Winners and losers: Canadians steal show

March 1, 2010

After nearly three weeks, the Winter Olympics are over, and the world’s obsession with the Games will go on hold until the summer of 2012, when the circus will hit London. It’s been eventful trying to deliver the news, with varying degrees of success: I investigated whether the sport of curli...

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An euphoric end to a bittersweet Olympics

March 1, 2010

They were the resilient Winter Games — beginning in shock, ending in euphoria. Opening day was overshadowed by the death of a luger in a training-run crash. The finale couldn't have been more festive — a tribute to the organizers, who persevered despite first-week setbacks, and to the Canadi...

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Another injury, maybe not another race for Vonn

February 25, 2010

Lindsey Vonn began these Olympics with a shin so badly bruised she didn't know if she could compete. Two weeks, two medals and two crashes later, her Vancouver Games might be finished a race early because of a broken right pinkie. "I'm just a little bit beat up right now," Vonn said after spin...

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US stuns Canada in Olympic ice-hockey clash

February 22, 2010

Flamboyant skier Bode Miller and rock-steady ice hockey goaltender Ryan Miller allowed the United States to seize control of Super Sunday at the Winter Olympics. American dominance of the pistes continued with Bode Miller surging to the men's super-combined gold before the US stunned hosts Canada...

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Lysacek clinches figure skating gold

February 19, 2010

American Evan Lysacek ended Yevgeny Plushenko's imperious reign as Olympic champion with a spell-binding free skate on Thursday to clinch the men's figure skating gold. Plushenko, looking to become the first man in almost six decades to win back-to-back titles, had been swaggering around all week...

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Woods heading back to therapy after speech

February 19, 2010

Tiger Woods will return to therapy after he ends a three-month silence and speaks about his infidelity and his future. Golf's biggest star on Friday will address the shocking and sordid sex scandal that has consumed his life since late November then will return to the clinic where he has been und...

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