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For What It's Worth: February 27
For What it’s Worth---February 27 -- How ecstatic are parents across the region that school is back in session, probably just a few more than the kids who’re going back… although I do have one child who’s tired of shoveling snow....
Tags: Missouri State Bears, Don Henley, Iowa State Cyclones, Wichita State Shockers, Elijah Johnson
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Bolt, Douglas top annual Olympic sports awards
When the Summer Olympics began with the staid Queen of England taking part in a James Bond skit filmed for the best opening ceremony ever, you knew the biggest event on the global sports calendar had a chance to be a celebration of both winning and...
Tags: Entertainment, Allyson Felix, Lance Armstrong, Gabby Douglas, Summer Olympics
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British press brandish patriotism
LONDON — Just married to a lovely Scottish lass and finishing up graduate school at Northwestern, I sent resumes to 20 British newspapers hoping one soft-hearted sports editor might employ me so my new wife could stay on that side of the Atlantic....
Tags: BBC, United Kingdom, Andy Murray
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Police reportedly open fire on striking South African miners
World NowSouth African police opened fire Thursday on striking mine workers at a Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine northwest of Johannesburg, killing at least seven protesters, according to media reports.... -
Surprising Rupp wins silver in men's 10,000
LONDON -- Mo Farah delivered on all the huge pre-Games hype with a coruscating run to become Britain's first 10,000 meters Olympic champion in front of an ecstatic home crowd on Saturday. The 29-year-old, who also became the first man to win this...
Tags: United Kingdom, Alberto Salazar, Track and Field, Galen Rupp, Human Interest
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A partnership pays off
LONDON — Down the track he came with the stadium's howling, gale-force British hope filling every molecule of air he swallowed, his best friend and training partner strides ahead of him while Galen Rupp kept running for his life. The thunderous...
Tags: United Kingdom, Track and Field, Galen Rupp
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Track and field heats up in a hurry
LONDON -- The sound of thousands of voices singing "God Save the Queen" was a powerful note in a day of stirring achievements. The celebration was for the heptathlon triumph ofBritain'sJessica Ennis, but nearly every athlete who put foot or prosthetic leg...
Tags: Dominican Republic, Angelo Taylor, IAAF Diamond League, Helene Elliott, Hyleas Fountain
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Andy Murray Conquers Federer to Take Olympic Gold
CNNLONDON -- Britain's Andy Murray gained revenge for his Wimbledon singles defeat to Roger Federer by demolishing the world No. 1 to claim Olympic gold for Team GB. The Scot brushed aside the 16-time Grand Slam winner from Switzerland in straight sets,...Tags: Human Interest, 2012 Summer Olympics, Tennis, Victoria Azarenka, Andy Murray
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State A Tournament: By the numbers
The 2012 American Legion Baseball State A Tournament is in the books. Good thing, the five-day, double-elimination, eight-team event at Fossum Field in Aberdeen produced so many numbers that we were running out of space: 467: Games played this season...
Tags: Jeremy Scott, Sports, Ottawa Senators, Football, Galen Rupp
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Usain Bolt adds 400-meter relay to his legend
LONDON -- Usain Bolt charmed the world during the Olympics and won his third gold medal Saturday by anchoring a world-record 400-meter relay performance, but still he was denied one prize. It was a modest request. All he wanted was the yellow baton he...
Tags: Caster Semenya, Lopez Lomong, Sanya Richards-Ross, Trinidad and Tobago, Allyson Felix
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Twenty Golden Moments Of The 2012 Games
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - The London Olympics were packed with sporting highlights, personal dramas and emotional highs and lows. Here are 20 golden moments from the Games. - - - - Michael Phelps bows out with a record medal haul With a lop-sided smile of...Tags: Abel Kirui, Daniel Craig, Bua (music group), Oprah Winfrey, Michael Phelps
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London Bids Adieu With Musical Madness, U.S. Tops Table
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - London bade a flamboyant and madcap farewell to the Olympic Games with a romp through British pop and fashion, bringing the curtain down on more than two weeks of action that ended with America topping the sporting world with 46 gold...Tags: Pink Floyd (music group), Entertainment, Beijing Games, Music, Arts and Culture
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