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THE DULLUM FILE Apolo Ohno
We're going to be talking soon on WDAZ News @5 with Apolo Ohno....
Posted on 2/6/12 at 10:47 AM
THE FLENSBURGER FILES 2012: The Year of Reckoning
If there is a year where judgement day will take place, where our actions of the past will determine our fate in the future and where justice will be served once and for all, this year is it and for ...
Posted on 1/4/12 at 6:12 AM
DIRTY LAUNDRY Special Olympics Minnesota
I was talking to Worthington Police Officer Jacki Dawson a while back about Special Olympics, and it got me to thinking about the couple of years I spent as a coach. It kind of happened accidentally, ...
Posted on 5/20/11 at 8:10 AM
FATHER KNOWS LAST Frozen Feat 2011
Runners train on all types of surfaces and in all kinds of weather. Races, however, are almost never held in the winter, in North Dakota, due to the extreme conditions and slippery footing. I say alm...
Posted on 2/12/11 at 10:13 PM
UP NORTH SPORTS REPORT Bemidji State's Erin Cody, Minnesota's Sarah Erickson named to Team USA Winter Training Camp roster
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. A pair of hockey players with Bemidji connections have earned invitations to the 2010 USA Hockey Womens Winter Training Camp. Bemidji State senior Erin Cody and Universi...
Posted on 12/8/10 at 10:50 PM
TIMBERWOLVES: Love among 20 U.S. Olympic team finalists 
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love said he has a "high level of confidence" about earning a spot on USA Basketball's 12-man roster for the 2012 Olympics in London.
By Ray Richardson , January 17, 2012
2012 OLYMPICS: United Kingdom police smuggle fake bomb onto Olympic site
U.K. police managed to smuggle a fake bomb into Olympic Park in a security test, overshadowing a special U.K. Cabinet meeting held at the park today marking 200 days until the Summer Games begin.
By Danica Kirka , January 09, 2012
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OBIT: Ragnhild Eveger, 90, Dane record-breaking swimmer of 1930s, '40s
Danish swimmer Ragnhild Hveger, who set 44 world records and won silver in the 400 freestyle at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, has died. She was 90.
By Associated Press , December 12, 2011
Roger Christian, 1960 Olympics hockey gold medalist from Warroad, dies at 75
Hockey legend lead Olympic team to victory over SovietsHe and his brother were champions on the ice and in the business world, forming hockey-stick maker Christian Brothers in Warroad.
By Ryan Bakken , November 10, 2011
ONLINE ARCHIVE EXTRA: They were the first U.S. owners of hockey gold (Feb. 24, 2010)
“You know,” Roger Christian said in February 2010 from his home on the Warroad River, “when you play seven games in the Olympics and all of them go well, that’s pretty thrilling, pretty special.”
By Ryan Bakken , November 10, 2011
Fargo to host 2014 U.S. Olympic curling team trials
The U.S. Curling Association chose Fargo over Bemidji, Minn.; Willmar, Minn.; Green Bay, Wis.; and Sioux City, Iowa.
By Associated Press , November 03, 2011
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Prime-time aside, NBC plans some sort of live coverage of all 2012 Olympics events
For the first time, the network plans to show every event live in some form — even if it's just raw video streaming online. But the prime-time broadcasts will still use that traditional formula of human-interest features and taped competition.
By Rachel Cohen , August 30, 2011
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No 2020 Olympic bid for U.S.
The U.S. Olympic Committee has notified all interested cities that it will not submit a bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.
By Eddie Pells , August 22, 2011
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South Korea's Pyeongchang awarded 2018 Winter Olympics
The South Korean city of Pyeongchang has been awarded the 2018 Winter Olympics after failing in two previous attempts. Scroll down the page to watch video.
By Stephen Wilson , July 06, 2011
Grand Forks native, Olympic medalist Ken Purpur dies
Ken Purpur, a Grand Forks native who won a silver medal playing hockey in the 1956 Olympic Games, died Sunday in Rapid City, S.D., at the age of 79.
The youngest of seven siblings, Purpur grew up idolizing his older brother, Fido, who played in the NHL. Ken went on to play hockey under Fido at UND and later joined Fido and his oldest brother, Al, in the UND Athletic Hall of Fame in 1989.
By Brad Elliott Schlossman , June 09, 2011
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U.S. Olympics TV rights until 2020 secured by NBC
NBC blew ESPN and Fox out of the water with a $4.38 billion bid to keep the Olympics on the peacock network through 2020 in a new four-games deal with the IOC. Scroll down the page to see a video report.
By Stephen Wilson , June 08, 2011
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AP Sources: NBC retains Olympic rights for 4 games
NBC retained its hold on U.S. Olympic television rights Tuesday in a four-games deal through 2020 worth more than $4 billion, defeating rival bids from ESPN and Fox, officials with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.
By Stephen Wilson , June 07, 2011
Fox says it will bid for 4 Olympics through 2020
Fox made its pitch today for the next set of U.S. Olympic television rights, saying it wants to bid on a four-games package through 2020 in the high-stakes battle worth billions of dollars with incumbent NBC and ESPN.
By Stephen Wilson , June 06, 2011
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Skater Nancy Kerrigan's brother gets 2.5 years for assault in dad's death
Mark Kerrigan, 46, was convicted Wednesday of assault and battery, but acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in the 2010 death of Nancy and Mark's 70-year-old father, Daniel Kerrigan, at the family's home in Stoneham, just north of Boston.
By Denise Lavoie , May 26, 2011
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Jury acquits Nancy Kerrigan brother in father's death
Mark Kerrigan, 46, was convicted, though, of assault and battery in a January 2010 conflict with his father, Daniel Kerrigan, at the family's home in Stoneham, just north of Boston.
By Denise Lavoie , May 25, 2011
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