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Senators bring bill to criminalize vast doping conspiracies
The measure is named after Grigory Rodchenkov, the Moscow lab director who blew the whistle on Russian cheating.
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50 years after raised fists at Olympics, legacy of protest continues with Kaepernick
“Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling is the exactly the same sort of symbolic protest as the black power salute from the 1968 Olympics,” said Leland Ware, the Louis L. Redding Chair for the study of law and public policy at the University of Delaware.
3 months ago -
Gymnastics exec says she was told to keep quiet about Nassar
Rhonda Faehn, the former senior vice president of USA Gymnastics, said she first reported an allegation against Nassar to Steve Penny, her then-boss, on June 17, 2015. Nassar was not arrested until more than a year later.
8 months ago -
Olympic hockey player Haley Skarupa congratulated by Montgomery Co. Council (Photos)
Haley Skarupa, a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. women’s Olympic hockey team and a Rockville native, was congratulated by the Montgomery County Council on Tuesday in Rockville, Maryland. See photos.
9 months ago -
Olympic great Marit Bjoergen says she is retiring
Marit Bjoergen, the most decorated Winter Olympian in history, says she is retiring from cross-country skiing.
10 months ago -
Five-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky turns pro
Ledecky made the announcement after helping Stanford University’s women’s swim team to its second straight national championship earlier this month.
10 months ago -
PHOTOS: Pyeongchang Olympics, part 2
Here are some photos from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
11 months ago -
The ‘Garlic Girls’: South Korean curlers a global sensation
A humble group of Korean curlers with fierce talent and funny personalities had no idea how much the world had fallen in love with them.
11 months ago -
AP PHOTOS: Going upside down is normal at Winter Olympics
Figure skaters bend over backwards during a spin or hang low from their partners arms. Aerialists soar head over skis in search of big air and snowboarders flip repeatedly during the halfpipe.
11 months ago -
US rides Zapolski, college kids to Olympic quarterfinals
The U.S. beat Slovakia 5-1 Tuesday in the qualification round to move on to face the Czech Republic on Wednesday. See photos.
11 months ago -
Olympic figure skating unveils new, modern soundtrack
Ed Sheeran? Coldplay? The decision by skating’s governing body after the 2014 Sochi Games to allow lyrics in all disciplines expanded the breadth of what is available, and skaters have taken broad liberties with it.
11 months ago -
Red alert: Gerard wins United States’ 1st gold of games
Kicking off the second day of full events at the Pyeongchang Olympics, the 17-year-old snowboarder won the United States’ first gold medal of the games.
12 months ago -
Surprise! Chris Mazdzer makes US history with 1st medal in men’s singles luge
David Gleirscher and Chris Mazdzer stood higher than anyone else atop the men’s luge podium on Sunday as the reign of Germany’s Felix Loch as Olympic champion came to a slippery, stunning and sudden end.
12 months ago -
Olympic men’s downhill postponed because of strong wind
The first race on an 11-event Alpine schedule was shelved three hours before the start time at the Jeongseon hill, and organizers said they would now try to hold the men’s downhill on Thursday.
12 months ago -
Combined Korean hockey team loses to Swiss in Olympic debut
The game came just 24 hours after an extraordinary opening ceremony a few miles away was marked by signs of unity between the two rivals.
12 months ago
