June 19, 2013

NHL: Bruins’ Thomas to sit next season

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Tim Thomas #30 of the Boston Bruins makes a save against the Washington Capitals in Game Six of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals during the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Verizon Center on April 22, 2012 in Washington, DC. (April 21, 2012 – Source: Patrick McDermott/Getty Images North America) BOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins goaltender [...]

Skiing: First look at the Sochi downhill

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The view from the start gate for the women’s downhill at Rosa Khutor, site of the 2014 Olympics competition. (Kelly VanderBeek) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Since returning from a World Cup stop in Russia I’ve been bombarded with people hungry for information. Everyone wants to know what Russia was like and how preparations look [...]

Skiing: Vonn clinches 3rd consecutive super-combined title

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indsey Vonn, of the United States, smiles in the finish area after completing a women’s World Cup downhill on the Sochi Olympics course. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Another day, another title for Lindsey Vonn. Just 24 hours after clinching her fifth consecutive World Cup downhill title, the American clinched her third [...]

Olympic champion Lysacek announces comeback

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Figure skaters Evan Lysacek (L) of the United States, the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics figure skating gold medalist, and Shizuka Arakawa, the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics figure skating gold medalist, pose during the opening ceremony for the Citi Ice Rink at Tokyo Midtown on January 6, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan. The outdoor ice skating rink [...]