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Bode Looks up at Opportunity Lost

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Ski racing can be so, so capricious. The light, just a little bit of light, can...

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Putin’s big “Dreams about Russia”

ADLER, Russia — In a ceremony entitled “Dreams about Russia,” the Sochi 2014 Olympics got underway, arguably the most controversial...

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Bode and the first run — all good

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — An Olympic downhill comes along once every four years. It is meant in every way to...

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Bach: not a stage “to score points”

SOCHI, Russia — We all make choices. Those choices hold consequences. A few weeks back, the president of the United...

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"Bach": The Olympic Stage is Set

ADLER, Russia — The 2014 Winter Games come at an anxious moment in our world, and these Olympics arrive attended...

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2024: LA's Time Again?

Shutters on the Beach, the Santa Monica hotel, is one of those Southern California legends. The beautiful people go there,...

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Toronto out, is U.S. in for 2024?

The 24/7 Olympic news cycle is consumed right now, and understandably, with security issues for the forthcoming Winter Games in...

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Giving up a spot in the Games

What would it feel like to have a spot on the 2014 U.S. Olympic team and then, selflessly, give it...

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Why this disconnect?

Now that the U.S. State Department has issued a travel advisory to Americans that all but screams don’t go to...

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Sochi Corruption Allegation

Gian Franco Kasper, the president of FIS, the influential international ski federation, says one-third of the more than $50-billion cost...

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