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Gov. Parnell Asks IOC to Reconsider on Wrestling
Channel 2 NewsGov. Sean Parnell is calling upon the International Olympic Committee to reinstate wrestling as part of the Olympics. Parnell joined the governors of 30 other states and Puerto Rico in a letter voicing their concern to IOC President Jacques Rogge....Tags: Wrestling, Sports, Sean Parnell, Executive Branch, Sports Organizations
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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: Rugby 7, Swimming, Polo, Gymnastics, Canoeing and Kayaking
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2014 Winter Games
They installed the first outdoor Olympic rings Wednesday in Sochi, Russia, a 60-by-30-foot reminder that Thursday marks a year to go before the opening of the 2014 Winter Games. The temperature was 61. That incongruity brings up the first of a baker's...
Tags: National Hockey League, Cross Country Skiing, Ice Hockey, Bode Miller, Evan Lysacek
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Lance Armstrong on sponsors leaving: A $75-million day in losses
A night after Lance Armstrong admitted to doping throughout the course of his athletic career, the disgraced cyclist spent the second half of his much-hyped television interview with Oprah Winfrey talking about fallout from the scandal. Armstrong, who...Tags: Sports, Oprah Winfrey, Tour de France, Lance Armstrong, Corporate Crime
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Colleges could feel impact of losing wrestling from Olympics
Over the past 40 years, college wrestling programs have been in a frequently unsuccessful fight for their lives. Nearly half of the 147 Division I wrestling programs that existed in 1982 are gone. Athletic directors would lop off wrestling teams, then...
Tags: Feminism, Sports, College Football, Wrestling, Sports Organizations
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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: Sports, National Football League, Tom Brady, International Cycling Union, 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: Phil English, Voting, 2016 Olympic Games, Jake Herbert, Wrestling
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Elimination of Olympic wrestling shines light on IOC politics
As burning issues go in sports, the elimination of wrestling from the 2020 Olympics is a pilot light. What's more interesting is the strange politics and fractured logic that apparently still exist within the Olympic ruling body, the International...Tags: Softball, Baseball, NBC (tv network), Wrestling, Sports
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Should the Olympics suspend cycling?
No, but UCI must go Philip Hersh Chicago Tribune Cycling gets to stay in the Olympics on one condition: the International Cycling Union leaders who turned a blind eye to doping (best case) or enabled it (more likely) must go. Ex-UCI President Hein...Tags: Cross Country Skiing, Chicago Tribune, Swimming, Oprah Winfrey, Track Cycling
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IOC will drop one sport from Summer Olympics on Tuesday
Grab your lucky rabbit's foot, modern pentathlon fans (all 12 of you). Your sport could be dropped from the Summer Olympics on Tuesday. That is when International Olympic Committee leaders will decide which sport to drop from the Summer Olympics...
Tags: Pentathlon Swimming, Sports Illustrated, Services and Shopping, Taekwon-Do, Sports
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No ringing endorsement, yet, for NHL players in Sochi Olympics
The countdown to the Sochi Olympics slipped beneath the one-year mark last week with a huge question looming: Will NHL players participate in Russia's first-ever Winter Games? The answer should be clearer after executives of the NHL, NHL Players' Assn....
Tags: National Hockey League, Garth Snow, Francois Beauchemin, Ryan Getzlaf, Ice Hockey
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Baltimore among cities asked about interest in 2024 Olympics
Baltimore is one of 35 U.S. cities that received letters Tuesday from the United States Olympic Committee gauging interest in bidding for the 2024 Summer Games. "I'm excited that Baltimore is being considered and that we've been invited to bid," Mayor...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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