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Winter Olympics celebrated at Shohola (Pike County Courier)
March 11, 2010Shohola Elementary School third grade students decorated their hallway with Olympic Rings that they made. They are excited about the 2010 Winter Olympics being held in Vancouver, British Columbia, this month. Most of the third-graders were only 4 or 5 years old when the last winter Olympics were held. Linda Brown’s third grade class did research on various aspects of the winter games and its ...
Vancouver had an Olympics, too (Pike County Courier)
March 11, 2010SHOHOLA Powered by plentiful food and beer, a competition in “challenging” winter sports took place on Saturday, Feb. 27, as the historic Rohman’s Inn in Shohola hosted its 24th annual Winter Olympics.
Race, Polar Plunge benefit Special Olympics (Dayton Daily News)
March 11, 2010Beef O’Brady’s restaurant in Centerville is hosting a St. Patrick’s Day 5K run at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 13 in conjunction with the Centerville Police Department.Race-day registration costs $20 and begins at 7:45 a.m. at Beef’s, 953 S. Main St. All proceeds will be donated to the Special Olympics.
East School students compete in Reading Olympics (The New Canaan News)
March 11, 2010As top athletes around the globe gathered in Vancouver for the 2010 winter Olympics, East Elementary School students cozied up with books for a combined total of 389,563 minutes in their own Olympics-inspired games.
Bo-Dyn bobsled worth its weight in gold at Olympics (Motorsport.com)
March 11, 2010When the United States team won the four-man bobsled competition at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, it marked the first time in 62 years that an American team had walked away with the coveted gold medal.
Keep your Olympic spirit alive with the Paralympic Games - Vancouver Sun
March 11, 2010 CTV.ca | Keep your Olympic spirit alive with the Paralympic Games Vancouver Sun After a major athletic competition such as the Olympic Games, many athletes experience a period of what is known as post-competition depression. ... Cure for post-Olympic blues Paralympics the cure for Whistler's Olympic blues It's one grand sporting spectacle |
Crosby's missing Olympics gear found - UPI.com
March 11, 2010 USA Today | Crosby's missing Olympics gear found UPI.com TORONTO, March 10 (UPI) -- Gear used by Sidney Crosby when he scored the gold medal-winning goal for Team Canada, missing since the Vancouver Olympics, ... Sidney Crosby's missing gear found Sidney Crosby's golden goal stick found Crosby's stick caper solved |
Olympic Athlete Marion Jones Signs With the Tulsa Shock - Welcome to Loud City (blog)
March 11, 2010 BBC Sport | Olympic Athlete Marion Jones Signs With the Tulsa Shock Welcome to Loud City (blog) Just in case you've been hiding under a rock when it comes to the Olympics, let me give you a run down. Marion Jones is best known to the public for being a ... TU 2: Tulsa's decision to sign Marion Jones far from shocking Marion Jones signs with WNBA's Shock Marion Jones WNBA basketball career begins with Tulsa Shock |
US team to use university base at London 2012 - USA Today
March 11, 2010 Telegraph.co.uk | US team to use university base at London 2012 USA Today LONDON (AP) — The United States Olympic team will prepare and train for the London 2012 Olympics at a modernized university complex close to the athletes ... Team US picks University of East London as Olympic base OLYMPICS: Team USA to use university base US team to train at London university before games |
Helped by Olympics, 'NBC Nightly News' Has a Big February - New York Times (blog)
March 11, 2010 HitFix | Helped by Olympics, 'NBC Nightly News' Has a Big February New York Times (blog) Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images US Olympic favorites like Shaun White helped drive big ratings for NBC. How many new viewers did the Winter ... In Race For 18-49 Ratings Bronze, ABC Is Within Reach Of NBC With Games, NBC wins February sweeps |
