Chicago shows its Olympic face to USOC
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After spending a day indoors quizzing Chicago officials about their bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, a U.S. Olympic Committee inspection team began exploring the city Wednesday to see where some events would be held.
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U.S. Olympic officials gave high marks to Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Games on Wednesday, saying the city's plan differed substantially from Los Angeles' rival proposal.
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ATHENS, Greece  With flag-waving, chanting Hungarians creating a chaotic atmosphere at the Olympic Aquatic Center yesterday morning, a young water polo team from the United States discovered something about itself.
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Argentina won its first Olympic gold medal in 52 years in the soccer final Saturday, while the US women&#39;s basketball team atoned for their men&#39;s failure by storming to victory.
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The City Council wants to bring the Olympics here for a third time. The council unanimously endorsed a proposal Wednesday to vie for the Summer Games as early as 2016.
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A Boston exhibition of Greek art reflects both ancient athletic games, and modern moments of Olympic spirit.
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Paris - not New York - is the front-runner for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, the top US Olympic official said yesterday. &quot;We&#39;re not in first,&quot; said Peter Ueberroth, chairman of the board of directors of the US Olympic Committee.
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A few hundred yards from Olympic Stadium is a cream-colored monolith that is the 2004 Games&#39; International Broadcast Center. Inside is NBC&#39;s Games headquarters and Dick Ebersol.
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Mariel Zagunis won the first fencing gold for the United States for 100 years when she beat Xue Tan of China 15-9 in the inaugural Olympic women&#39;s sabre final on Tuesday.
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LONDON, June 4 -- Olympic organizers unveiled the official logo for London's 2012 Summer Games on Monday, and didn't get quite the reaction they were hoping for.
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A member of the Chinese Olympic Committee came to Athens last May. He visited our Olympic sites, which were still under construction, and met members of the Greek Olympic Committee.
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LAS VEGAS -- There are two unmistakable plotlines as USA Basketball gets ready for next month's Olympic qualifier. One is, "We learned from last year." The other is the presence of Kobe Bryant. The two are not unrelated.
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Getting the technology in place for Athens 2004 is an Olympic task in itself.
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Something strange is happening in US men&#39;s team sports in the international arena. We saw it with the men&#39;s basketball team at the Olympic Games, and we witnessed it again last weekend at the Ryder Cup.
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For a few hours Saturday, the plaza at Michigan Avenue and the Chicago River was a sea of orange. Hundreds of members of Chicago&#39;s Ukrainian community went to the plaza wearing orange scarfs, orange caps, orange jackets and orange ribbons.
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Although not quite to the level of the original Dream Team, Team USA is dominating the Olympic qualifying tournament and the awe factor is getting close to what it reached in 1992.
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The &quot;Win One for Mia and the Gang&quot; speech US women&#39;s soccer coach April Heinrichs delivered before Monday&#39;s Olympic semifinal match got the job done.