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Radivojevic to replace Gaborik for Slovakia

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Branko Radivojevic will replace the injured Marian Gaborik on the roster for Team Slovakia at the 2014 Olympics. Gaborik did not receive medical clearance from the Columbus Blue Jackets, as he continues to recover from a […]

Ankle injury to keep Voisin out of slopestyle skiing

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Rosa Khutor, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – American Maggie Voisin will not participate in Tuesday’s slopestyle skiing competition because of an ankle injury. Voisin hurt her right ankle after falling on a rail feature during a training run on Friday. A silver […]

McMorris qualifies for slopestyle final

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Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Canadian Mark McMorris still has medal hopes in the men’s slopestyle at the 2014 Olympics, but it took awhile. A two-time X Games gold medalist, McMorris failed to earn one of the first eight berths […]

Olympic Daily Preview – Saturday, February 8th

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – The first medals of the Sochi Olympics will be awarded Saturday. Medals will be given out in biathlon, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, snowboarding and speedskating. Competition began in some sports Thursday but the games didn’t get […]

Finland to be without Koivu, Filppula

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(SportsNetwork.com) – The Finnish hockey team lost two key forwards as it was announced Friday that both Minnesota captain Mikko Koivu and Tampa Bay’s Valtteri Filppula both withdrew from the Sochi Olympics due to injury. Koivu has been sidelined since […]

Reports: Plane lands safely after Sochi threat

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Istanbul, Turkey (SportsNetwork.com) – A plane landed safely at an airport in Turkey on Friday after a passenger on board allegedly issued a bomb threat and tried to have the aircraft redirected to Sochi, Russia, according to reports. News of […]

Olympic Daily News – Friday, February 7th

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – The opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Games began with a glitch and ended with two Russian sports legends lighting the Olympic cauldron. Friday’s spectacle played out as news surfaced that a plane had landed safely […]

Injured Kloser pulls out of Olympic moguls

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – American moguls skier Heidi Kloser pulled out of the Sochi Olympics on Friday after injuring her right leg in a crash. Kloser, considered a medal contender, was hurt during a training run Thursday when she crashed […]

Capitals’ Johansson added to Swedish team

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Arlington, VA (SportsNetwork.com) – Washington Capitals forward Marcus Johansson will replace Vancouver star Henrik Sedin on the roster for Sweden at the Sochi Olympics. The announcement was made Friday, one day after Sedin withdrew from the tournament because of a […]