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OTC weightlifter begins to build for 2012
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Jacquelynn Berube knows what’s missing in her distinguished career as a weightlifter. It’s not national championships – she has eight. It’s not a Pan American title –...Full story

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Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue was named chairman of an independent advisory committee that will review the size, structure and operating practices of the U.S. Olympic Committee's board.
USOC tabs Tagliabue to lead committee examining board structure
Board will publish meeting agendas, minutes
The man who turned the NFL into the country’s most popular professional sports league will lead a team charged with determining whether the U.S. Olympic Committee’s much-criticized, highly secretive policy-setting panel needs an... Full story
U.S. skip Debbie McCormick throws Nov. 1 during an exhibition in Madison, Wis. McCormick will make her third Olympic appearance in February in Vancouver.
Watch out for U.S. curlers
Women winning when others think they shouldn't
The U.S. women’s curling team doesn’t have an endless pipeline of players, like Canada. It lacks the Olympic success of Sweden and Switzerland. Its training facilities are limited, making quick jaunts to Canada and long trips to Europe a... Full story
Nine-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Mark Spitz was the keynote speaker Wednesday at the
At local event, Spitz says there is lots of pressure on Phelps
Mark Spitz insists he wasn’t bitter last year when he lost swimming’s most sacred record. He feels the same way now, 15 months after Michael Phelps cemented a spot in Olympic history with eight gold medals, one more than Spitz won in... Full story
Military personnel played a game of sitting volleyball at Fort Lewis, Wash., part of a multi-day last May by U.S. Paralympics.
Military groups receive Paralympic training
Heidi Grimm wishes she had a manual detailing how to work with disabled soldiers who become active in adaptive sports. She knows it doesn’t exist, meaning Army bases across the country must determine the best programming, with help from U.S.... Full story
About 3,590 athletes, including 70-plus Americans, will compete in 26 sports at the inaugural Youth Olympics in August in Singapore.
Youth Olympics hopefuls playing to win
Gregory English hears the whispers about the Youth Olympics being staged primarily to promote friendship, peace and education, a way for the International Olympic Committee to show it also cares about the athletes, not just what they accomplish on... Full story
The Flying Aces perform during a U.S. Olympic Committee festival Wednesday at Rockefeller Center in New York marking the 100-day countdown to the 2010 Vancouver Games.
USOC holds NYC festival for Vancouver Games kickoff
The next Olympics is around the corner, and the U.S. Olympic Committee celebrated the 100-day countdown Wednesday in New York by kicking off a new marketing campaign and officially nominating the first 20 Americans for the 2010 Vancouver Games.... Full story
U.S. short-track speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno, a former Olympic Training Center resident, celebrates his gold-medal win in the 500 meters at the 2006 Olympics in Turin, Italy.
Countdown to Winter Olympics reaches 100 days
A look at each sport from a U.S. perspective
Let the final countdown begin. The 2010 Vancouver Games are 100 days from today, with about 2,500 athletes from 80-plus countries, including an estimated 220 Americans, vying for 258 medals in 10 sports. Olympic Training Center bobsledder Steven... Full story
Breckenridge skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender has complained about limited access at the Whistler track, where sliding events will be held at the 2010 Vancouver Games.
U.S. not surprised by limited access to Vancouver Games track
The head of bobsled and skeleton’s national governing body isn’t shocked 2010 Olympic organizers are giving American athletes limited access to the world’s most difficult track, maintaining Canada wants to capitalize on its... Full story
Three-time Olympic medalist Margaret Hoelzer is helping instruct 61 junior athletes at a USA Swimming national select camp that started Thursday at the Olympic Training Center.
Olympic swimmer Hoelzer shares success story at OTC camp
A wide-eyed teenager not sure if swimming was in her future, Margaret Hoelzer listened to Rowdy Gaines speak and stared in amazement as he flashed an Olympic gold medal. “One of you guys might be an Olympian,” Gaines told Hoelzer and... Full story
Short-track speedskater J.R. Celski screamed in pain after slashing his left thigh with the blade of his right skate during a crash in the 500-meter semifinals at the U.S. Olympic trials in September in Marquette, Mich. He's now rehabbing at the Olympic Training Center.
U.S. Speedskating on thin financial ice after losing sponsor
The cash-strapped national governing body for speedskating might require a bailout from the U.S. Olympic Committee after its primary sponsor went bankrupt last week. U.S. Speedskating faces a $300,000 funding shortfall entering the heart of its... Full story
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