Ukraine Olympic team calls for peace, IOC wants no protests
BEIJING (AP) — The Ukrainian Olympic team has followed the lead of skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych in calling for peace. Heraskevych held up a…
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Ukraine Olympic team calls for peace, IOC wants no protests
BEIJING (AP) — The Ukrainian Olympic team has followed the lead of skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych in calling for peace. Heraskevych held up a…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: ‘Grip,’ ‘chatter,’ other Olympic ski racing lingo
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — As in many sports, and plenty of other fields, Alpine skiing has a lingua franca — those are…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: ‘Grip,’ ‘chatter,’ other Olympic ski racing lingo
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — As in many sports, and plenty of other fields, Alpine skiing has a lingua franca — those are…
Continue ReadingRoeiseland, Fillon Maillet win Olympic gold in pursuit races
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Marte Olsbu Roeiseland earned her third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics by winning…
Continue ReadingConConnect wants to become the LinkedIn for the formerly incarcerated
By Alessandra Freitas, CNN When Andre Peart left New York state Bare Hill Correctional Facility in 2018, he didn’t have anywhere to go. He had…
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Best of Day 9: Three U.S. pairs qualify for free dance final
Relive the best moments of Day 9, where U.S. figure skating pairs Madison Hubbell/Zach Donohue, Madison Chock/Evan Bates and Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc…
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ROC beats 14 other teams for gold in men’s 4x10km relay
Neither the weather nor the 14 other teams could stop ROC from claiming gold in men’s 4x10km…
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China gets extra ends women’s curling win over South Korea
China picked up its second win of the 2022 Games with an extra ends win over South Korea Sunday in women’s curling…
Continue ReadingShiffrin & Kilde, ski racing’s power couple, help each other
By HOWARD FENDRICH and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers BEIJING (AP) — American ski racing standout Mikaela Shiffrin and boyfriend Aleksander Aamodt…
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After two losses, U.S. women’s curling hopes for bounce back … and ice cream
After falling to 3-2 in round-robin play, the U.S. women’s curling team not only wants to pile more wins on to hopefully move on to the medal rounds,…
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ROC men win first Olympic gold in 4x10km relay since 1980
History was made on Sunday when the ROC men’s 4x10km relay team won Olympic…
Continue ReadingMacron not a candidate yet but campaigning for reelection
By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron hasn’t officially declared that he’s a candidate for…
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Great Britain women’s curling team forces Denmark to concede
A huge ninth end steal propelled Great Britain to a 7-2 win over…
Continue ReadingMiley Cyrus, Green Day span decades in pre-Super Bowl show
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Miley Cyrus has only been alive for about half the Super Bowls ever played, but her…
Continue ReadingMiley Cyrus, Green Day span decades in pre-Super Bowl show
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Miley Cyrus has only been alive for about half the Super Bowls ever played, but her…
Continue Reading‘The Good Boss’ starring Bardem big winner at Spain’s Goyas
MADRID (AP) — Fernando León de Aranoa’s “The Good Boss” has been the big winner of Spain’s most prestigious film awards, winning six…
Continue ReadingRe-elected German president vows to fight for democracy
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been re-elected for a second term of five years…
Continue ReadingRussians hold off Norway and France for Olympic relay gold
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — The Russian team opened a lead on the first leg of the men’s cross-country skiing…
Continue ReadingOlympic doping case ruling to be announced Monday afternoon
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva testified by video at the appeal hearing that will decide if…
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