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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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Slashed speedskater races Olympic clock

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

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

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 · 2 comments

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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Vagaries of Olympic vote trump Obamas' presence for Chicago

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In a stunner few expected, Chicago was eliminated on the first ballot in voting for 2016 Olympic Summer Games host,...
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Obama timing perfect for 2016 Olympic chance

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News that President Obama will be lobbying for Chicago's 2016 Olympic bid Thursday in Copenhagen is nothing but...
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