http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Olympics 60 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:47:59 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1346722.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1346722.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:54 EST Steven Holcomb said the U.S. bobsled team was going to be a powerhouse this year. He sure seems like a prophet. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1346816.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1346816.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:23 EST Comedian Stephen Colbert took the "Night Train" and it nearly left him speechless. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1346816.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1346816.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:23 EST Comedian Stephen Colbert took the "Night Train" and it nearly left him speechless. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1345408.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1345408.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:17 EST Marcel Hirscher of Austria won the second edition of the parallel slalom Champions Cup on a giant ramp in a promotion of Alpine ski events for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1345384.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1345384.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:47 EST Reigning four-man bobsled world champion Steven Holcomb has won the four-man World Cup event at Mount Van Hoevenberg, leading the U.S. to a 1-2 finish for the second straight day. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1344454.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1344454.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:01 EST The home-ice advantage for the U.S. skeleton team vanished for the second straight week in World Cup competition and Canada and Germany took advantage in the snowless Adirondack Mountains. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1344462.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1344462.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:06 EST Petter Northug enters the Olympic season as the man to beat in cross-country skiing, and he isn't doing much to downplay expectations. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1344463.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1344463.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:06 EST Vancouver Olympic organizers didn't violate women ski jumpers' rights because they had no power to include their event in the 2010 Winters Games. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1343016.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1343016.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:41 EST Olympic luge slider Tony Benshoof's back is aching again, just as the international racing season is set to begin. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1341487.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1341487.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:45 EST NBC might have a partner in the cable company that wanted to be its Olympic rival. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1342532.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1342532.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:41 EST An Olympic housing plan in which thousands of visitors would have stayed on cruise ships has been called off because of the rough economy. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1342579.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1342579.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:06 EST USA Track & Field named Tyson Gay and Sanya Richards the 2009 recipients of the Jesse Owens Award on Thursday. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1339431.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1339431.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:01 EST The International Olympic Committee sanctioned five athletes on Wednesday for committing anti-doping violations, including stripping the medals of two Beijing Olympians. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1340503.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1340503.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:28 EST For $5.89, anyone can taste how Erin Hamlin was immortalized. Vanilla ice cream, stacked with Reese's peanut butter cups, Oreos and hot fudge, topped with whipped cream and a cherry. In the sleepy village of Remsen, N.Y., pop. 514, that's how homage was paid to a local who stunned the luge world - the World Champion Erin Hamlin Sundae, a popular item at The Soda Fountain in town. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1339711.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1339711.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:50 EST BMW is the latest top-tier domestic sponsor of the 2012 London Olympics, and organizers remain in talks with additional potential investors. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1340555.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1340555.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:54 EST U.S. curler Chris Plys will appear on a new reality show and try to win some cash to get his family to the 2010 Olympics, including his ill father. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1339178.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1339178.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:41 EST Fifteen months after the Beijing Olympics, Bahraini middle-distance runner Rashid Ramzi was stripped of his 1,500-meter gold medal Wednesday and four other athletes were disqualified because of doping at the games. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1339769.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1339769.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:23 EST Fans will have a chance to design the artwork that appears on star skier Lindsey Vonn's helmet during February's Vancouver Olympics. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1340588.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1340588.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:14 EST Five months after lifting the Stanley Cup, Sidney Crosby carried the Olympic torch as thousands of people lined a downtown street. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1338082.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1338082.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:07 EST Cyclist Davide Rebellin of Italy will be stripped of the silver medal in the road race from the 2008 Beijing Olympics because of doping. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1337753.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1337753.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:31 EST <p /> http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1337955.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1337955.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:38 EST NBC might have a partner in the cable company that wanted to be its Olympic rival. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1338345.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1338345.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:37 EST U.S. curler Chris Plys will appear on a new reality show and try to win some cash to get his family to the 2010 Olympics, including his ill father. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1338058.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1338058.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:06 EST Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin has been stripped of the silver medal he won in the road event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics because of a doping violation. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1335783.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1335783.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:42 EST Kate Hansen clinched a spot on the USA Luge national team for the first two World Cup races Sunday, giving the 17-year-old a chance at making the Olympics. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1334137.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1334137.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:24 EST It's the hardest part of bobsledding, those 5 seconds where racers sprint alongside their sleds before jumping in for the bumpy ride down an icy chute. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1333510.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1333510.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:19 EST Knowing plenty of eyes will be on their sleds during the Olympic season, the U.S. bobsled and skeleton teams have come up with a way to capitalize. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1332959.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1332959.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:19 EST A group of women ski jumpers had their court appeal dismissed Friday, failing an attempt to include the sport for females at the 2010 Winter Olympics. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1332575.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1332575.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:24 EST Must be an Olympic year, because Todd Hays is flying down bobsled tracks again. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1332664.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1332664.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:39 EST A British Columbia Court of Appeal dismissed on Friday a bid by women ski jumpers to force Vancouver Olympic organizers to let them compete. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1331286.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1331286.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:12 EST London faces the largest security challenge since World War II when it hosts the 2012 Olympics, British security minister Alan West said Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1330534.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1330534.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:29 EST Zach Lund had a bad leg. Eric Bernotas had a bad run. Noelle Pikus-Pace had some bad luck. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1329365.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1329365.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:30 EST Two Belarusian hammer throwers stripped of their Olympic medals for doping must wait until next year to try to win them back at an appeal hearing. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1329579.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1329579.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:46 EST ESPN secured the South American broadcast rights to the 2010 and 2012 Olympics on Thursday in a deal worth about $10 million. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1330937.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1330937.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:07 EST Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue has been called upon by the United States Olympic Committee to chair an independent advisory committee to assess the size, structure and operating practices of the USOC board. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1329333.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1329333.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:50 EST The Italian Olympic Committee has rejected a bid by Bari for the 2020 Summer Games. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1330132.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1330132.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:16 EST The U.S. Olympic Committee turned to former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue on Thursday to study how its oft-criticized board does business and determine if changes are needed. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1327809.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1327809.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:41 EST The architectural showpiece of the 2012 London Olympics is taking shape after the wave-shaped roof of the aquatics center was lowered into place. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1328532.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1328532.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:42 EST Jeremy Bloom, one of the United States' most decorated freestyle skiers, announced his retirement from competitive skiing Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1325910.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1325910.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:31 EST London Olympic organizers are working to reduce the travel time for athletes in the two sports whose venue for the 2012 Games is being changed to save money. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1326157.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1326157.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:36 EST After four unsuccessful Olympic bids, Istanbul will enter the race to host the 2020 Games. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1325896.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1325896.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:17 EST The U.S. Olympic Committee has signed a sponsorship deal that makes DISC Sports and Spine Center its official medical services provider through the 2012 Olympics. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1324156.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1324156.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:07 EST Tokyo's governor says he wants to bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics - a month after Japan's capital lost out to Rio de Janeiro for the rights to host the 2016 games. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1324874.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1324874.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:17 EST <p /> http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1324406.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1324406.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:17 EST Britain will take "pre-emptive action" to stop sex traffickers from targeting the 2012 London Games. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1325178.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1325178.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:52 EST A charitable foundation is donating $3 million to help keep the U.S. Olympic Committee headquarters in Colorado Springs. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1324502.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/story/1324502.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:22 EST Sasha Cohen, trying to qualify for her third Olympics this winter, will miss the upcoming Skate America event because of a calf injury and will try to be ready for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in January.