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Hobart comes through in girls basketball win over Calumet

Hobart comes through in girls basketball win over Calumet

CALUMET TWP. | Hobart took an early punch when Calumet led after the first quarter 14-10.

Nov 25, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…

Former C.P., Highland coach Brad Smith gets to Lucas Oil

Former C.P., Highland coach Brad Smith gets to Lucas Oil

INDIANAPOLIS | Kirk Kennedy was at Monday's news conference for the IHSAA state football championships when he saw an old friend.

Nov 25, 2009 | 12:05 am | Loading…

Skaters Lysacek, Kim discover obligations, spoils

Skaters Lysacek, Kim discover obligations, spoils

Evan Lysacek and Kim Yu-na have discovered that the spoils of being a world champion are matched by the obligations. They're learning that their own high expectations might not measure up to those placed upon them by outsiders.

Nov 24, 2009 | 7:40 pm

Five-time US dance champs out of Grand Prix final

Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto, the reigning Olympic and world silver medalists in ice dance, have withdrawn from next week's Grand Prix final.

Nov 24, 2009 | 6:00 pm

Comedian Stephen Colbert goes bobsledding

Comedian Stephen Colbert took the "Night Train" and it nearly left him speechless.

Nov 24, 2009 | 5:20 pm

49ers' Vernon Davis gets a broom and goes curling

49ers' Vernon Davis gets a broom and goes curling

Vernon Davis stepped onto the ice and started moonwalking, fully confident he could conquer the sport of curling _ or at the least be respectable. He is an NFL star, after all.

Nov 24, 2009 | 5:20 pm

Holcomb wins bobsled gold at Lake Placid

Holcomb wins bobsled gold at Lake Placid

Steven Holcomb said the U.S. bobsled team was going to be a powerhouse this year. He sure seems like a prophet.

Nov 23, 2009 | 7:40 pm

Luger Tony Benshoof's back woes are back again

Luger Tony Benshoof's back woes are back again

Tony Benshoof's back problem is back, already causing concern for the Olympic season.

Nov 23, 2009 | 7:40 pm

Slight rise in construction cost of London Games

The projected final cost of construction for the 2012 London Olympics has risen slightly, but the overall budget for the games remains unchanged.

Nov 23, 2009 | 7:40 pm

Hirscher, Borssen win parallel slaloms

Hirscher, Borssen win parallel slaloms

Marcel Hirscher of Austria won the second edition of the parallel slalom Champions Cup on a giant ramp in a promotion of Alpine ski events for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

Nov 21, 2009 | 2:10 pm

Stiegler done for season with broken bones in leg

Stiegler done for season with broken bones in leg

U.S. skier Resi Stiegler is out for the season after breaking two bones in her left leg in a crash during giant slalom training.

Nov 20, 2009 | 9:15 pm

Rochette leads Skate Canada, delights home crowd

Rochette leads Skate Canada, delights home crowd

Listening to her coach paid off for Joannie Rochette.

Nov 20, 2009 | 6:45 pm

Germany and Canada win WC skeleton races

Germany and Canada win WC skeleton races

The home-ice advantage for the U.S. skeleton team vanished for the second straight week in World Cup competition and Canada and Germany took advantage in the snowless Adirondack Mountains.

Nov 20, 2009 | 6:30 pm

Female ski jumpers hear reasons for case dismissal

Female ski jumpers hear reasons for case dismissal

Vancouver Olympic organizers didn't violate women ski jumpers' rights because they had no power to include their event in the 2010 Winters Games.

Nov 20, 2009 | 5:00 pm

Northug the man to beat as Olympic season starts

Petter Northug enters the Olympic season as the man to beat in cross-country skiing, and he isn't doing much to downplay expectations.

Nov 20, 2009 | 4:55 pm

Tony Benshoof's back ailing again

Olympic luge slider Tony Benshoof's back is aching again, just as the international racing season is set to begin.

Nov 19, 2009 | 10:30 pm

Olympic lodging plan off because of rough economy

An Olympic housing plan in which thousands of visitors would have stayed on cruise ships has been called off because of the rough economy.

Nov 19, 2009 | 8:45 pm

Get to know Lindsey and the Vonntourage

Get to know Lindsey and the Vonntourage

Lindsey Vonn and her husband, Thomas, were sitting on the couch watching "Entourage" when the idea popped into Thomas' head _ the "Vonntourage." As the top female skier on the World Cup circuit the past two seasons, Vonn travels full time with two physical trainers provided by Red Bull, h…

Nov 19, 2009 | 8:45 pm

Fans to have chance to design Vonn's helmet art

Fans to have chance to design Vonn's helmet art

Fans will have a chance to design the artwork that appears on star skier Lindsey Vonn's helmet during February's Vancouver Olympics.

Nov 19, 2009 | 6:10 am

BMW becomes 2012 London Olympics top-tier sponsor

BMW becomes 2012 London Olympics top-tier sponsor

BMW is the latest top-tier domestic sponsor of the 2012 London Olympics, and organizers remain in talks with additional potential investors.

Nov 19, 2009 | 6:00 am

Comcast-NBC would unite rivals on Oly network

Comcast-NBC would unite rivals on Oly network

NBC might have a partner in the cable company that wanted to be its Olympic rival.

Nov 19, 2009 | 5:45 am

Penguins captain Crosby runs with Olympic torch

Penguins captain Crosby runs with Olympic torch

Five months after lifting the Stanley Cup, Sidney Crosby carried the Olympic torch as thousands of people lined a downtown street.

Nov 18, 2009 | 10:40 pm

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