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U.S. Women’s Soccer Favored In Olympic Qualifying, But Roadblocks Remain
yahoo.com 3 weeks, 4 days agoVANCOUVER, B.C.,The U.S. women's soccer team will be overwhelming favorites when CONCACAF's eight-team Olympic qualifying tournament kicks off here Thursday, but that doesn't mean they'll have a clear road to the London games. Already dealing with off-field distractions after the team narrowly avoided a fatal shooting in the lobby of its hotel Tuesday night, the Americans, who top FIFA's world rankings , find themselves in a foreign city facing tough opposition in a tournament where there's a lot at stake a
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A Painful Decision For Speed-skating Star Katherine Reutter
suntimes.com 4 weeks, 1 day agoShort track speedskater Katherine Reutter’s claim to fame has nothing to do with skating. It’s that TV personality Stephen Colbert signed her thigh. “People ask me if it’s still there,” Reutter laughed. “No, it’s not. That’s gross.” Reutter was on the eve of making her Olympic debut in 2010 when she went on Colbert’s show. U.S. Speedskating was all but broke, having lost it’s main sponsor, and Colbert offered to help the organization financially right before the Vancouver Olympics. Colbert’s help couldn’t h
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