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Irina Slutskaya not competing, but two-time world champ isn't slowing down, either
AP National WriterWhile the world's best competitive figure skaters were grinding through yet another competition, Irina Slutskaya was half a world away, snowboarding in the Rocky Mountains. "It's a different life," she said Friday with her trademark bubbly laugh. "This...Tags: Dancing, Snow Boarding, Kenny G, Ice Skating, NBC
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Griffey finds another team, becomes newest American Public Diplomacy Envoy
WASHINGTON (AP) _ Ken Griffey Jr. has joined a new team. The star outfielder became the newest American Public Diplomacy Envoy, introduced Tuesday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Griffey is set to make his first baseball-related trip for the...Tags: Major League Baseball, Fran Drescher, Diplomacy, Trips and Vacations, Ken Griffey Jr.
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Dempster, Cubs agree on deal
Pitcher Ryan Dempster and Chicago agreed Tuesday on a $52 million, four-year contract that includes a player option for 2012. He gets a $4 million signing bonus, $8 million next year, $12.5 million in 2010 and $13.5 million in 2011. Dempster was 17-6...Tags: Chicago Cubs, Employees, Minnesota Vikings, Major League Baseball, Oakland Athletics
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Meissner can get her edge back
Time to push the panic button? Time to buy Kimmie Meissner a gold retirement watch and thank her for her service to figure skating? Not so fast. Rome, as skating analyst Julius Caesar used to say, wasn't built in a day. Meissner, who suffered through...Tags: Scott Hamilton, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Ice Skating, Multi-Sport Events, Awards and Prizes
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Sliding up in importance
In recent years, Skate America, one of six stops on the annual Grand Prix figure skating circuit, has been held in third-tier cities barely able to attract a respectable-sized crowd. This year, it's in a community of 102,000, a half-hour north of Seattle....Tags: Winter Olympics, Ice Skating, NBC, Multi-Sport Events, Pairs Skating
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No. 1 Jankovic prevails for third straight week
Top-ranked Jelena Jankovic won her third title in three weeks, beating Russia's Vera Zvonareva, 6-2, 6-4, in the final of the Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Jankovic was coming off back-to-back wins at the China Open and the Porsche Grand Prix in Germany. She...Tags: World Cup, Pablo Mastroeni, Landon Donovan, Brian Ching, Michael Bradley
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USOC delays '09 budget, citing economic crisis
The economic crisis has forced the U.S. Olympic Committee to delay setting next year's budget while officers consider contingency plans that could include administrative cuts. In the USOC's first board meeting since the Beijing Games, in Orlando, Fla.,...Tags: Chicago Marathon, Edmonton Oilers, National Hockey League, Colorado Avalanche, Budgets and Budgeting
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Head-shaking win
247-4649His team bumped its record to 5-0 overall, 4-0 in the Peninsula District. But following Friday night's 36-28 win over Woodside at Todd Stadium, Hampton High coach Mike Smith was anything but happy. "Happy? Am I happy?" Smith said, sounding a bit like Jim...Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, Mike Smith
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Ripken to visit South Africa in envoy role
Sun reporterCal Ripken Jr.'s personal mission to teach baseball to children around the world will continue next spring, when the Hall of Fame Oriole and other Ripken Baseball representatives visit South Africa. It will be the second time in about 18 months that...Tags: Major League Baseball, Lou Gehrig, Diplomacy, New York Yankees, B.J. Surhoff
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Meissner's confidence jumps
Sun reporterThe beginning of Kimmie Meissner's spiral from the pinnacle of figure skating began, cruelly enough, two years ago after she was crowned world champion. As everyone from network producers to White House handlers lined up to get a bit of her time, the...Tags: Winter Olympics, Ice Skating, Getty Images Incorporated, Multi-Sport Events, The White House
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More twists, turns ahead
Sun ReporterAfter a season that started with a win, bottomed out in January and regained some altitude with a seventh-place finish at the World Figure Skating Championships this week, what does Kimmie Meissner do now? For one, the figure skater from Bel Air has to...Tags: Scott Hamilton, Peggy Fleming, Ice Skating, Getty Images Incorporated, Multi-Sport Events
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New spin for Meissner
Sun reporterWith six weeks to go before the World Figure Skating Championships, Kimmie Meissner has dropped her longtime coach in favor of one she hopes will provide a quick fix. In: Richard Callaghan, who guided Tara Lipinski to Olympic, world and national titles...Tags: Sexual Assault, National Hockey League, Singles Skating, Ice Skating, Multi-Sport Events
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