletics Australia backs calls to ban Russia from Olympics after Wada reportThe Guardian
Doping Scandal: Will Russian Athletes Be Going To The Olym

Over 100 Temple Student Athletes Volunteer at Special Olympics Fall Festival - Temple University Athletics

09-11-2015 22:14

CBS Local
Over 100 Temple Student Athletes Volunteer at Special Olympics Fall Festival
Temple University Athletics
PHILADELPHIA - Student-athletes from 15 of Temple's varsity sports teams volunteered this past weekend at the Fall Festival hosted by Villanova, the largest annual student-run Special Olympics event in the world. The Owls had a record number of ...
Largest Student-Run Special Olympics Concludes At VillanovaCBS Localall 4 news articles »

Bettman: NHL is taking its time on expansion and Olympics decisions - Edmonton Journal

09-11-2015 22:00

Edmonton Journal
Bettman: NHL is taking its time on expansion and Olympics decisions
Edmonton Journal
TORONTO - As Quebec City, Las Vegas and Pyeongchang wait, the NHL is in no rush to make big decisions. At some point the league must decide whether to expand to Quebec, Las Vegas, both or neither, and whether to send its players to the 2018 Winter ...
Bettman: NHL taking its time on Olympics, expansionSportsnet.ca
NHL decision on 2018 Olympics to come within about 1 yearNBCSports.com
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Jayaveena aiming for the Olympics - The Hindu

09-11-2015 21:55

The Hindu
Jayaveena aiming for the Olympics
The Hindu
“The water doesn't know how old you are,” wrote eminent US swimmer, 12-time Olympic medallist Dara Torres. A.V. Jayaveena took to swimming at the age of three, to the amazement of many, as if the words were hers. In fact, the 17-year-old is the ...and more »

Thousands converge for Kadena Special Olympics 2015 - Air Force Link

09-11-2015 21:53

Air Force Link
Thousands converge for Kadena Special Olympics 2015
Air Force Link
Yasuhisa Tomiyama, a Kadena Special Olympics athlete, lights the torch signaling the start of the games Nov. 7, 2015, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. This year marks the 16th anniversary of KSO, a sporting event dedicated to enriching the lives of American ...

1984 to 2024: Lessons learned from the last Olympics - 89.3 KPCC

09-11-2015 20:18

1984 to 2024: Lessons learned from the last Olympics
89.3 KPCC
(L-R) AirTalk host Larry Mantle, Anita L. DeFrantz, Rich Llewellyn, Jeff Millman, Barry Sanders and Herb Wesson at the LA84 discussion on November 5, 2015. Bill Youngbood/SCPR. Vector triangle white. Listen to this story 48 min 30 sec ...and more »

As Golf Returns to the Olympics, a Brazilian Golfer Hopes to Return to Rio, Too - New York Times

09-11-2015 19:00

New York Times
As Golf Returns to the Olympics, a Brazilian Golfer Hopes to Return to Rio, Too
New York Times
Candy Hannemann had been sidelined from the L.P.G.A. Tour for several years because of wrist operations when she learned that golf would return to the 2016 Olympic Games. But it was not just the return of golf to the Olympics for the first time since ...

Bettman: NHL taking its time on Olympics, expansion - Sportsnet.ca

09-11-2015 18:20

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Bettman: NHL taking its time on Olympics, expansion
Sportsnet.ca
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman tells Hockey Central at Noon that even though two cities have completed stage 3 of their applications, the league is still very far away from expansion. headshot Canadian Press November 9, 2015, 12:16 PM. headshot ...
NHL decision on 2018 Olympics to come within about 1 yearNBCSports.com
NHL in no rush to decide on expansion, 2018 OlympicsCBC.ca
NHL weighs participation in 2018 and

Before women's hockey in Olympics, Ruggiero began carving path to Hall of Fame - NHL.com

09-11-2015 13:05

Before women's hockey in Olympics, Ruggiero began carving path to Hall of Fame
NHL.com
TORONTO - When Angela Ruggiero was seven years old, she went to her Grade 2 career day dressed up in her hockey gear. Others were in astronaut suits or doctor costumes, but Ruggiero was proud to wear her smelly gear to school. "I wanted to play ...and more »

Soccer inspired director's vision for Summer Olympics opening - Page Six

09-11-2015 12:17

Page Six
Soccer inspired director's vision for Summer Olympics opening
Page Six
Danny Boyle speaks onstage during the WSJ. Magazine 2015 Innovator Awards at the Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Getty Images. Danny Boyle, the “Steve Jobs” director in charge of the 2012 Summer Olympics opening, hatched the extravaganza at ...and more »

As LA eyes 2024 Olympics, Tokyo struggles to plan 2020 games - Los Angeles Times

09-11-2015 12:02

Los Angeles Times
As LA eyes 2024 Olympics, Tokyo struggles to plan 2020 games
Los Angeles Times
This artist's rendering released by the Japan Sport Council in July shows the new national stadium that was planned for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but later scrapped amid several stumbles in preparing for the Games. This artist's rendering released by the ...and more »

'Indigenous Olympics' in Brazil: Competition meets awareness - CNN

09-11-2015 03:05

'Indigenous Olympics' in Brazil: Competition meets awareness
CNN
Palmas, Brazil (CNN) From the Amazon to the shores of New Zealand, 2,000 competitors converged on the frontier city of Palmas for the first World Indigenous Games. Over the course of nine days they competed in an array of traditional sports such as ...and more »