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Kansas Teen Making Fast Recovery from Amputation
Six months ago, McClouth High School senior Trevor Roberts suffered a life-changing injury during a football game that nearly cost him his life. But now, Roberts is on the mend, and back on the field in what some people in the small Kansas town are...Tags: Amputation, Human Interest, Wichita (Sedgwick, Kansas), High School Sports, College Baseball
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TRACK & FIELD
The University of Sioux Falls women's track and field team won its first Great Plains Athletic Conference Championship in dramatic fashion thanks to the help of an Aberdeen woman. USF led Doane College with one event, the 4x400 meter relay, remaining...Tags: Sports, Gardens and Parks, Jack Thompson, College Football, Basketball
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Iran calls 2012 London Olympics logo 'racist,' threatens boycott
The Fabulous ForumIran is threatening to boycott the 2012 London Olympics, claiming that the logo for the Games is racist because it resembles the word "Zion." In comments carried by the official IRNA news agency Monday, Bahram Afsharzadeh, the secretary-general of Iran's.... -
NEDSRA Receives $25,000 Grant for its "Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies" Program
TribLocal - ElmhurstFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Northeast DuPage Special Recreation Association (NEDSRA)Mark Ritsman, Manager of Marketing and Public InformationPhone: 630-620-4500, ext. 141Email: mritsman@nedsra.orgFax: 630-620-4598 Marie Lazzara, Media …... -
Northfield’s wheelchair tennis star
TribLocal - Winnetka & Northfield » NewsGrowing up, Paul Moran didn’t picture himself as an internationally ranked tennis player. But he certainly didn’t picture himself doing it from a wheelchair. Moran, …... -
The Harbor Report: A tribute to two harbor heroes
I spent a good part of Tuesday afternoon cruising from the Balboa Peninsula into the North Balboa Island Channel then around Linda Island and into the Back Bay. My mind wandered to racing this weekend in the Lido Isle Yacht Club's "Roy Woolsey" regatta...Tags: Laser Sailing, Orange (Orange, California), Sailing, Family, Newport Beach
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Nautical Museum to launch local hero exhibit
The Newport Harbor Nautical Museum will launch an exhibit, "Extraordinary People," on Tuesday that gives a retrospective of local hero Nick Scandone. Scandone, who died in 2009 at the age of 42, won the gold medal at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing,...Tags: Health, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Diseases and Illnesses
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A celebration of life, not a memorial
NEWPORT BEACH — He referred to ALS not as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, but as "A Love for Sailing."
It was Nick Scandone's way of turning his death sentence from Lou Gehrig's disease into a positive, which he did time and again. He won a gold...Tags: Health, Human Interest, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Sailing, Awards and Prizes
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London readies for its global close-up
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIf there's an "it" city for 2011, it's London. Not only will London see Kate and William's royal wedding — 30 years after Charles and Diana's vows captivated the world's heart — but that's also the run-up to two major events in 2012: the...Tags: Sports, Summer Olympics, Christianity, Human Interest, Imperial and Royal Matters
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To him, disease a blessing
Next time you're complaining about a migraine, an upset stomach because of too much fast food or a bout of the flu, try walking in Grant Dewey's crutches for a day.
The eighth-grader has undergone 15 surgeries since birth. In January, he was under the...Tags: Health, Children, YouTube, Diseases and Illnesses, West Palm Beach
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Some Friday links: Sounders give fans a refund; Cleveland hearts LeBron and more
The Business of Sports | Sun-Sentinel Blogs+Gotta love it when a team takes one for its fans: The Seattle Sounders after suffering an embarrassing 4-0 loss to the LA Galaxy at home announce they are giving season ticket holders a one-game refund ??? good toward season......Tags: Pompano Beach, LeBron James, NYSE Euronext, Inc., Iowa, Stock Market
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Are London's Wenlock and Mandeville the most bizarre Olympics mascots yet?
The Fabulous ForumAnyone who thought The Fuwa (aka, "The Friendlies," the official mascots of the 2008 Beijing Olympics) or Izzy (aka, Whatizit from the 1996 Atlanta Games) were bizarre, wait till you get a load of Wenlock and Mandeville. Those are the......
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