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    Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. PASSINGS: Robert W. Edgar, Chrissy Amphlett, Robert Earl Holding

    Robert W. Edgar Six-term Pennsylvania congressman Robert W. Edgar, 69, who represented Pennsylvania for six terms in the House of Representatives, served as president of the Claremont School of Theology and went on to lead the public interest group...

    Tags: Music, Sydney (Australia), Politics, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Elections

    2. Apr 10, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  2. Tommie Smith: An Olympic journey of prejudice, then perseverance

    The boos and the catcalls echoed as Tommie Smith and John Carlos walked off the medal stand in the summer of 1968, track shoes in their hands to symbolize the poverty of their youth. The noise reached a crescendo as they stepped into a tunnel labeled the dungeon in the bowels of Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City.
    The boos and the catcalls echoed as Tommie Smith and John Carlos walked off the medal stand in the summer of 1968, track shoes in their hands to symbolize the poverty of their youth. The noise reached a crescendo as they stepped into a tunnel labeled...

    Tags: Mexico, Justin Gatlin, Mexico City, Arthur Ashe, Orange County Regional History Center

    3. Mar 8, 2013 |Story| KTUU

  3. Gov. Parnell Asks IOC to Reconsider on Wrestling

    Gov. Sean Parnell is calling upon the International Olympic Committee to reinstate wrestling as part of the Olympics.
    Channel 2 News
    Gov. 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, Sean Parnell, Sports Organizations, Politics, Executive Branch

    4. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Transgender MMA fighter Fallon Fox puts California panel on the spot

    As head of Georgia’s small state athletic commission last year, Andy Foster sat through an Assn. of Boxing Commissions discussion he believed was a bizarre waste of time: How to deal with post-operative transgender athletes. Now, Foster is the...

    Tags: Sports Organizations, Sports Illustrated, 50 Cent, Sports, Medical Procedures and Tests

    5. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Notebook: Syracuse's Mullins out for season with knee injury

    Syracuse defenseman <strong>Brandon Mullins</strong> will miss the rest of the season because of a right knee injury that will require surgery, the team announced Thursday.
    Syracuse defenseman Brandon Mullins will miss the rest of the season because of a right knee injury that will require surgery, the team announced Thursday. Mullins went down in the fourth quarter of Friday night's 9-8 overtime victory against Virginia,...

    Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Sports Organizations, Soccer, Lacrosse, Syracuse Orange

    6. Mar 7, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. L.A. officially in 2024 Olympic bid race

    Two-time Olympic host Los Angeles has officially thrown its hat in the ring again.
    Two-time Olympic host Los Angeles has officially thrown its hat in the ring again. "I am pleased to confirm our enthusiastic interest in bidding to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games," Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wrote to U.S....

    Tags: Sports Organizations, Rahm Emanuel, Philip Hersh, Antonio Villaraigosa, 2012 Summer Paralympics

    7. Mar 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Jim Scherr calls restoring Olympic wrestling a 'major challenge'

    Former U.S. Olympic Committee Chief Executive Jim Scherr says it will be a "major challenge" for wrestling to reverse the International Olympic Committee's decision to eliminate the sport from the Olympics in 2020.
    Former U.S. Olympic Committee Chief Executive Jim Scherr says it will be a "major challenge" for wrestling to reverse the International Olympic Committee's decision to eliminate the sport from the Olympics in 2020. "I think it's a major challenge to the...

    Tags: Wrestling, Sports Organizations, Sports

    8. Feb 28, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  8. Go To The Mat To Keep Olympic Wrestling

    Ever wrestle? We speak of formal amateur wrestling, as mostly seen on the high school and college levels. If you have, you know it is one of the most demanding of sports, a total, all-out commitment of body and mind. It requires discipline and skill, it...

    Tags: Wrestling, High School Sports, Sports Organizations, Sports, The New York Times

    9. Feb 23, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. On thin ice

    Before they began practice one recent morning in Salt Lake City, Olympic bronze medalist Lana Gehring of Glenview and four other elite speedskaters had to assemble protective pads around the walls of a municipal rink. Working in tandem, the skaters shuttled some 50 pieces of equipment &mdash; each resembling an oversized mattress and weighing about 90 pounds &mdash; from a storage area onto the ice. Then they slid the pads across the ice and against the walls, like puzzle pieces snapping into place.
    Before they began practice one recent morning in Salt Lake City, Olympic bronze medalist Lana Gehring of Glenview and four other elite speedskaters had to assemble protective pads around the walls of a municipal rink. Working in tandem, the skaters...

    Tags: Orthopedic Surgery, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Budgets and Budgeting, Apolo Ohno, Judges

    10. Feb 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Wrestling goes for an Olympic reversal

    I watched a video of the movie "Argo" as I flew into Tehran recently. I couldn't help but wonder why I was willingly accompanying a group of Americans into a city that not so long ago was the scene of one of the greatest exfiltrations ever. I wondered if Ben Affleck would rescue me if things were to go poorly.
    I watched a video of the movie "Argo" as I flew into Tehran recently. I couldn't help but wonder why I was willingly accompanying a group of Americans into a city that not so long ago was the scene of one of the greatest exfiltrations ever. I wondered...

    Tags: Olympic Games, Wrestling, Services and Shopping, Sports Organizations, Stanley Cup Playoffs

    11. Feb 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Oscar Pistorius' reps name substance found in his bedroom

    Oscar Pistorius' representatives named the substance found in his bedroom after the shooting death of his girlfriend as Testis compositum on Wednesday and said it is an herbal remedy used &ldquo;in aid of muscle recovery.&rdquo;
    Oscar Pistorius' representatives named the substance found in his bedroom after the shooting death of his girlfriend as Testis compositum on Wednesday and said it is an herbal remedy used “in aid of muscle recovery.” A product called...

    Tags: NASCAR, Steroids, Shootings, Lawyers, Medical Procedures and Tests

    12. Feb 26, 2013 |Column| Allentown Morning Call

  12. Olympic cycling in Trexlertown? A letter to the veep couldn't hurt

    Vice President Joe Biden
    Vice President Joe Biden 1 Observatory Circle NW Washington, DC 20008 Dear Mr. Vice President: I have an urgent request concerning the news that the Philadelphia area has a shot at hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics. A story in The Morning Call on...

    Tags: Olympic Games, Marty Nothstein, Building Material, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sports

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