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Meri-Jo Borzilleri is a 20-year newspaper sportswriter who has covered Super Bowls, the World Series and Stanley Cup, but loved the Olympics from an early age. She has covered three Games (Salt Lake, Athens and Turin, Italy) and the U.S. Olympic movement.

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Olympic champion Apolo Ohno set for takeoff

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

It's not every day you get to see yourself, larger than life, plastered on the side of a passenger jet. But Apolo Anton Ohno is not every...
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Kim Yu-Na: Rare fall raises questions about Olympics

Monday, November 16th, 2009 · 4 comments

Rachael Flatt established herself as a favorite for one of two Olympic spots on the U.S. team Sunday by placing second at Skate America behind Korean...
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Slashed speedskater races Olympic clock

With 100 days left in the countdown toward Vancouver, U.S. athletes are ramping up preparations for the 2010 Games....
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'The Colbert Report' adopts U.S. Speedskating

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It has to go down as the best Olympic stunt since David Letterman rode a luge sled down a ramp in his studio....
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Kim's Paris win makes her Olympic gold favorite

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Less than a year ago, many skating observers figured Korea's Kim Yu-Na and Japan's Mao Asada would be duking it out for 2010 Olympic gold....
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U.S. women's hockey team loses, 5-2, to rival Canada in Spokane

For the second-straight time on the Qwest Tour, the women's U.S. hockey team lost to archrival Canada. This...
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Bitter hockey rivals U.S.-Canada face off in Spokane

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(See broadcast update below.) On Friday, the U.S. women's hockey team faces bitter rival Canada in Spokane, Wash....
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Don't blame it on Rio or Chicago; blame USOC for failed bid

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A little Saturday-evening quarterbacking on the choice of Rio as 2016 Olympic host: Call those criticizing...
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Olympic vote totals for Chicago: It's ugly

Interesting behind-the-scenes look from Copenhagen from Chicago Breaking NewsCenter blog, including vote totals....
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Rio adds 2016 Olympics to 2014 World Cup soccer host duties

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Rio topped Madrid in International Olympic Committee voting a few minutes ago to become the 2016 Summer Olympics host. Considered a favorite coming...
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