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UPMatters.com
Special Olympics polar plunge raises more than $5K
The Daily Progress
Last week's Charlottesville Polar Plunge Fest has raised thousands of dollars for a good cause. According to a news release, the March 11 event at the Shops at Stonefield has pulled in more than $5,000 for Special Olympics Virginia. Of that, $1,076 and ...
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Ottawa Citizen
Senators' Eugene Melnyk says Erik Karlsson won't go to Olympics if all NHLers don't
Ottawa Citizen
Senators owner Eugene Melnyk chats with captain Erik Karlsson during Melnyk's Skate for Kids event at Canadian Tire Centre on Dec. 16. Jean Levac/Postmedia Jean Levac / Postmedia News. Share Adjust Comment Print. Eugene Melnyk didn't even have ...and more »

Chicago Tribune
IOC must consider serious reforms to save Olympics
Chicago Tribune
IOC president Thomas Bach speaks during a press conference in Pyeongchang, South Korea on Friday, March 17, 2017. (Yoo Hyung-jae / AP). Paul NewberryAssociated Press. And the winner is ... Paris! Oh, and also ... Los Angeles! The International ...
LA would get 2028 Olympics, with 2024 going to France, under new proposalLA Daily News
Olympics: IOC eyes legal bid to punish Russian dopingTimes of India
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Automotive News (subscription) (blog)
Toyota expands sponsorship deals for 2018 Winter Olympics
Automotive News (subscription) (blog)
Toyota Motor Corp. is putting U.S. Figure Skating and U.S. Speedskating under its sponsorship umbrella for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. The move to support two popular winter sports expands Toyota's ties to the Olympics ...

Santa Clarita Valley Signal
2017 Bunco Tournament Supporting Special Olympics Santa Clarita and Tri Valley area.
Santa Clarita Valley Signal
L-r, Terri Wilson, athlete Tamara Wilson and Gerri McCorkle, with the Special Olympics of Southern California. Courtesy photo. Share on Facebook · Tweet about this on Twitter · Email this to someone Print this page Share on Reddit · Share on Google+.

BBC News
Teenage girl refugee who swam at Olympics inspires film
BBC News
A teenage refugee who fled Syria and went on to swim at the Rio Olympics is to have her story turned into a film. Yusra Mardini and her sister Sara were forced to swim for hours alongside their overloaded boat as it crossed from Turkey to Greece. Yusra ...
Syrian refugee's heroic journey to Olympics heading for big screenthe Irish Newsall 13 news articles »

ESPN
Not the Olympics you know, but it's still Special
ESPN
The Winter Special Olympic World Games start tomorrow, and there's every chance you don't know anything about it (and, similarly, you probably don't really want to). Before you look away, though, sample this stat: India's specially-abled athletes have ...
Nebraskan earns trip to Austria to compete in Special Olympics ...Omaha World-Herald
Second Lady Karen Pence to Lead Presidential Delegation to the Special Olympics World Winter Games

The Guardian
Fukushima to host Tokyo Olympics events to help recovery from nuclear disaster
The Guardian
A woman prays for victims on the sixth anniversary of the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster in Namie, a no-entry zone in Fukushima prefecture. Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email; View more ...
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