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07/17/11 I am very much in support of the 2022 Winter Olympics. The 2022 Games not only benefit us on those few days, but people will want to see the venues after the event is over -- that is actually more important.
07/08/11 Denver is being suggested as a possible host city for Winter Olympics in 2022.
07/07/11 DURBAN, South Africa - The victory margin was massive and the message loud and clear: Persistence paid off for South Korea in its third consecutive bid for the Winter Olympics.
07/06/11 As you may have heard, PyeongChang is the host city for the 2018 Winter Olympics, marking the first time the Winter Games will be played in South Korea. Chris Chase of Fourth Place Medal says it was the easy and correct call for the IOC. What it also means: That South Korea's men's national ice hockey team will make its Olympic debut in 2018. Unless it qualifies for the 2014 Games in Sochi, of ...
07/05/11 On Wednesday the International Olympic Committee will select between Munich, Pyeongchang, and Annecy to determine the location of the 2018 Winter Olympics. 0 0 1 242 1138 Sustainable Development 27 7 1373 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style ...
07/05/11 DURBAN, South Africa - In a frantic final day of campaigning, the three cities vying for the 2018 Winter Olympics lobbied for votes Tuesday in what shapes up as a choice between the third-time Asian bid from South Korea and the European challenger from Germany.
07/02/11 LONDON (AP) - Send the Winter Olympics to a new frontier in Asia, or go back to the roots of winter sports in the heart of Europe? That sums up the choice facing the International Olympic Committee when it selects the host city for the 2018 Games.
07/02/11 BRATTLEBORO -- Olympic snowboarder and West Dover native Kelly Clark has done plenty of traveling in her career. She's been to the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Vancouver and Torino, Italy, the X Games in Aspen, Colo., and New Zealand for training, among other places.
07/02/11 Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom has been named chairman of the committee trying to bring the Winter Olympics back to Lake Tahoe. The California Winter Games Committee is working with Nevada to have the Tahoe-Reno area host the games in 2022. California has been a little late to join the effort, having done so just earlier this year. [...]
06/30/11 The Czech Republic's Jaromir Jagr, left, and Martin Straka look on during practice at the 2006 Winter Olympics on Feb. 13, 2006, in Turin, Italy. / AP
06/28/11 Almost a year and a half after leading the United States bobsled team to gold in the 2010 Winter Olympics, Naples native Brian Shimer still is collecting accolades for the historic run.
06/12/11 NBC lost more than $200 million the last time it showed the Winter Olympics, and it's bracing for similar losses in London next year. So, plenty of people scoffed when the network bid $4.4 billion -- nearly a billion more than runner-up Fox -- for the U.S. rights to carry the four games through 2020.
06/12/11 LOS ANGELES (AP) - NBC lost more than $200 million the last time it showed the Winter Olympics, and it's bracing for similar losses in London next year.
06/02/11 Mark Lazarus took over for Dick Ebersol after the legendary executive abruptly quit last month after clashing with NBCUniversal Chief Executive Steve Burke. Lazarus' first task is to lead the network's negotiations for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics. As a teen, Mark Lazarus went to the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y., where the U.S. hockey team made history with its "Miracle on Ice" upset ...
06/02/11 Bidding for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia , and the 2016 Summer Games in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, starts Monday in Lausanne, Switzerland.
05/31/11 Earlier this month, the first official Canadian National Halfpipe Team was formed under the Canadian Freestyle Association. Whereas many countries will need to build national ski halfpipe teams from the ground up before the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, the team formation was a modest development...
05/31/11 Earlier this month, the first official Canadian National Halfpipe Team was formed under the Canadian Freestyle Association. Whereas many countries will need to build national ski halfpipe teams from the ground up before the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, the team formation was a modest development this year for Canada. An unofficial Canadian Halfpipe Team with members including Winter X ...
05/30/11 VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Just over a year ago, Vancouver erupted in celebration when Canada beat the United States for the gold medal in the men's ice hockey competition at the Winter Olympics.
05/18/11 The Hickenlooper administration's "ground-up" economic-development planning has Colorado counties focusing on ideas such as a Winter Olympics bid and wind farms and power lines on the Eastern Plains.
05/18/11 Already widely touted as prime snow-sports territory and home to 2010's Winter Olympics, Whistler inspires us to investigate warm-weather prospects.
05/18/11 The three cities vying for the 2018 Winter Olympics took their campaign directly to the IOC on Wednesday, seeking to gain vital support just weeks ahead of the vote. |