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Broken pinkie could sideline Lindsey Vonn 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... - Posted on February 25, 2010
Olympics' Lindsey Vonn is now a star A camera caught Lindsey Vonn dabbing on makeup minutes after becoming the first American woman to win an Olympic downhill. Looking up, she realized the scene was being relayed to a giant videoboard near the finish area. She playfully scrunched up her features and said, "Oh, come on." ... - Posted on February 18, 2010
Is Olympic hockey a joke? Canada's debut 18-0 demolition of Slovakia in front of a gleeful home crowd reopened the oldest question in women's hockey: Is this sport competitive enough to belong in the Olympics at all? By scoring more goals than most teams will manage in an entire tournament, Canada managed the bigge... - Posted on February 15, 2010
Finally, a win for Canada Alexandre Bilodeau grabbed the Canadian flag and thrust it in the air, effortlessly lifting his country in the process. All the training. All the money. All the pressure to deliver an Olympic gold rush on home soil. With one frantic dash down Cypress Mountain on Sunday, Bilodeau own... - Posted on February 15, 2010
Girls banned from ski jumps…what up with that? TweenTribune reports that women aren’t allowed to participate in ski jumping at the Olympics. Since 1998, the International Olympics Committee has been asked to change the ban on women ski jumpers, but it has yet to do so. All future Olympic sports MUST be open to both men and women BUT ... - Posted on February 12, 2010
Colbert to poke fun at Olympics Stephen Colbert has already auditioned for the U.S. bobsled, skating and curling teams. He has angered a sizable portion of Canada. And he has landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated's Olympic preview. Now, he's preparing for the big event. While "The Colbert Report" is in repeats next w... - Posted on February 11, 2010
Man runs to top of Empire State in 10 minutes It took Thomas Dold 10 minutes and 16 seconds Tuesday to earn his record-tying fifth consecutive win in the Empire State Building Run-Up, a punishing 86-flight scamper to the top of New York's tallest building. Grimacing as he lunged across the finish line on the 86th floor observation de... - Posted on February 3, 2010
Man catches world's largest, largemouth bass A man was being credited with tying the 77-year-old world record for catching the biggest largemouth bass. The International Game Fish Association announced Friday that it had confirmed the 22-pound, 4-ounce fish caught by Manabu Kurita. The Florida-based group said Kurita caught ... - Posted on January 9, 2010
World's tallest girl is almost 7 feet tall Think of the tallest friend you have. Odds are, he or she doesn't hold a candle to 16-year-old Marvadene Anderson. Marvadene, whose nickname is "Bubbles" because of her bubbly personality, is the tallest teenager in the world at 6'10". Could you imagine being three inches t... - Posted on January 7, 2010
Alphabet soup: 3D TV on ESPN ESPN is looking to ride one of the next big waves in consumer electronics with a new 3-D sports channel. The network, owned by the Walt Disney Co., says it will introduce a channel this year that will broadcast live sports events using the technology, starting with the FIFA World Cup socce... - Posted on January 6, 2010