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Delaney: Ice Bowl is nice (and cold) bowl
I went to the Adirondack Ice Bowl in Old Forge on Saturday. That's a pretty big assignment for a girl better suited to watching NFL Films of the 'Ice Bowl' in a cozy living room than actually covering...
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Delaney: No meaning in Pro Bowl
What is the point of the NFL Pro Bowl? Two of my colleagues glanced at the game Sunday evening. A glance is overkill. Why bother? The nature of the game makes the risk of injury too high for an...
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Delaney: Hollywood, where everyone wins
Ten movies now get Academy Award nominations for Best Picture?When did the Academy Awards get to be like youth and scholastic sports where everyone is recognized?
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Delaney: Former lugers remember
An actor, an astronaut, an attorney and three businessmen. Competing in luge apparently prepares a person for a variety of career choices. Erin Hamlin has something to look forward to after her sliding...
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Delaney: SI predicts bronze for Hamlin
Sports Illustrated, in its Olympic preview issue, picks Remsen's Erin Hamlin to earn a bronze in women's luge. On page 95 of the Feb. 8 issue, Hamlin, the reigning women's World Champion, is third...
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Delaney: Big win for Dolgeville girls....basketball
The Dolgeville girls basketball team defeated previously unbeaten Little Falls 49-43 in overtime Wednesday. The result of the game is an upset, certainly. Using that word, though, might be doing a...
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Delaney: Good ice for the Americans
U.S. Olympic singles lugers Julia Clukey, Erin Hamlin and Megan Sweeney all drew 'A' seeds for the upcoming Winter Olympics outside of Vancouver, British Columbia. By finishing in the Top 12 after...
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Delaney: Headed to Vancouver
The first leg our journey to Vancouver-Whistler is complete. I landed in Chicago's O'Hare International Airport about 45 minutes ago and already there have been two sightings of New Orleans Saints'...
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Delaney: Hello from Whistler
We made it. The Observer-Dispatch is at the Winter Olympics. Arrived at our accommodations about 11 p.m. Pacific time after a seemingly endless bus ride from the Vancouver airport. The bus driver is...
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Delaney: Let the trading begin
One of the first things a volunteer asked me on my way into the media center this morning was if I had any pins. When I told him, 'no', he snapped his fingers with disappointment. Someone told me,...
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Delaney: Exhausted but exhilarated
Just returned to the media center in Whistler after a "hike" up Blackcomb Mountain, one of two mountains overlooking Whistler village. The afternoon wouldn't have been so tiring had I not taken a wrong...
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Delaney: Does this bus go downtown?
Good morning from Whistler. I am very glad Day 1 of our Olympic experience is over. It's an unsettling feeling at times to be working in an unfamiliar place where you don't know where to go, how to get...
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Delaney: Gray clouds are going to clear up.......
There were some snow flurries falling this morning when we left the Tamarisk condo. From what I gather, there hasn't been much snow here this year. Last year, the snow was piled high but so far very...
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Delaney: Bengt Walden marching with Team USA
One of the U.S. lugers I did not talk to Tuesday was Bengt Walden. Bengt actually has one of the more interesting stories among the group. He was born near Stockholm, Sweden, is married to a U.S....
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Delaney: USA Luge's Grimmette is U.S. flag bearer
In breaking news from Whistler Wednesday night, USA Luge doubles slider Mark Grimmette has been selected as flag bearer for Team USA at the Opening Cermonies on Friday. Grimmette, 39, a five-time...
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Delaney: Hamlin in her element
I had a chance to spend a few minutes with USA lugers Erin Hamlin and Megan Sweeney on Wednesday. I met them in the lobby of their residence in the athletes village in Whistler. The one-day open media...
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Delaney: Whistler Athletes Village secure
At least two tour buses took media to the Whistler Athletes Village on Wednesday for media tours. When we arrived, the buses pulled into a big white tent. Think of the movie 'Stripes' in the scene...
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Delaney: Grimmette's 5 Olympics hard to fathom
Covering the Winter Olympics this year is the biggest assignment of my professional life. And at times, I admit, I've been impressed by that. USA luger Erin Hamlin is competing in her second Winter...
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Delaney: Whistler death leads to questions
The death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili after a training run Friday has raised issues about luge, luge tracks and track safety. Before the Vancouver Winter Olympics, much of the discussion...
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Delaney: The Winter Olympic's friendly Smurfs
We are big on volunteering in Utica. We all know the Boilermaker and America's Greatest Heart Run & Walk would be sunk without volunteers. Those generous and dedicated souls have met their match at...
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