Archives for February, 2010

28 Feb by admin in Sports

Kim, Rochette skate and nation build

They call ladies figure skating the marquee event of the Winter Olympics, and in Vancouver there was star power and poignancy.

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Tags: call-ladies, figure-skating, marquee, skating-the-marquee, star-power, the-marquee, vancouver, winter

28 Feb by admin in Canada, Top Stories

Olympic closing ceremony underway

The closing ceremony of the Vancouver Olympics is underway at BC Place, with figure skater Joannie Rochette leading Canada's athletes into the stadium as flag-bearer.

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Tags: closing-ceremony, joannie, joannie-rochette, place, stadium, the-stadium, vancouver

28 Feb by admin in Canada, Top Stories

Vancouver hockey fans revel in men’s hockey win

Tens of thousands of people in Vancouver took to the streets Sunday after Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in overtime to win the gold medal in men's Olympic hockey.

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Tags: defeated-the-united, gold, gold-medal, olympic, streets, sunday, the-streets, united, united-states, vancouver

28 Feb by admin in Canada, Sports

Youth was served for Team Canada

Sidney Crosby made sure the country's fantasy came to life with a dramatic overtime goal to give Canada a 3-2 win over the United States and the coveted gold that ignited a nationwide party.

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Tags: country, coveted, coveted-gold, dramatic-overtime, fantasy-came, over-the-united, sure-the-country, the-country, united-states

28 Feb by admin in Sports

Arthur: Crosby makes leap from superstar to legend

It will be replayed like Paul Henderson's goal, or Mario Lemieux's, and it will be carved into this country's memory. Parents will tell their children about it; it will become myth, here.

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Tags: children, country, henderson, mario, mario-lemieux, their-children, will-become, will-tell

28 Feb by admin in Sports