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339 results for "olympics"
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X Games Barcelona -- One packed day at X Games
Jim CapleThere's no better way to learn what X Games is all about than to see it live -- all of it
Story | Conversation | May 18, 2013 -
X Games Barcelona: Veteran Bucky Lasek takes X Games Skateboard V...
Jim CapleVeteran Bucky Lasek won his second consecutive X Games Skateboard Vert gold, edging out rising stars Marcelo Bastos and Mitchie Brusco
Story | Conversation | May 16, 2013 -
Olympic stage set for X Games Barcelona
Jim CapleChanneling the 1992 Summer Olympics, X Games has taken over some of the most iconic venues in Barcelona.
Story | Conversation | May 12, 2013 -
Chris Klug looks to promote donor awareness
Jim CapleIn the early 1990s, snowboarder Chris Klug was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis, a life-threatening disease that led to the death of his boyhood hero, Walter Payton. But it took years for Klug to finally receive the liver transplant that...
Blog | May 01, 2013 -
Blake Leeper worries Oscar Pistorius' arrest will put negative sp...
Jim CapleOscar Pistorius inspired many disabled athletes, including Blake Leeper, who worries about the negative effect Pistorius' arrest might have on the Paralympic movement that benefitted so much from the South African sprinter's success.
Story | Conversation | February 21, 2013 -
Meteorite makes star of Russian dash cams
Jim CapleIf you watched videos of last week's meteorite over Russia, you might have wondered why so many appeared to be taken from inside cars. As this Washington Post story explains, it's because Russians frequently mount cameras on their dashboards to help ...
Blog | February 18, 2013 -
Vonetta Flowers' legacy opens door to more diverse bobsled progra...
Jim CapleVonetta Flowers became the first African-American bobsledder from any country to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics when she and Jill Bakken topped the podium at the 2002 Salt Lake Games. And the current U.S. women's bobsled team diversity refle...
Blog | February 17, 2013 -
Bobsledder makes you look like a real luger
Jim CapleOK, fans. It's Valentine's Day and the pressure is on to come up with something special and romantic for that special someone in your life. And if you need inspiration, check out what bobsledder Nic Taylor did last month. Just don't let your signi...
Blog | February 14, 2013 -
Five Olympic sports that should get the boot before wrestling
Jim CapleI am still wrestling with the IOC's shocking and inexplicable decision to drop wrestling from the Summer Olympics while preserving the modern pentathlon (which was expected to get the boot). Wrestling is a sport that is popular worldwide. It goes all...
Blog | February 12, 2013 -
espnW -- Skier Stacey Cook learns from Vancouver crash, hopes to ...
Jim CapleDownhill skier Stacey Cook suffered a nasty fall during a training run at the 2010 Olympics and has been looking ahead to Sochi ever since, hoping for a fair shot at the medal stand.
Story | Conversation | February 12, 2013 -
espnW -- Lolo Jones, the Olympic bobsledder? It could happen
Jim CapleAfter another disappointing end at the Summer Games, Lolo Jones needed a distraction. Her answer? Bobsled. Now, the track star is eyeing a new goal: making a Winter Olympic team.
Story | Conversation | February 08, 2013 -
2014 Sochi Olympics -- With Winter Games a year away, we check in...
Jim CapleWith the 2014 Sochi Olympics a year away, it is becoming quite clear these Games won't be held in a traditional locale.
Story | Conversation | February 07, 2013 -
Dan O'Brien will race again, all for a good cause
Jim CapleGold medalist Dan O'Brien is competing in the decathlon again. Well, not the decathlon. He won Olympic gold in that event at the 1996 Atlanta Games, and at age 46, he is now a little past his prime. But he will compete in a decathlon. To be specif...
Blog | January 29, 2013 -
Team USA provisional roster for WBC should generate buzz
Jim CapleWe know the U.S. roster for the WBC now. The next step is the passion and commitment to make it succeed.
Story | Conversation | January 18, 2013 -
espnW -- Kaillie Humphries again finds new life on the bobsled tr...
Jim CapleJust when Kaillie Humphries thought her Olympic dreams were shattered, she found new life as a bobsled driver and the world has been chasing her ever since.
Story | Conversation | January 15, 2013 -
espnW Headliners -- Jincy Dunne trying to squeeze Sochi Olympics ...
Jim CapleJincy Dunne, a 15-year-old from Missouri, has a hectic schedule and a lofty goal of making the U.S. hockey team for the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Story | Conversation | January 10, 2013