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Oscar Pistorius remains in jail facing murder charge
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, who made history last year as the first double amputee runner to compete in the Olympics using prosthetic blades, will spend the night in jail Thursday after he was charged with murder...
Tags: Africa, 2012 Summer Olympics, Prisons, Prosecution, South Africa
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Oscar Pistorius' former coach reacts to news of his arrest in slaying
The former coach of Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius said he was stunned by the news that the double-amputee was arrested Thursday in connection with the slaying of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. "It's incredible for anyone involved with Oscar, especially...
Tags: O.J. Simpson, International Olympic Committee, Track and Field, Sports Organizations, Murder
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Slain model Reeva Steenkamp tweeted excitement about Valentine's Day
Reeva Steenkamp, 30, the woman fatally shot in the home of double-amputee Olympian runner Oscar Pistorius, was a model and law-school graduate who was to give an inspirational talk Thursday at a Johannesburg school. On Twitter early Thursday morning,...
Tags: O.J. Simpson, Shootings, Murder
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Iranians bemoan Olympics cutting treasured sport of wrestling
Dozens of wrestling greats and their agitated fans gathered Thursday in Tehran to lament the elimination from the Olympics of the sport, which has a storied past in Iran. Olympic officials decided Tuesday to cut wrestling from the 2020 Games,...
Tags: Olympic Games, Iran, International Olympic Committee, Tehran (Iran), United Nations
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U.S. skier Ted Ligety on the verge of an amazing feat
U.S. skier Ted Ligety is on the verge of joining some elite company. He has already won gold medals in the super-G and super-combined at the world championships in Austria this week, so if Ligety wins the giant slalom Friday, he will become the first...
Tags: FIFA World Cup, Super G Skiing, Alpine Skiing, Sports, Giant Slalom Skiing
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Watch Clippers' Ryan Hollins kick Jeremy Lin on the floor
Ryan Hollins really knows how to kick a guy when he's down. I mean, the Clippers backup center really knows how to do it. Just ask Houston Rockets center Jeremy Lin. Well, that might be kind of tough. So take a look at the video above and see for...Tags: Ryan Hollins, Staples Center, Los Angeles Clippers, Jeremy Lin, Houston Rockets
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1976 Olympic gold medalist Udo Beyer admits to doping during Games
Former Olympic shot put champion Udo Beyer has admitted to doping throughout his career, including when he won the gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. Beyer made the comments in the documentary "The Lone Wolf," which debuted at the...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Berlin International Film Festival
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Michael Waltrip switches car number to honor Sandy Hook victims
Two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip will honor the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting by switching his car number to 26 car for this year's Daytona 500 on Feb. 24. He will also have a decal reading “text NEWTOWN to 80888&...
Tags: Michael Waltrip, NASCAR, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Human Interest, France
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Chivas USA makeover continues with James Riley heading for D.C.
Defender James Riley, who led Chivas USA in minutes played last season, apparently won't be adding to that total this summer after being traded to D.C. United on Thursday. A day earlier Riley said he expected Chivas, which had already jettisoned seven...
Tags: Colorado Rapids, Juan Pablo Angel, Chivas USA, D.C. United, The Washington Post
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What was biggest local story of 2012: Dwightmare, UCF, Bobby Bowden or Gators?
Running off at the typewriter. … Since this is the final "Running Off" of the year, let's review the biggest and best, whiniest and worst of 2012. Biggest sports story of local interest: (1) Dwightmare and resulting collateral damage in Magic...Tags: Stan Van Gundy, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Tiger Woods, Leukemia, Indianapolis Colts
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Olympic spirit may be fleeting but you can catch it just the same
LONDON — Every now and then Team USA women's basketball assistant coach Doug Bruno watches practice and his mind drifts. Bruno, the longtime DePaul coach, sees U.S. teammates Candace Parker and Tamika Catchings and remembers when the former Ms....Tags: Chicago White Sox, Mariel Zagunis, Tamika Catchings, London Heathrow Airport, Elizabeth II
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With Oscar Pistorius, his legs are least important
LONDON — Oscar Pistorius marches into Olympic Stadium with a limping gait of an old man, and the only thing you see, the only place you look, the only thing that matters, are his legs. They are blades. Goodness, they really are blades. Their...
Tags: Track and Field, Paralympic Games, South Africa, Birth Defects
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