Olympics Top Stories - Last 30 Days
realfakesports.com - 20 days ago
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After seeing Steven Colbert and the Colbert Nation
sponsoring the U.S. Speed Skating team, Tom Richmond of
Pensacola, Florida thought he'd like to get on board with the Winter Olympic publicity machine. Richmond, the owner, director and sole talent of his local cable access show The Richmond ...
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Man With Cable Access Show Donates Old Socks to U.S. ...
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sportsrubbish.com - 18 days ago
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The words “leftover” and “condoms” are not typically
combined to start a sales stampede, but one Chinese
collector of Olympic memorabilia is hoping he will be able to unload his 5,000 condoms from the 2008 Olympics at an auction. 100,000 condoms were distributed ...
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Want to buy 5,000 leftover 2008 Beijing Olympics ...
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sportsbusinessjournal.com - 22 days ago
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It’s looking more likely that Comcast will be
successful in its attempt to take control of NBC
, judging by a series of meetings the two sides have had over the past few weeks. Toward the end of October, the top executives from NBC and Comcast — ...
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Comcast must make the right calls on sports in any NBC deal
olympicsportsblog.wordpress.com - 21 days ago
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Dan Jansen was a guest on the Colbert
Report tonight, and the subject of a sponsor for
the Speedskating team came up, as US Speedskating has been coping with a $300,000 loss since their sponsor went bankrupt. Colbert (jokingly? maybe?) implied he (or the Colbert Nation) would like to sponsor ...
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Stephen Colbert To Sponsor United States Speedskating Team
victoriatimes.blogspot.com - 30 days ago
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Stoner snowboarder is running for Parliament.
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Ross Rebagliati wants to get high
news.yahoo.com - 22 days ago
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NAIROBI, Kenya The world's fastest man adopted the
animal kingdom 's fastest sprinter Monday, as Usain Bolt
welcomed a new baby cheetah named Lightning Bolt into his life. The Jamaican sprinter's sponsorship of the 3-month-old male cheetah is part of ...
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World's fastest man adopts world fastest feline
withleather.uproxx.com - 20 days ago
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The United States Speedskating team lost a sizable
chunk of its funding when the team’s biggest sponsor,
DSB Bank NV, declared bankruptcy last month. But an unlikely hero has stepped up to offer the team its support, and America’s ...
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COLBERT, FANS TO SPONSOR SPEEDSKATING
backsidepotential.com - 10 days ago
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It's mostly pictures. Cause she had a runner's
body and a tennis star face.
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Sina Schielke can run fast, and be hot
olympicsportsblog.wordpress.com - 27 days ago
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Sidney Crosby, who captained the Pittsburgh Penguins to
the 2009 Stanley Cup, will be a torchbearer in
the Vancouver 2010 relay. He will be carrying on November 18th in Halifax, Nova Scotia. According to Bell, a sponsor of the torch relay, Crosby was selected “because of his outstanding ...
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Penguins Captain Crosby To Carry The Torch
sportressofblogitude.com - 15 days ago
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I have sad news to relay regarding Sasha
Cohen. No, she’s still amazingly flexible and incredibly attractive,
but an injury will prevent her from competing in something called Skate America this coming weekend. “I have been battling this injury for a while,” Cohen said. ...
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Don’t Worry, Sasha Cohen: I’m Still Pulling For You
sportressofblogitude.com - 6 days ago
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This seals it: Russians do everything better. From
literature to hockey-playing bears, our former Cold War rivals
just seem to do everything with a little more passion, a little more panache than we do. Case in point: drunk driving. Russian figure skater Andrei Lutai was arrested Sunday in Lake ...
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Male Russian Figure Skaters Are Badass
sportressofblogitude.com - 17 days ago
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Submitted by Weed Against Speed
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John Candy Is Probably Rolling Over In His Grave
olympicsportsblog.wordpress.com - 24 days ago
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Before it begins it’s 45,000 kilometer journey, the
longest route in just one country, the torch must
first spend some time in Victoria, its first host. The relay is not off to a good start, however, as the plane carrying it arrived around an hour late. Many protest groups are expected ...
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The Torch Has Arrived In Canada
olympicsportsblog.wordpress.com - 21 days ago
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Meb Keflezighi became the first American since 1982
to win the NYC Marathon when he did so
on Sunday with a time of 2:09:15. It was a strong day all around for Americans: Ryan Hall finished 4th, Nick Arciniaga was 8th, Abdi Abdirahman was 9th, and Jason Lemkuhle was 10th, which gave the US six ...
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Meb Keflezighi Wins NYC Marathon
bootleggersports.com - 22 days ago
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You're going to be disappointed when your read
the story I found out today that Jamaican sprinter
Usain Bolt recently purchased a baby cheetah. Needless to say, I was excited. Images of Mike Tyson’s tiger and the high-jinx that would invariably ensue flooded my brain. Then, I ...
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Usain Bolt Has A Cheetah
slanchreport.com - 19 days ago
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The Winter Olympics are fast approaching and unlike
the Summer Olympics, many of the events are just
not available to the average person — anyone can just run, not everyone can bobsled. So the folks at the Muskegon Winter Sports Complex in Muskegon, Michigan have opened up a luge course ...
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Who Wants to Go Luging With Me?
universalsports.com - 29 days ago
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Making the U.S. Winter Olympic team is no
clear-cut deal. Most athletes earn their spots not at
Olympic trials, but based on their performances during World Cup events in the months leading up to the Games.
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NBC Universal set to begin Olympic push
sportsbusinessjournal.com - 29 days ago
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By JOHN OURAND Staff writer NBC Sports is
set to launch an extensive marketing campaign promoting the
Vancouver Winter Olympics starting Nov. 4, 100 days before the opening ceremony. The campaign, dubbed “Countdown to Vancouver,” officially kicks off ...
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NBC campaign set to start snowballing toward Vancouver
newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 27 days ago
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Lindsey Vonn carves a turn during pre-season training
in Chile. Vonn figures to be the star of
NBC's enormous pre-Olympic and Olympic sports coverage this winter. (Photo courtesy Thomas Vonn) By Philip Hersh Want to know why the International Olympic...
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Countless hours of coverage in NBC's 2010 Olympic countdown
news.bbc.co.uk - 22 days ago
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The fastest man on Earth, Usain Bolt, has
adopted the fastest animal on four legs, a cheetah,
and has given it the only suitable name - Lightning Bolt. The champion sprinter, on a four-day trip to Kenya, looked nervous as he was handed the ...
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Sprinter Bolt adopts a cheetah













