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A world record was broken in Chicago by a Nashua, New Hampshire special Olympian.

The news follows a recent scandal involving an Olympic official.

I played it for hours last night, and some before work this morning.

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Special Olympics Maine Competing in USA Games

Thanks to NBC and Lindsey Vonn, we now know

The Maine olympian has ended competition in PyeongChang with a horrible crash that erased her hopes of a medal.

  Before just about every 2016 Olympics race, whether it be a medal or qualifying swim, swimmer Michael Phelps is shown getting in the zone with a pair of headphones locked on his ears. So, what’s he listening to? Phelps has a steady stream of a mix of songs from Eminem, Young Jeezy and a more recent addition, Eric Church. Phelps has gone country with songs in his catalogue from Church like “Drink

This video only shows pictures of what happened but you can clearly see the broken leg of French men’s gymnast Samir Ait Said.

The 2016 Summer Olympics get underway this Friday (8-5-16) in Rio and a Mainer will be at the summer games. Randy Visser will not be competing; he will be working for NBC.

Three Maine swimmers came up short Monday night in their efforts to advance at the United States Olympic Swimming Trials.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics have a deadline of the end of this week to take submission for Olympic sports wannabes. These are sports that are not Olympic sports but would like to be included in the 2020 games.

Here’s a side effect of the Bruce Jenner interview with Diane Sawyer that not many people saw coming. The value of Bruce Jenner’s Wheaties box went up in value.

Augusta’s Julia Clukey is competing this week at the 45th International Luge Federation World Championships in Latvia. Up to this point, Julia hasn’t been doing as well as she hoped during the World Cup luge season.

Boston is one step closer to hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics after its selection by the U.S. Olympic committee as their choice to present to the International committee.

Some interesting and stand-out accomplishments in sports occurred on this day, February 24, in sports history. Some of the highlights: in 1960 the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated Germany 9-1 in the final rounds to win the United States first gold medal in hockey. This medal win is known as the ‘forgotten miracle’ because the U.S. was not considered to have a chance to win.