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sports / olympics news stories aggregated by Feedzilla.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:18:57 +0100 Caple: 10 Olympic questions for 2009 Wondering what's on the Olympic calendar for 2009? Jim Caple gives you 10 questions to ponder while you're still getting over Jason Lezak's relay leg.   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:45:47 PST Ice-dancing champ gets prison for fatal crash A court in Bulgaria has sentenced world ice-dancing champion Maxim Staviski to 2.5 years in prison for a fatal drunk driving accident.   RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Mon, 5 Jan 2009 06:06:50 PST Staviski gets 2 1/2-year sentence for fatal crash (AP) A court in Bulgaria has sentenced world ice-dancing champion Maxim Staviski to 2 1/2 years in prison for a fatal drunk driving accident. The court on Monday overturned an earlier suspended sentence for the same term. Staviski was found guilty of crashing h...   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:19:16 PST Phelps reaches deal to pitch cars in China Months after winning a record eight Olympic gold medals in China, swimmer Michael Phelps has reached an agreement to make the Baltimore resident the brand spokesman for carmaker Mazda in China.   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 U.S. tips Czech Republic for 5th at world juniors New Hampshire star James van Riemsdyk scored at 2:49 of overtime to give the United States a 3-2 victory over the Czech Republic on Sunday night in the fifth-place game in the world junior hockey championship.   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Sun, 4 Jan 2009 20:32:36 PST Napier, Schaaf qualify for bobsled Worlds (AP) John Napier and Bree Schaaf won the U.S. National Bobsled Championships at Mount Van Hoevenberg on Sunday and qualified for the World Championships. Napier, of Schenectady, N.Y., and brakeman Cory Butner of Yucaipa, Calif., won in 3 minutes, 45.87 seconds ...   RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:19:54 PST Vonn trips up in slalom as Riesch wins another Germany's Maria Riesch chalked up her third slalom win in a row on Sunday to oust American Lindsey Vonn from the top of the overall women's World Cup standings.   RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Sun, 4 Jan 2009 12:41:52 PST Zoeggler wins luge World Cup race on birthday (AP) Two-time Olympic champion Armin Zoeggler of Italy won a luge race on his birthday Sunday to extend his overall lead in the World Cup standings. Zoeggler finished in 1 minute, 34.458 seconds, 0.36 seconds ahead of David Moeller of Germany. Felix Loch, also ...   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:33:41 PST Bolt edges Phelps to win international media honor Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt outpolled swimmer Michael Phelps of Rodgers Forge in a vote for the 2008 Athlete of the Year by the international media. Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva took the top place as Sportswoman of the Year, and Spain's...   RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Fri, 2 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Doping-Three Bulgarian athletes banned for two years (Reuters) Bulgarian sprinter Tezdzhan Naimova has been banned for two years for manipulating a doping sample while middle-distance runners Vanya Netova and Raya Stoynova received two-year bans for doping.   News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:42:40 PST MySportsbook.com offers free weekly $1,000.00 NFL Pick'em contests for all active members. MySportsbook.com gives all of their active members a free bet each week. This online sportsbook is offering a free weekly $1,000.00 NFL Pick'em contests for all their members. Click here for details on how to participate.   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:42:40 PST McCutcheon named U.S. women's volleyball head coach Hugh McCutcheon has been chosen as the U.S. women's volleyball head coach through the 2012 Olympics. McCutcheon led the U.S. men's team to the 2008 gold medal, but he also was part of international news headlines. His wife, former Olympian Elisabe...   RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:42:40 PST IOC strips medals from two Belarusians The International Olympic Committee has stripped a pair of Belarus hammer throwers of medals won at the Beijing Games for doping violations. Vadim Devyatovskiy won a silver medal in the hammer throw this past August, but tested positive for abnorm...   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:42:40 PST Phelps named SI's Sportsman of the Year Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps has been selected as Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year for 2008. Phelps was the unquestioned star of the 2008 Beijing Olympics with his record- breaking performance. He won eight gold medals to set a new sin...   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:42:40 PST A witness to history It's easy to get frustrated with professional sports, especially when the massive sums of money at stake threaten to choke you with commercialism or drown you in hype. Sports can, sometimes, represent a total distortion of our values. They give us an excus...   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Thu, 1 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Swider-Peltz, Hedrick earn speedskating titles Nancy Swider-Peltz Jr. won her first all-around national title and Chad Hedrick won the men's all-around at the U.S. Long Track Speedskating National Championships in West Allis, Wis. Swider-Peltz Jr. won the 5,000 meters in 7 minutes, 23.39 seconds and to...   RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 2012 Games events could be moved London 2012 officials are considering moving the badminton event to Wembley to save money, BBC London learns.   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:49:47 GMT Thorpe mentor joins GB swimming Australian Doug Frost is named head coach of the new British Swimming Intensive Training Centre in Stirling.   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:56:55 GMT London takes over as Olympic host Mayor Boris Johnson receives the Olympic flag to signal the start of London's reign as Olympic host city and spark wild celebrations in the capital.   RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:06:46 GMT Guide to London's Olympics venues Interactive guide to 2012 Olympics   RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Mon, 06 Jun 2005 10:52:51 GMT