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Watching the Olympics after you turn in your press pass

A Monitor sports writer who covered five Olympics shares a blizzard of impressions as he watches from his couch.
Olympic athletes who put their faith first

Four top competitors – including skeleton racer Noelle Pikus-Pace, who races Thursday in Vancouver – talk about drawing on their Christian faith in sport.
Johnny Weir tonight: Olympics schedule Thursday

Day 7 of the Vancouver Olympics continues with medal events in the men's and women's biathlon, ladies' alpine skiing slalom and snowboarding halfpipe, and men's free skating – featuring the American Johnny Weir.
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Winter Olympics Day 6: US crushes with double mctwists and downhill dominance

The US won a record six medals in one day Wednesday, including three ascendant performances for gold by Lindsey Vonn, Shani Davis, and Shaun White.
Shani Davis wins Olympic gold with flawless form

Speedskater Shani Davis successfully defended his gold medal in 1,000-meter Olympic speedskating. In 2006, he became the first African-American to win individual gold in the Winter Games.
Lindsey Vonn: stunning downhill gold shakes skiing world

Lindsey Vonn wins gold in the women's downhill, and though she (wisely) refuses to buy into the hype around her in these Winter Olympics, she's well poised to make a mark on history.
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Stephen Colbert cheers Shani Davis in Vancouver Olympics

Shani Davis went for gold today – and got it. One of his sponsors: Stephen Colbert of the 'Colbert Report,' who was in Vancouver to watch the race.
Petra Majdic gives Slovenia its first-ever cross-country medal

Cross-country star Petra Majdic was cheered on by athletes and coaches from many nations as she rallied back from a bad fall and took bronze.
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Vonn and Mancuso put Americans 1-2 in downhill

Americans Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso dominated a difficult downhill course to win gold and silver for the United States Wednesday.
Olympics Schedule 2010: Wednesday's events

Olympic medals will be won today in ladies' downhill skiing, ladies' and men's cross-country skiing, men's 1,000-meter speed skating, ladies' 500-meter speed skating, and the men's snowboarding halfpipe.
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Johnny Weir and pink ribbons: This is the Winter Olympics?

After the raw-boned spectacle of the Winter Olympics' other sports, figure skating is like stepping into another universe of theater and plumage.
The one Winter Olympic gold Canada cannot lose: men's ice hockey

The Winter Olympic sport that Canada cares about most – men's ice hockey – began today with Canada defeating Norway, 8-0. The nation is desperate for its men's team to win gold on home ice after many years of disappointment.
Weathering the Olympics: how science and sport meet on the bottom of a ski

Rain and slush are testing Olympic skiers as well as their technical gurus, whose choices of skis and wax can help make the difference between gold and anonymity.
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Who ya gonna call to groom those Olympics tracks? The Whistler Weasels.

Behind every well-maintained Whistler Olympic alpine ski course are the Whistler Weasels, who volunteer to rise at all hours and put in long days.
How US luger Erin Hamlin cracked the German dynasty

Germany has won every Olympics medal in women's luge this century. But their dynasty has come under pressure from US luger Erin Hamlin, who ended Germans' 99-win streak at World Championships last year.
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Olympics curling begins with support from Google Doodle and Simpsons

Ahead of curling competition today in Vancouver at 9 am (12 pm EST), Google offered the sport a Doodle and The Simpsons featured an episode wherein Homer curls in the Vancouver Games.
Olympic Schedule 2010: Tuesday's events

Curling kicks off today's schedule with 11 matches, along with competition in US men's and women's hockey, snowboarding, biathlon, luge, speed skating, and figure skating. Alpine skiing has been postponed.
For Swiss, an Olympic skiing gold is good - beating Austria makes it great

One of the Winter Olympics' best rivalries – the Swiss vs. the Austrians in alpine skiing – has been one-sided in recent years. But a gold Monday and the promise of another Tuesday shows Switzerland is making a comeback.
At Winter Olympics, figure skating coach wears three different team uniforms

At the Vancouver Olympics, figure skating coach Ingo Steuer of Germany sat with teams from three different countries – Switzerland, Ukraine, and Germany – after their performances tonight.
Bode Miller bronze: what a difference four years makes

For American Bode Miller, bronze in the men's downhill Monday was a sign of how much his attitude toward the Winter Olympics has changed since Turin.