Keepaway is an Olympic Sport?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPgnRff5EVg]If I’m lyin’, I’m dyin’. A woman called the Gazette’s sports department Tuesday and sportswriter Jeff Dahn answered. He said she was watching...
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Shawn Johnson: Golden
(AP photo) This has been a pretty rotten year for Iowa, all in all, with flood and tornado damage.No gold medal will change any of that. But you know Iowans from Rock Rapids to Keokuk will enjoy...
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The day Tom Brands won an Olympic gold medal
Tom Brands, Olympic championThis is the second in a series of four vignettes here this week while I take a short hiatus from work.Every now and then, I’m asked to name the most-memorable sporting...
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Medal play could gain new meaning in golf
Golf in the Olympics? Why not?“They’ve got tennis,” said Australian golfer Robert Allenby. “They’ve got Tiddlywinks. BMX bikes.“Let’s just think about it. Golf is a sport and it’s been around for...
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Never thought I’d say this, but I like MMA
Former University of Minnesota wrestling national champion Brock Lesnar celebrates after a TKO of Frank Mir for the heavyweight title at UFC 100 in Las Vegas in July. Can wrestlers excelling in mixed...
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Chicago makes its case to be 2016 Olympics host
In this photo taken on Sept. 18, 2009, McCormick Place is seen against the Chicago Skyline. For the 2016 Games, it will be transformed into Lake Michigan Sports Complex featuring 11 Olympic and 8...
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Grassley supports Obama’s push for Chicago Olympic bid
President Obama’s visit to Denmark to help his hometown of Chicago win the 2016 Olympic Games has drawn criticism from Republican leaders, but not Sen. Chuck Grassley.House Minority Leader John...
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Grassley OK with Obama’s Olympic trip
By James Q. LynchThe Gazette President Obama’s visit to Denmark to help his hometown of Chicago win the 2016 Olympic Games has drawn criticism from Republican leaders, but not Sen. Chuck Grassley.Sen....
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Olympic host vote likely will go down to the wire
The only certainty today is uncertainty.After a final presentation Thursday in Copenhagen, Chicago finds out today if it will be the host of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The Windy City is in stiff...
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No Chicago Olympics, no heartbreak in this corner
It's Rio! (AP photo)I used to love the Olympics. I went to them as an 18-year-old when they were in Montreal in 1976. I spent almost two years planning for it.Weird kid, right? Sure. But I’d been to...
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Golf in the Olympics? It’s fine by Tiger … and Zach, too
“Just got word golf will be an Olympic sport in 2016 in Rio de Janiero. I’ll be 43. What’s the record for oldest gold medal winner?” — Stewart Cink on Twitter Friday morning.I don’t know the oldest,...
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RoughRiders get their 1st Olympian
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders have had five players graduate to the National Hockey League. Now it appears they have their very first Olympian.Former Rider Sergei Kolosov has been named to the Belarus...
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Go for the gold with Vancouver cuisine
A security boat floats past the Olympic rings in the Vancouver harbor British Columbia, Canada. (AP photo)Until the end of the month, the eyes of the world will focus on Vancouver as the 2010 Winter...
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Sleepless in Vancouver: Cedar Rapidian sees games from Canadian side
Heather SmithWorking at the Winter Olympic Games provides plenty of emotional rewards but very little sleep, Cedar Rapids resident Heather Smith says.The 39-year-old founder of de Novo Alternative...
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Do you want to watch more hockey now?
It’s a short but simple question. Did Sunday’s United States-Canada gold medal overtime game make you want to watch or attend more hockey games?I was already sold on the sport.
View ArticleVideo: Highlights of Brands, Gable, Metcalf and Iowa wrestling
I stumbled across this video on youtube.com today. I thought it was pretty entertaining to watch. The music selection grasps the intensity associated with the program. It was cool to see the various...
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UNI finalizing hiring process
University of Northern Iowa athletics director Troy Dannen is waiting for the i’s to be dotted and the t’s to be crossed on his biggest hire since taking over the position two years ago this...
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Ma shares Olympic weightlifting knowledge
Jianping Ma demonstrates a lift during an Olympic weightlifting seminar at Got Strength Gym in Iowa City on May 8. Ma, a member of the 1984 Chinese weightlifting team, was on hand to instruct...
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Shawn Johnson serious about 2012 Olympic training
Shawn Johnson of the United States performs her gold-medal winning routine on the balance beam in individual apparatus finals on Tuesday, August 19, 2008, in the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing,...
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