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Mrz 09 2010

Bode Miller decides to skip World Cup finals (AP)

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AP – Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller has called it a season, a week before the World Cup finals in Germany.

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Mrz 09 2010

Ankle Injury Ends Bode Miller’s Season

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In the wake of his successful Olympics, Bode Miller said he will not finish the World Cup season because of a lingering ankle injury

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Mrz 09 2010

2K Sports signs Ryan Kesler for NHL 2K11 cover

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New York, NY – 2K Sports announced today they have signed Ryan Kesler, star two-way forward for the Vancouver Canucks and 2010 Winter Olympics hero, to be featured as the cover athlete and spokesman for their upcoming video game, NHL

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Mrz 09 2010

Greg Westlake talks to Gary Kingston about girlfriends, winning the Cup and sledge hockey fights

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Greg Westlake was born in North Vancouver but moved as an infant to Ontario where he had his deformed feet amputated. He won gold at the 2006 Paralympics.

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Mrz 09 2010

Vancouver Paralympic village opens to athletes

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VANCOUVER – Morten Vaernes rolled his wheelchair back and forth Monday night to keep warm in the chilly air at the Vancouver athletes’ village. This was the third night his Norwegian sledge hockey team had spent in the village, and by far the coldest.

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Vancouver Paralympic village opens to athletes

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Mrz 09 2010

Changing attitudes on display as torch arrives in Whistler

For Kirsten Sharp, the Paralympic torch relay is all about changing attitudes.

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Changing attitudes on display as torch arrives in Whistler

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Mrz 09 2010

Ammann gana en Kuopio y está a un paso de la Copa del Mundo

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Redacción deportes, 9 mar (EFE).- Simon Ammann, doble campeónolímpico en Vancouver 2010, está a un paso de convertirse en elprimer suizo que gana la Copa del Mundo de salto de esquí nórdico alganar hoy la antepenúltima prueba puntuable, en el trampolín…

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Mrz 08 2010

From Olympics to video game cover boy: Canucks forward Kesler enjoys the ride

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Ryan Kesler has been on quite a roll of late. At the recent Olympics, he scored in the men’s hockey final and emerged with a silver medal as part of an impressive young U.S. team. Since returning to the Vancouver Canucks, he has three goa…

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Mrz 08 2010

Fans snap up Paralympic tickets

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The momentum of the Olympic Games is pushing Paralympic tickets sales higher as Friday’s opening ceremony inches closer and athletes begin arriving in British Columbia.

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Fans snap up Paralympic tickets

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Mrz 08 2010

Canada’s Eric Guay wins World Cup gold in Norway

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The safe, controlled Erik Guay finally unleashed the risk taker within on Sunday. A couple of weeks later than he had hoped, on a stage where the overwhelming Olympic pressure was lifted, Canada’s hard-luck skier ended three years of agonizing near misses, capturing a men’s super-G at Kvitfjell, Norway, for his second career World Cup victory.

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Canada’s Eric Guay wins World Cup gold in Norway

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