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February 2010
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Women's figure skating begins tonight Winter Olympic slideshows - Day 11 U.S. piling up medals as Canada stumbles U.S. women get dream hockey matchup with Canada Canada makes up for hockey loss Chat: Kevin Sherrington talks Olympics and Dallas sports Olympic ice hockey slideshow: U.S. upsets Canada USA thumps Canada, 5-3, in men's hockey USA should triumph after empty-net goal USA seizes control with 4-2 lead The USA just drew another power play USA on power play in third period Relentless USA will not go away Relentless USA will not go away Del Bosco takes all-or-nothing approach in skicross' Olympics debut Categories
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February 23, 2010
While I'm hitting a Marpole-area laundromat, these links should get you up-to-date on the Olympics: *Kim Yu-Na is the defending world champion. Americans Rachael Flatt and Mirai Nagasu are underdogs. How big is Kim Yu-Na in her native Korea? She's tied with U.S. snowboarder Shaun White as the top money-maker at the Olympics. She earned $8 million last year, according to Forbes. She is under immense pressure. *Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette skates in the...
Gerry McCarthy, our staff photographer in Vancouver, had a busy day on Monday covering men's ski aerials qualifying and women's hockey semifinal action between Team USA and Sweden. Click here to see a slideshow of ski aerials and here to see photos from the U.S. women's 9-1 victory over Sweden.... February 22, 2010
Jean-Jacques Taylor writes from Vancouver: Many Olympians spend their lives preparing for an event that lasts a minute or two but can define them for a lifetime. Champions embrace so-called pressure because they view the Olympics as an opportunity to display their talent, not as a risk of failing, before the millions watching the Games. Right now, is there any doubt about the approach the Americans have taken as we move into Week 2 of...
Kate Hairopoulos writes from Vancouver: Angela Ruggiero could be doing so many other things. She owns a degree from Harvard and scored a job offer from Donald Trump. But she came back for her fourth Olympics to play for a gold medal against Canada in Canada. She and the U.S. women's hockey team have made sure that opportunity has never been threatened here. Team USA notched its fourth straight blowout Monday in Vancouver, smashing Sweden,...
The Canadians just drummed the U.S. 7-2 in men's curling. That'll show us....
Kevin Sherrington, SportsDay columnist for The Dallas Morning News, is answering your questions about the Olympics and Dallas-area sports topics at 11 a.m. today. Click here to join the discussion....
Looking for a North Texas connection to the Winter Olympics? Found one -- though I hate myself for knowing this. People magazine is reporting that men's figure skating gold medalist Evan Lysacek is dating Parker's own Olympic champion, gymnast Nastia Liukin. Apparently, they met in October 2008 at NBC's Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular and became serious when they attended ESPN's ESPY Awards last summer. In August, when Liukin competed in the Visa Championships at American...
Dallas Morning News staff photographer Gerry McCarthy was there when the U.S. men's hockey team upset Canada 5-3, advancing to the quarterfinals of the tournament. Click here to see a slideshow of our images from the historic game.... February 21, 2010
Even before the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili just before the Games began, debate has raged over the lightning-fast track at Whistler Sliding Center. Wrecks have been frequent in training as well as competition, and more than a few competitors in all the sliding disciplines -- luge, skeleton and bobsled -- have expressed safety concerns. But there is another side to the discussion. As the bobsled competition kicks into gear -- the two-man competition...
Brian Burke, the man who put Team USA's hockey roster together, built a team around youth and speed and grit. He had no use for players with egos the size of their paychecks or those carrying baggage from an eighth-place finish in the 2006 Turin Winter Games. Burke wanted a team with considerable skill among the top six forwards, which means everybody else supplies the intangibles. No way this team has the 23 best Americans... |
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