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February 12, 2006

First Race For Raney

Catherine Raney took the ice for the first time today in Torino and placed 11th in the 3,000m speed skating competition. The Elm Grove, WI, native finished with a time of 4:10.44, which was good enough to put her in second place after 11 pairs. Unfortunately, such top skaters as Claudia Pechstein of Germany and [...]

February 11, 2006

Winter Games Get Fired Up

Sat down last night to watch the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. Yes, I know it’s cornball and overblown, but it is nice to see, even in this day when there’s so much big money involved, that one honest moment of joy when the athletes are saluted by the stadium crowd. For some of them, [...]