2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver

The world comes to Vancouver, B.C., for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

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Czechs eliminate United States in shootout in Olympic men’s hockey quarterfinals

Tue., Feb. 20, 2018

Pavel Francouz stopped all five shooters and Petr Kouka scored the shootout winner as the Czech Republic eliminated the United States with a 3-2 victory in the quarterfinals Wednesday.

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Lindsey Vonn’s Olympic downhill farewell is a lovely shade of bronze

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 20, 2018

Lindsey Vonn’s bronze in the women’s downhill race Wednesday marks her third Olympic medal of her extraordinary Alpine career and was essentially eight years in the making. She was 32 when she won gold in the event at the Vancouver Olympics and injuries forced her to wait two Olympic cycles to finally defend her title. She was perhaps a bit disappointed she didn’t finish in first here but was certainly pleased to return to the podium.

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Success never stopped for Washington’s Phil Mahre, Steve Mahre after 1984 Olympic skiing triumph

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 20, 2018

Twin brothers finishing 1-2 in an Olympic skiing event, one hour after the gold-medal winner’s wife delivered the couple’s first son a continent away? It would have seemed far too implausible and too perfect.

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Couch Slouch: Olympics has turned Orwellian

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 19, 2018

Couch Slouch: Approaching my third week of boycotting the 2018 Winter Olympics, I want to say something that, frankly, nobody really wants to hear; in fact, when I brought this up the other night while eating at my parents’ house, my mother told me that I would have to use the drive-thru window the next time I came over for dinner. So here we go: The Olympics ideal is, well, hooey-and-a-half.

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Marit Bjoergen ties Winter Olympic record with 13th medal

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 17, 2018

Marit Bjoergen helped the Norwegian women win the 4x5-kilometer cross-country relay on Saturday to take home her 13th career medal, tying her with Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen for the most Winter Games medals ever.

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Ilya Kovalchuk scores twice; Russians outclass U.S. 4-0 at Olympics

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 17, 2018

The U.S. must now play in the qualification round Tuesday, while Russians finished first in the group and move on directly to the quarterfinals, hoping their dominance puts T.J. Oshie’s shootout performance in 2014 further in the rearview mirror.

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United States on track for lowest Winter Olympics medal total in 20 years

UPDATED: Sat., Feb. 17, 2018

It’s the halfway point in these Winter Games and time to look at how the U.S. is doing. And the optics are not good. Based on expected results, the U.S. should finish with between 19 and 23 total medals, its lowest total in 20 years.

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Slovenia comes back to stun US 3-2 in OT in Olympic opener

Wed., Feb. 14, 2018

Five practices were supposed to prepare the Americans for this, and they knew at the second intermission Slovenia was going to come out punching. The preparation and the knowledge were not enough to fend off the fatigue as the United States blew a two-goal lead and lost a 3-2 stunner in overtime Wednesday night in the Olympic opener for both teams. Slovenia captain Jan Mursak scored the tying goal with 1:37 left in regulation and the winner 38 seconds into overtime.

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Good as Gold: American Shaun White soars to 3rd Olympic halfpipe title

UPDATED: Tue., Feb. 13, 2018

Shaun White put together an epic final run to claim his third gold medal in Olympic men’s halfpipe, slicing through the gray South Korean sky on Wednesday to post a score of 97.75 for the 100th overall gold by the United States in the Winter Games.

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U.S. women’s hockey team routs Russians, prepares for Canada

Tue., Feb. 13, 2018

The U.S. women’s 5-0 preliminary-round victory on Tuesday got the formalities out of the way and ensured that their final round-robin game against Canada on Thursday will have some significance.

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