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Construction on the Four Level Interchange
FrameworkConstruction begins on the Four Level Interchange in downtown Los Angeles. Sunset Blvd., is on the right, Temple St., on the left, and Figueroa St. runs horizontally in the foreground.... -
Citing presence of reporters, Coliseum head won't give testimony
L.A. NOWObjecting to the presence of Times reporters, the top manager of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum refused to answer questions Wednesday and walked out of a deposition in an open-government lawsuit against the stadium's overseers. Interim General... -
Brazilians take special glee in Super Bowl electrical outage
SAO PAULO, Brazil--Brazilians usually have little time for the U.S. version of football, but they can't stop talking about this year's Super Bowl. Subjected for years to questions about whether Brazil is prepared to effectively host the 2014 World Cup and...
Tags: National Football League, Football, Sports, FIFA World Cup, Super Bowl
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Letters: Jesse Owens, a hero in Germany
Re "Author inspired by Haley," Obituary, Jan 23 Author and magazine editor Hans Massaquoi, the son of a German mother and a Liberian father, believed that he was spared the fate of German Jews because "blacks were so few in number that they were...Tags: Jesse Owens, Germany
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Grappling with the process for wrestling to stay Olympian
Now we are going to see how obstinate the International Olympic Committee can be. Its two traditional sports superpower nations, the United States and Russia, both have vowed to do everything possible to overturn the IOC executive board decision to dump...
Tags: Sports, Polo, Rugby Union, Rugby 7, 2016 Olympic Games
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Lance Armstrong scandal: Head of UCI resigns from IOC committee
Pat McQuaid, the head of the International Cycling Union, has stepped down from a key International Olympic Committee panel as he deals with the fallout from the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. McQuaid is on the committee that is evaluating bids for the...
Tags: National Football League, Tom Brady, Sports, International Olympic Committee, Lance Armstrong
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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: Sports, Track and Field, Jake Herbert, Awards and Prizes, 2016 Olympic Games
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'Downton Abbey,' 'Mad Men:' Why the good old days are hot again
The third season premiere of "Downton Abbey" was heralded by the sort of media blitz more in line with the Summer Olympics or a new Robert Downey Jr. franchise than anything appearing on PBS' "Masterpiece." The public television network hosted a red-...Tags: Robert Downey Jr., Festive Events, Anne Frank, Smallpox , Django Unchained (movie)
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John Thomas dies at 71; U.S. high jumper medaled in two Olympics
He was the overwhelming favorite in his event, so much so that U.S. sportswriters covering the 1960 Summer Olympics boasted that if Americans won just one gold medal over the rival Soviet Union at that year's Games, it would be his. A skinny 19-year-old...
Tags: Rome (Italy), Harvard University, Track and Field, Awards and Prizes, Millrose Games
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Russia set to make Olympic history -- for spending, controversy
The costs and challenges confronting Russia as it tries to convert a Black Sea beach resort into a Winter Olympics venue recall the "hero projects" of the Soviet era, when deluded dictators squandered fortunes trying to reverse the flow of Siberian...
Tags: 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Justice and Rights, Vladimir Putin, Civil Rights, FIFA World Cup
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Watch Ronda Rousey talk about her fighting style
Real Sports 191: Ronda Rousey Ronda Rousey, who will fight Liz Carmouche this Saturday at the Honda Center, appears on the premiere of this month's "Real Sports" on HBO tonight at 10 p.m. PT, talking about her fighting style and being the first...Tags: Sports, Jose Canseco, Bullfighting, Judo, Ultimate Fighting Championship
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Roger Broggie Jr. dies at 73; audio-animatronics whiz for Disney
The son of Disney's original Imagineer, Roger Broggie Jr. began working for the man he called "Uncle Walt" as a boy in 1950 when he tended the backyard railway at the studio mogul's Holmby Hills home. Broggie was 11 when he and his younger brother,...Tags: Entertainment, Tourism and Leisure Industry, Movies, Railway Transportation, Disneyland Park
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