First Ever Bonspiel is attracting 32 curling teams to Brainerd this weekend and an upcoming open house will give newcomers a chance to try the sport.
LONDON (AP) - Most medals, most gold medals. The U.S. got what it wanted from these Olympics. So did Britain, riding the wave of home-field advantage for its best Olympic showing in over a century.
...Mint's excellent reputation in the industry has enabled the company to work with the Smithsonian Institute, the U.S. Olympic Committee and the largest mints in the world. The company also has earned exclusive rights to many coin "hoards," which...
The second half of a Mighty Ducks grant representing $125,000 for the ice plant for Brainerd's two indoor hockey rinks was slashed as part of Gov. Jesse Ventura's line-item vetoes this week.
...Backers of Salt Lake City's bid to play host to the 2002 Winter Olympics paid a former top official of the U.S. Olympic Committee about $65,000 to help make the bid a success, an internal investigation found. The USOC forced Alfredo La...
NEW YORK (AP) - Each time Tiger Woods comes up with an unprecedented victory, an unprecedented audience tunes in.
...the 167 1/2-pound class of Greco-Roman wrestling at the Olympics won't be decided until next week. The U.S. Olympic Committee said Friday it would study the dispute between wrestlers Keith Sieracki and Matt Lindland over the weekend and...
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Maurice Greene and his buddies on the men's 400-meter relay squad showed they were the fastest in the world. Then they had to backpedal after a display of jubilation that some U.S. teammates found offensive.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Products from condoms to life insurance to beer and wine are endorsed by the Olympic Games.
...Kops movies, has died at 104. He died April 19 at the Sunbridge Health Care Center in Camden, N.J., the U.S. Olympic Committee said. In his later years,. Carolyn LaMaina, of Wildwood Crest, N.J., who helped care for Prieste during...
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