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February 1, 2022

Wisconsin Health Specialist Serving as Olympics Trainer

With less than three days until the start of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, more than Olympic athletes are preparing to perform on the world's stage. A recent story from WMTV NBC-15 in Wisconsin highlighted a University of Wisconsin health exer...


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July 26, 2021

Olympic Athlete Thanks Trainer & Medical Staff in Open Letter

The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 are underway, and with that are a slew of stories featuring Olympic athletes, their work ethics, and their road to global glory. Kaleigh Gilchrist, a two-time U.S. Olympic water polo player, is just one example of an a...


marijuana
July 6, 2021

Why the World Anti-Doping Agency Bans Marijuana

U.S. Olympic favorite Sha'Charri Richardson made headlines recently after her disqualification and suspension from the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics for using marijuana. In June, Richardson, 21, won the women's 100-meter at the U.S. Olympic Track &am...


October 22, 2012

Doc Rivers: NBA Coaches Are Disadvantaged Leading Team USA

RealGMhttp://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/224079/Rivers_Believes_NBA_Coach_Would_Have_Disadvantages_Leading_Team_USA Doc Rivers, Gregg Popovich and Doug Collins are candidates to replace Mike Krzyzewski as head coach of the United States' national b...


July 27, 2012

LeBron: We Would Beat Dream Team

http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/basketball/story/_/id/8205408/lebron-james-says-united-states-olympic-team-beat-1992-dream?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&&codeblock4&&LeBron James has joined Kobe Bryant in saying th...


July 27, 2012

NBC Top Olympic Moments

&&codeblock4&&Last night, NBC highlighted the top moments in the Summer Olympics. The #1 moment took viewers back to 1996 when Kerri Strug led the U.S. women’s gymnastics team to claim the Olympic gold by fighting through an ank...


July 25, 2012

Twitter Comment Costs Greek Athlete Spot in Olympics

By Mary Pilon&&codeblock4&&http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/sports/olympics/twitter-comment-costs-greek-athlete-spot-in-olympics.htmlLONDON — A triple jump athlete was removed from Greece’s Olympic team Wednesday for post...


September 17, 2009

Newell-Yow Among FIBA HOF Inductees

Pete Newell and Kay Yow are among this year's 11 inductees into the FIBA International Basketball Hall of Fame. Newell passed away last year and was the former coach of Cal, led the United States to a gold medal in the 1960 Olympics and was known for...