Holland defends championship

Sun., Jan. 31, 2010

X Games: Americans Nate Holland and Lindsey Jacobellis defended their Winter X Games titles in snowboardcross in Aspen, Colo.

Holland, a Sandpoint native who will compete in the Vancouver Games, beat out American teammate and defending Olympics champion Seth Wescott on Saturday to become the first athlete to win five straight X Games championships.

Jacobellis held off Helene Olafsen of Norway to win her third straight title.

Both winners overtook the second-place finishers about halfway down the 3,500-foot course, then held on over the final series of twists and jumps.

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Rippon surges to victory

Ice skating: World junior champion Adam Rippon of the United States surged from seventh to first place with a strong free skate to win the men’s Four Continents figure skating title in Jeonju, South Korea.

Rippon placed fifth in the Men’s Senior competition at the recently concluded U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Spokane.

Tatsuki Machida of Japan claimed the silver and Kevin Reynolds of Canada the bronze.

Two more Americans rounded out the top five, with Brandon Mroz finishing fourth and Ryan Bradley putting together the third-best free skate to move up from eighth overall.

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‘Who Dat’ getting involved?

Football: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is getting into the “Who Dat” fray with the NFL, asking the state attorney general to look into a possible lawsuit over the ownership rights to the popular New Orleans Saints phrase.

Jindal spokesman Kyle Plotkin says the governor’s executive counsel contacted Attorney General Buddy Caldwell’s office Saturday.

The call came within hours of the state Democratic Party’s governing body calling on Jindal to defend the rights of Louisiana citizens to use the term “Who Dat.”

Some T-shirt makers have been getting cease-and-desist letters from the NFL demanding they stop selling shirts with the traditional cheer of Saints fans. The NFL claims the shirts infringe on a trademark it owns.

The issue has outraged many residents.

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Holland defends championship

Rippon surges to victory

‘Who Dat’ getting involved?

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