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Conflicts of interest abound in IOC decision on wrestling
Wrestling was present at the creation. It is in the Book of Genesis, where Jacob goes to the mat with an angel. It is portrayed on a renowned, 2,500-year-old Greek vase, with Hercules wrestling the life out of the previously invincible Antaeus. It...Tags: Elections, Politics, Jake Herbert, 2016 Olympic Games, Wrestling
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Angels' Ryan Madson gets good news from MRI, but to open season on DL
TEMPE, Ariz. -- An MRI test has showed mild inflammation but no significant damage to Ryan Madson's surgically repaired elbow, a huge relief for the Angels reliever. However, Madson will not resume throwing for at least another week, and he is...
Tags: American League, Sports, Sports Organizations, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Ryan Madson
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Olympics officials wrestling with an identity crisis
Change of SubjectFriday's print column Dear International Olympic Committee: I don't ask that you back down from your preliminary plan, announced this week, to eliminate wrestling from the list of now-25 core events for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and beyond. And...... -
Will Ferrell pretends to be security guard, ejects Shaq from game
In a "this could only happen in Los Angeles" moment during Tuesday's Laker game against Phoenix, Will Ferrell put on a red coat and stood courtside, pretending to be a Staples Center security guard. Ferrell then went up to former Laker Shaquille O'Neal,...Tags: Shaquille O'Neal, Sports, Los Angeles Lakers, Staples Center, Sports Organizations
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What should replace wrestling in Olympics?
Another swing for softball Philip Hersh Chicago Tribune First of all, wrestling should not be replaced on the Summer Olympic program, in 2020 or ever. But if the International OlympicCommittee keeps its head buried firmly in the sand (or...Tags: Wrestling, Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Sports Organizations, Ultimate Fighting Championship
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LeBron James' blistering streak an NBA best
LeBron James is on quite a streak. In Tuesday's 117-104 win over Portland, the Miami Heat superstar became the first player in NBA history to score at least 30 points on an incredibly efficient 60%-or-better shooting in six straight games. James, the...
Tags: Sports, Sports Organizations, LeBron James, Adrian Dantley, Miami Heat
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What sport should replace wrestling in the Olympics?
The International Olympic Committee dropped wrestling as a Summer Games sport on Tuesday, meaning that effective with the 2020 Games, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling won't be a part of the festivities after being in every Summer Olympics since 1896....
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U.S. wrestlers outraged over decision to drop sport from Olympics
To say U.S. wrestlers are unhappy about the IOC's decision to drop their sport from the Olympics is an understatement. “I don't think I've really accepted it yet,” said Cael Sanderson, who won a gold medal at the 2004 Games. “I'll...Tags: Wrestling, International Olympic Committee, Sports, Sports Organizations, Awards and Prizes
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Wrestling gets no respect from Olympic committee
Boy did the IOC executive board make a huge blunder and underestimate exactly what it was doing when it made a purely political decision by recommending the removal of wrestling for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Tennis, anyone? How about golf?...
Tags: Pentathlon Running, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Sports, 2012 Summer Olympics, Tiger Woods
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Jacques Rogge to meet with wrestling leader to discuss Olympics
International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, under fire after the IOC's decision to drop wrestling from the Olympics on Tuesday, says he will meet with the head of wrestling's governing body to discuss ways the sport can fight to return to the...
Tags: Wrestling, International Olympic Committee, Sports, Sports Organizations
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O.J. Simpson held Super Bowl party in his prison cell
O.J. Simpson, serving a 33-year sentence for kidnapping and armed robbery at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada, had a problem many people had earlier this month: How to throw the best Super Bowl party. According to the New York Post, Simpson...
Tags: O.J. Simpson, Sports, Sports Organizations, Prisons, Football
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Former IOC president's son is modern pentathlon vice president
A lot of people are scratching their head today over the International Olympic Committee's decision to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympics, starting with the 2020 Games. The sport many people believed should have been dropped, modern pentathlon,...
Tags: Wrestling, International Olympic Committee, Sports, Sports Organizations, Summer Olympics
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