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Boxing champ a hit at club
BURBANK — A 10-time boxing champion, Oscar De La Hoya had to be mean and unrelenting in the ring. But deep down, the athlete has a soft side.
A product of youth programs while growing up on the mean streets of East Los Angeles, De La Hoya is...Tags: Oscar De La Hoya, Human Interest
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Oscar De La Hoya a hit at Boys & Girls Club
A 10-time boxing champion, Oscar De La Hoya had to be mean and unrelenting in the ring. But deep down, the athlete has a soft side.
A product of youth programs while growing up on the mean streets of East Los Angeles, De La Hoya is more than happy to...Tags: Boxing, Oscar De La Hoya, Human Interest
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Tubert sisters enjoying separate success
Bits and pieces from the local sports scene. Sarah and Emily Tubert excelling in different sports: It has been an exciting summer in the Tubert household. Sisters Emily and Sarah Tubert have been able to enjoy major accomplishments in separate sports...Tags: Sports, Science and Technology, High School Sports, Volleyball, Baseball
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Forever young
The Burbank Senior Games offer the same benefits for seniors that the Olympic Games do for experienced athletes — a form of fitness, a chance to compete and make new friendships. Seniors 55 and older have been gathering throughout the city this...Tags: Golf, Sports, Entertainment, Wii, Dining and Drinking
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Deal clears way for U.S. to bid for Olympics again
When historians of such things seek the moment the U.S. Olympic Committee found a way to forge the Thursday agreement that put the U.S. back in the game as a potential Olympic Games host, they need look no further than Oct. 7, 2009. It was five days...Tags: Sports, 2016 Olympic Games, Sports Organizations, International Olympic Committee, EA Tiburon
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Laguna's Dries will compete at Olympic Games in London
No amount of preparation could ready Annika Dries for the announcement. On May 17, the former Laguna Beach High girls' water polo standout realized a lifelong dream when she was one of 13 athletes named to the USA Olympic women's water polo team that...
Tags: Science and Technology, Stanford Cardinal, Cancer, Hugh Laurie, Sports
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Deal to mend fences with IOC caps marathon effort by USOC's Probst
When historians of such things seek the moment the U.S. Olympic Committee found a way to forge the agreement Thursday that put the U.S. back in the game as a potential Olympic Games host, they need look no further than Oct. 7, 2009. It was five days...Tags: Philip Hersh, Sports, 2016 Olympic Games, Chicago Tribune, Sports Organizations
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United offers chance to win tickets to 2012 Olympic Games
United Airlines is giving away three grand prizes including airfare, hotel and entry tickets to the 2012 Olympic Games in London in its ”Fly Me to London” sweepstakes running through Wednesday. Winners will have the chance to cheer on the U....
Tags: U.S. Olympic Team, United Air Lines, 2012 Olympics Games, Facebook
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Michelle Beadle leaving ESPN for "Access Hollywood" and NBC Sports Group
Groller's CornerESPN personality Michelle Beadle, the co-host with Colin Cowherd on the "Sports Nation," has left the worldwide leader for a new multi-platform agreement that includes on-air duties for “Access Hollywood” and the NBC Sports Group. NBC is... -
Sailing for U.S. in London is a point of pride for Anna Tunnicliffe
DALLAS -- Anna Tunnicliffe was born and raised in England. And she has the British accent to prove it. "With certain words it comes out," she acknowledged. But that does not, she insists, make this summer's Olympic Games a homecoming. "I'm American,"...
Tags: Kandahar Massacre (2012), Laser Sailing, Alan Hale Sr., London (England), Awards and Prizes
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Local Olympic Hopeful Ginnie Crawford on Q It Up Sports
Rainier Beach H.S. alum and Seattle-native Ginnie Crawford joined Sports Director Aaron Levine on "Q It Up Sports" Sunday night to talk about her quest to make the U.S. Olympic Track Team. Crawford, a two-time national champion in the 100 meter hurdles,...
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Don't condemn the will of GOP voters
On Saturday, Voice of the People had a letter titled "Lugar" by a reverend. The first paragraph lauded Sen. Richard Lugar's service to our country, a sentiment, that I feel, a large majority of Hoosiers would agree with. However, in the second paragraph...Tags: Republican Party, Same-Sex Marriage, Baseball, Jesse Owens, Richard Lugar
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