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High or low: Two views of U.S. medal hopes for 2014 Winter Games
The United States racked up a record 37 medals, including nine gold, at the 2010 Winter Olympics. With the pre-Olympic World Cup and world championship winter sports season over for U.S. athletes, it’s a good time to look at the U.S. chances for...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, FIFA World Cup, Alpine Skiing, Evan Lysacek, Lindsey Vonn
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Snow job: three big wins for U.S. skiers
It was another big day for two U.S. ski team members who each has been having such days for weeks. . .months. . .years. And a third won the world title in an event, freestyle slopestyle, that will debut on the Olympic program next year in Sochi, Russia....
Tags: Alpine Skiing, X Games, Cross Country Skiing, Sports Illustrated, Sports
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Ted Ligety earns sixth World Cup giant slalom victory of season
American Ted Ligety, who had already clinched his fourth World Cup series championship in the giant slalom, won his sixth event of the season Saturday in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Ligety edged Marcel Hirscher of Austria by 37/100ths of a second to win...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, FIFA World Cup, Alpine Skiing, Bo Jackson, Sports
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Death threat doesn't faze skier Tina Maze, who finishes fourth
Tina Maze, a 29-year-old Slovenian skier who has clinched the World Cup overall women's title this season, shook off a death threat to finish fourth in the super-giant slalom race Sunday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Maze, one of only six women to...Tags: Julia Mancuso, Alpine Skiing, Sports, Super G Skiing, 2010 Winter Olympic Games
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Prep skiing: Northmen capture dual Division II state titles again
MARQUETTE — It all came together perfectly for the Petoskey High School ski teams on the biggest day of the season Monday. Both the Petoskey boys and girls ski teams put together solid team finishes en route to capturing dual Division II state...
Tags: Alpine Skiing, Alpine Slalom Skiing, John Bailey, Sports
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Prep skiing: Northmen boys wrap up Big North Conference title
BOYNE FALLS — Two-for-two and a perfect eight. The Petoskey High School boys’ ski team wrapped up a perfect season Thursday at the Big North Conference championship as they won both the league championship meet and a make-up meet of the...
Tags: Alpine Skiing, Alpine Slalom Skiing, Sports
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Prep skiing: Northmen boys eye Division II title three-peat
MARQUETTE — Four more solid runs. That’s all that stands between the Petoskey High School boys’ ski team and a third-straight Division II state title. The Northmen boys have yet to lose a race they’ve entered this season as they&...
Tags: Students, Alpine Skiing, Teaching and Learning, Alpine Slalom Skiing, John Bailey
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Ligety makes history with giant slalom win
Ted Ligety took his place among Alpine skiing greats when he won Friday's giant slalom at the World Championships in Schladming, Austria. Ligety became the first man to win three titles in a single worlds since the legendary Jean-Claude Killy of...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Alpine Skiing, Lindsey Vonn, Super G Skiing, Sports
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Looking back: Petoskey St. Francis finishes second, third in ski meet
50 YEARS Petoskey St. Francis would take a boys second and a girls third at a trinagular ski meet against Harbor Springs and Leelanau. The Crusader boys team was led by Dave Ranney and John Guisinger while Martha Hegener led the girls. — Paul...
Tags: Dave Smith, High Schools, Basketball, Alpine Skiing, Alpine Slalom Skiing
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U.S. skier Ted Ligety on the verge of an amazing feat
U.S. skier Ted Ligety is on the verge of joining some elite company. He has already won gold medals in the super-G and super-combined at the world championships in Austria this week, so if Ligety wins the giant slalom Friday, he will become the first...
Tags: Oscar Pistorius, Awards and Prizes, FIFA World Cup, Alpine Skiing, Super G Skiing
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Prep skiing: Petoskey girls claim Division II regional title
BOYNE FALLS — The Petoskey High School girls’ ski team has put together a solid season, but ultimately has had to settle for a lot of second place finishes. That all changed Tuesday at Boyne Mountain when it mattered most. The Northmen put...
Tags: Alpine Skiing, Alpine Slalom Skiing, Sports
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Prep skiing: Northmen boys claim third straight Division II regional crown
BOYNE FALLS — The Petoskey High School boys’ ski team has had a memorable season on the slopes this season. The two-time defending Division II state champions have yet to drop a meet in 2013. On Tuesday at Boyne Mountain, the Northmen made...
Tags: Alpine Skiing, Alpine Slalom Skiing, John Bailey, Sports
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Feb 15, 2013
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