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Nov 18 2008

Daley heading to Turkey for Olympic meeting - Chicago Sun-Times

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Daley heading to Turkey for Olympic meeting
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 1 hour ago
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter Mayor Daley has traveled the world to promote Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. ...

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Nov 18 2008

Olympic champions Clay, Brown Trafton win top US honor - AFP

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Zee News

Olympic champions Clay, Brown Trafton win top US honor
AFP - 13 hours ago
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (AFP) — Beijing Olympic champions Bryan Clay and Stephanie Brown Trafton were named Tuesday as winners of the Jesse Owens Award given ...
USATF names Jesse Owens Award winners USA Today
Olympic Gold medalist Stephanie Brown Trafton makes USATF history KSBY
Regional Digest: Galt's Trafton is voted Owens Award winner Sacramento Bee
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
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Nov 18 2008

USATF names Jesse Owens Award winners - USA Today

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AFP

USATF names Jesse Owens Award winners
USA Today - 2 hours ago
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — USA Track & Field has selected Olympic gold medalists Bryan Clay and Stephanie Brown Trafton for the Jesse Owens Awards as the sport's ...
Clay wins Jesse Owens Award Honolulu Star-Bulletin
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Nov 18 2008

TV veteran Ahern joining Chicago 2016 Olympic bid team - Chicago Tribune

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Crain's Chicago Business

TV veteran Ahern joining Chicago 2016 Olympic bid team
Chicago Tribune, United States - 50 minutes ago
Veteran television executive Joe Ahern, ousted from WBBM-Ch. 2 last month, is joining the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid team as a senior adviser, ...
Ex-CBS 2 station manager joins Chicago 2016 Crain's Chicago Business
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Nov 18 2008

USA Basketball to move from Colorado to Arizona - The Associated Press

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AFP

USA Basketball to move from Colorado to Arizona
The Associated Press - 30 minutes ago
USA Basketball had been headquartered in Colorado Springs, home of the US Olympic Committee. The group announced last year it would consider moving so it ...
USA Basketball expected to name Valley as new home Bizjournals.com
USA hoops helps put Glendale on map, again Arizona Republic
USA Basketball headquarters moving to Valley KTAR.com
AFP - AZFamily
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Nov 18 2008

Decathlete Bryan Clay is a champion, and not just at breakfast - Los Angeles Times

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Decathlete Bryan Clay is a champion, and not just at breakfast
Los Angeles Times, CA - 56 minutes ago
Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bryan Clay with his son, Jacob, signs Wheaties boxes at a Vons grocery store in Glendora. The Glendora-based gold medalist ...

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Nov 18 2008

EBU urges International Olympic Committee to stick with European … - The Canadian Press

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EBU urges International Olympic Committee to stick with European ...
The Canadian Press, GENEVA - 2 hours ago
GENEVA — The head of the European Broadcasting Union has urged the Olympic movement to renew its contract with the public broadcasters and resist the riches ...

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Nov 18 2008

Women ski jumpers still hopeful for 2010 - Washington Post

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CBC.ca

Women ski jumpers still hopeful for 2010
Washington Post, United States - 1 hour ago
By Allan Dowd VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - There is still enough time for women's ski jumping to make it into the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in ...
Women want ski jumping invite to 2010 Games USA Today
Women Ski Jumpers Suing Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee to ... First Tracks
Women ski jumpers clear hurdle in uphill battle CTV.ca
The Canadian Press - News1130
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Nov 18 2008

Olympic curling dreams nurtured - BBC News

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BBC News

Olympic curling dreams nurtured
BBC News, UK - 17 minutes ago
Mr Maxwell said the funding could help develop "elite athletes" in the run-up to the 2010 Winter Olympics. The improvements at Lockerbie Ice Rink were ...

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Nov 18 2008

John Hancock Financial Announces Top American Ryan Hall To Run … - MarketWatch

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John Hancock Financial Announces Top American Ryan Hall To Run ...
MarketWatch - 47 minutes ago
A few months later at the US Olympic Trials, he set a course record as he cruised to a nearly two-minute lead over one of the best US fields ever assembled. ...

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