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INTERVIEW: Notre Dame fencing champion carries US flag into Olympic stadium
A Notre Dame alum and Olympic athlete is sharing her opening ceremonies experience with fans. Former Notre Dame student and fencing champion Mariel Zagunis led Team USA into the stadium as the flag bearer. She was given this honor by her fellow...
Tags: Human Interest
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Notre Dame fencer Hurley ousted at Olympics
LONDON – Notre Dame senior fencer Courtney Hurley lost her opening match in the Women’s Individual Epee Monday at the 2012 Olympic Games. Hurley, the current top ranked American epeeist, led 5-3 early against France’s Laura Flessel-...
Tags: Sports, Fencing
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Saber-rattling fits the family Stone
The four Stone kids always were a competitive bunch, especially the three youngest siblings who were separated by three school grades while being home-schooled together. "They worked very hard to keep up with each other — and beat each other," said...
Tags: University of Illinois at Chicago, Philosophy, National Collegiate Athletic Association, UIC Flames, Pneumonia
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Olympic spirit may be fleeting but you can catch it just the same
LONDON — Every now and then Team USA women's basketball assistant coach Doug Bruno watches practice and his mind drifts. Bruno, the longtime DePaul coach, sees U.S. teammates Candace Parker and Tamika Catchings and remembers when the former Ms....
Tags: Ryan Dempster, New Zealand, Candace Parker, Imperial and Royal Matters, Elizabeth II
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Can you dig it?
LONDON — In basically the backyard of austere 10 Downing Street where British Prime Minister David Cameron officially resides in a stately, executive manor, a raucous block party rocked his neighborhood Saturday night. Queen Elizabeth celebrates...
Tags: Anglicanism, Imperial and Royal Matters, Elizabeth II, Michael Phelps, Swimming
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Olympic spotlight should be on athletes
LONDON — When the London Olympics open Friday night, they also should begin to write a story free of the preconceived global narrative that has accompanied all recent summer games. Beijing 2008 was China's coming-out party. Athens 2004 was a return...
Tags: Politics, Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics, Sports Organizations, Heads of State
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Postcards from London: What we're looking forward to
Philip Hersh: On a quest for serendipity This is my 16th Olympic Games. It is also the first in which I will see the Olympic Games, rather than be focused on one sport — track and field at the Summer Games, figure skating at the Winter Games. I...
Tags: Greco Roman, Luol Deng, Redbox, Science and Technology, Candace Parker
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Opening ceremony jolly good show
LONDON — In one of thousands of pubs across London, where surely tears mixed with laughter Friday night, they might say I was gobsmacked by the Olympic opening ceremony.
In a more proper English teahouse, they might say I quite fancied that.
All...Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), England, David Bowie, Daniel Craig, Chicago Blackhawks
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Opening ceremony emphasizes whimsy over solemnity
LONDON — In a city that knows how to do ceremony — from hoary rituals formalized in the Middle Ages to celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee last month partly through the Twitter feed @BritishMonarchy — an atmosphere of whimsy and...
Tags: Sex Pistols (music group), Daniel Craig, Twitter, Inc., Elizabeth II, Saudi Arabia
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Zagunis builds lead, then unravels
LONDON — The glare was off her now. The spotlight that had shone brighter and brighter on Mariel Zagunis the last few months was no longer there. Zagunis left the dazzle of the fencing strip and its blinking colored lights and rock-concert...
Tags: Philip Hersh, Awards and Prizes
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