Author: Eddie Pells
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Good grabs, rad rails can lead to halfpipe, slopestyle gold
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — For a woman with an Olympic gold medal sitting at home, Maddie Bowman sure took her share of grief over the past four years. She did tougher tricks than anyone — thus, the halfpipe gold medal — but in pockets of the sometimes (nit)picky world of freeskiing, she wasn’t considered all…
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USOC: No plans for American bid for 2026 Olympics
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — If the U.S. Olympic Committee is going to bid for the Winter Games soon, it will be a bid for 2030, not 2026. USOC Chairman Larry Probst ruled out the possibility of bringing the Olympics to Salt Lake City, Denver or Reno two years before the Summer Games return to the…
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Recovery: Wise family’s golden moments go beyond Olympics
ASPEN — The surgeon told Christy Wise she would never fly a plane again. It was a brazen pronouncement that seemed all wrong to the captain, an HC130 Air Force rescue pilot whose day job involved, among other things, missions to Afghanistan and saving people from hurricanes. Only hours earlier — after the boat had…
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Top USA Gymnastics board members resign in wake of abuse case
The chairman, vice chairman and treasurer of USA Gymnastics resigned Monday, heeding calls from the U.S. Olympic Committee and angered gymnasts who say the organization did nothing to protect them after they were abused by former team doctor Larry Nassar. Paul Parilla, Jay Binder and Bitsy Kelley announced they were stepping down as testimony in Nassar’s…
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Coming out changes the game for Olympian Gus Kenworthy
PARK CITY, Utah — Gus Kenworthy’s life has changed, and unlike most athletes who make it big at the Olympics, it’s only partly because of the medal he won. When he left Sochi four years ago, Kenworthy was known as the silver medal-winning, dog-saving freestyle skier who was part of a historic U.S. medals sweep…
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Road to Olympics began in Red Gerard’s Colorado backyard
BRECKENRIDGE — If things go as planned, Red Gerard will walk away from the first Olympic Big Air contest with a gold medal around his neck. To hear the 17-year-old snowboarding phenom tell it, though, his greatest achievements don’t lie ahead in South Korea. Instead, they’ve been scattered about his own backyard for years. Gerard learned some…
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USOC CEO apologizes, says he was unaware of Nassar abuse
The leader of the U.S. Olympic Committee says in a letter he was not aware of the Larry Nassar sex-abuse allegations before law enforcement got involved, and that he had no knowledge of a settlement between USA Gymnastics and 2012 Olympic champion McKayla Maroney in a case involving the now-imprisoned former team doctor. CEO Scott…
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US team still planning for Olympics despite confusion
Members of the Trump administration surprised the U.S. Olympic Committee by suggesting the nation’s participation at the upcoming Pyeongchang Games in South Korea was “an open question,” and the USOC responded by saying it has no plans on pulling out. The confusion began when U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, in response to a question in a Fox News…
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Olympic star Moses remarkably recovers from head injuries
COLORADO SPRINGS — Edwin Moses turned the corner, saw the blue police lights in the distance and, immediately, started spinning. His senses overwhelmed by the strength of the strobing lights, Moses fell to the ground and crawled to the sidewalk, then used every ounce of energy to stand up and stagger back to his car.…
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Red Miller, coach who brought Broncos to 1st Super Bowl, dies at 89
Red Miller, the fiery head coach who guided the Denver Broncos from obscurity to their first Super Bowl, has died after complications from a stroke. He was 89. Miller coached the Broncos from 1977-80 and compiled a 42-25 record. He’s best known as the coach who turned a defense filled with potential into the “Orange…