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No more Naptown: Super Bowl boosts Indy's image
Indianapolis was once called Naptown and India-No-Place for a reason.
Native son Kurt Vonnegut Jr. referred to it in 1970 as "the 500-mile speedway race, and then 364 days of miniature golf, and then the 500-mile speedway race again." People used to...Tags: Football, Politics, Government, Indiana Hoosiers, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Olympics-Canada Olympic chief would back Toronto 2024 bid
ReutersBy Steve Keating VANCOUVER, May 10 (Reuters) - The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) said on Friday it will back a possible Toronto bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics ahead of a potential Quebec City bid for the 2022 Winter Games. "There is no doubt, no...Tags: Soccer, Sports, Sports Organizations, Summer Olympics, 2016 Olympic Games
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Stallworth Invited to USA Basketball Women's World University Game Team Trials
Kentucky women’s basketball junior DeNesha Stallworth is one of 31 top student-athletes in the country who have accepted invitations to participate in the 2013 USA Basketball Women’s World University Games Team trials. Trials will take place...Tags: Sports, Sylvia Fowles, Maya Moore, Vanderbilt Commodores, Universiade
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Regional Digest: Jefferson, Tuck, Stewart To Try Out For USA Basketball U19 Team
The Hartford CourantHuskies Invited To USA U19 UConn women's basketball freshmen Moriah Jefferson, Breanna Stewart and Morgan Tuck have accepted invitations to participate in the USA Basketball U19 World Championship team. Trials for the 34 players invited are May 16-19...Tags: Sports, Connecticut Huskies, Boston College, Baseball, Florida State University
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Three UConn Women's Players Get U19 National Team Trial Invites
Breanna Stewart, Moriah Jefferson and Morgan Tuck of UConn are among the 34 athletes age 19-years-old or younger (born on or after Jan. 1, 1994) to accept invitations to participate in the 2013 USA Basketball U19 World Championship Team trials. Trials...Tags: Sports, Basketball, Trials
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UK Hoops Signee Harper Invited to U19 World Championship Team Trials
Kentucky women’s basketball signee Linnae (La-NAY) Harper is one of 34 top athletes in the country age 19-years-old or younger (born on or after Jan. 1, 1994), who have accepted invitations to participate in the 2013 USA Basketball U19 World...Tags: Sports, Chicago Sun-Times, Olympic Games, Maya Moore, Universiade
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KSD weekend fundraiser supports U.S. basketball team's trip to Deaf Olympics
marsee@amnews.comA series of games and activities this weekend in and around Kentucky School for the Deaf is one of the largest local fundraisers for a basketball team planning to compete this summer in the Deaf Olympics. The Derby weekend event features basketball,...Tags: Sports, Gallaudet University, Kentucky Derby, Basketball, Awards and Prizes
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Digest: Douglass alum Wiley to coach U.S. men's track team at Junior Pan Am Games
Men's track and field Douglass alum Wiley to coach Team USA at Junior Pan Am Games Baltimore native Cliff Wiley has been named the head men's coach for Team USA at the 2013 Junior Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, USA Track & Field announced Friday....Tags: Soccer, Sports, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Lehigh Mountain Hawks, Colonial Athletic Association
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Papaleo takes over girls' volleyball program
Laguna Beach High Principal Joanne Culverhouse announced Tuesday the hiring of Raúl Papaleo as the school's new head coach of the girls' varsity volleyball team. Papaleo, 41, a native of Puerto Rico, replaces Lance Stewart, who resigned as girls' head...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Olympic Games, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
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Penn State Lehigh Valley student Matt Baranoski cycles to success in Scotland, Mexico
Matt Baranoski started his spring semester at Penn State Lehigh Valley, and then took off for Scotland two weeks later. Baranoski, the Pennridge High School graduate and budding Olympic track cycling hopeful for 2016, took two weeks off from school early...Tags: Sports, Cycling Points Race, Lauren Tamayo, 2012 Summer Olympics, Cycling
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Dolphins pledge to pay half of stadium renovation project
Steve Ross unveiled an ambitious plan to make aging Sun Life Stadium as good as new and vowed on Monday to pay more than half of the cost. The Miami Dolphins owner is hoping that will be enough to persuade elected officials to put up the remainder...
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USC's Steve Johnson invited to Australian Open wild-card playoffs
The U.S Tennis Assn. announced Tuesday that former top 30 player Bethanie Mattek-Sands, former U.S. Open junior champion Jack Sock and two-time reigning NCAA singles champion Steve Johnson of USC are among the players who will compete in the Australian...
Tags: College Baseball, Tennis, French Open, U.S. Open (tennis), Women's Tennis Association
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