2014 Winter Games race a dead-heat: experts
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The three cities bidding to host the 2014 Winter Olympics seem to be level in the race less than 10 days before the International Olympic Committee picks the winner, an expert Olympic Web site said.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. _ Weird weather and global warming are claiming a place at the top of the nation's political agenda these days. But while policymakers debate what to do about them, the ski industry already has adjusted its sails.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - The Winter Olympics in Vancouver may be more than two years away, but organizers are already playing the "chess game" of trying to keep individual sports happy as they vie to get time in the international spotlight.
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South Korea has proved itself twice in the last generation to be a highly skillful and enthusiastic host of major sports events, making it a good choice to host the 2014 Winter Games.
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Heat-stroke warnings could be issued in weather forecasts for the 2008 Olympic Games, the Xinhua news agency said, after the temperature in the capital soared to its highest May level in more than 50 years.
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BEAVER CREEK - Most individuals wouldn&#39;t be able to turn a steering wheel 63 times in less than a minute. Try it on skis. Some racers in Sunday&#39;s Birds of Prey slalom didn&#39;t even make it through the first
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Volunteers operate shades to help keep the ice cool Thursday at the Men's Skeleton World Cup race at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City. The challenge of keeping the ice cool may grow somewhat during the coming week, with high temperatures forecast to stay in the 40s.
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If you picture an Olympic team as athletes in tracksuits with a few blazer-clad types in the background to look after them, it is time for a radical rethink.
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Cities bidding to host the 2014 Winter Olympics are holding their breaths with the crucial vote that will pour fame and fortune on the winner less than 48 hours away.
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While many of his competitors fell as a result of snow and winds, Shaun White had a nearly flawless, stylish run to win the halfpipe final at the Winter X Games.
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The menâs downhill, the marquee event at the Alpine skiing world championships, was postponed Saturday because of poor visibility, the latest meteorological glitch to disrupt the race series.
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ARE, Sweden  - Bad weather hit the showcase event at the world Alpine skiing championships on Saturday when the men's downhill had to be postponed because of poor visibility on the upper part of the course.
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Geopolitically, the choice made sense. How could they not give the Winter Games to a place whose czar once declared that his two best generals were January and February? The Russians, who have more snow and ice than any country on the planet, have never staged this quadrennial sleighride. Clearly, they were overdue. But when the International Olympic Committee tapped ...
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Fans and athletes give Olympic judges low marks.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - Organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver hope to have a deal with the International Olympic Committee on sharing broadcast revenues by the end of February, officials said on Tuesday.
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Plenty of snow has been shoveled since Sports Illustrated called the 1994 US Alpine ski team the "brigade of lead-footed snowplowers" just before the Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. Writer E.M. Swift had no way of knowing that the team would win four Alpine medals in those Games, but he was basing his none-too-inaccurate assessment of US ...
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Drive a car? Ride a bike? The message is the same on the slopes: Be aware.