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Rome’s 2020 Withdrawal: An Alarm Bell
By Alan Abrahamson | 2-22-2012
The files for Rome’s 2020 bid had been printed in Milan. They had been loaded onto a delivery van....
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Where Track and Field is Sexy and Knows it
By Alan Abrahamson | 2-22-2012
DONETSK, Ukraine — In his time, it was enough that Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile. People cared,...
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Ross Powers’ Moment of Perfection
By Alan Abrahamson | 2-22-2012
Ten years ago today, Ross Powers launched himself into the brilliant blue Utah sky. Ross first slid down into the frozen...
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Apolo Ohno: “Everything is Great”
By Alan Abrahamson | 2-22-2012
Apolo Ohno, the eight-time Olympic medalist, has always lived life by a simple and yet powerful credo: Dream big. And then...
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Sanya’s Super Déjà vu Times two?
By Alan Abrahamson | 2-22-2012
Four years ago, after David Tyree had somehow super-glued the football to his helmet and the New York Giants...
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A Historic 50th for Lindsey Vonn
By Alan Abrahamson | 2-22-2012
You wonder whether Lindsey Vonn is so good this season that the point has come whether she has simply...
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Lindsey Vonn: Halfway to 2k
By Alan Abrahamson | 2-22-2012
It was a perfect day for alpine skiing Friday in St. Moritz, Switzerland, site of the 1928 Winter...
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Field Hockey: It's Not for Sissies
By Alan Abrahamson | 1-24-2012
The odds were still pretty fair that Carrie Lingo might well have made the 2012 U.S. Olympic women’s field...
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