Tag: Gold Medal
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AROUND TOWN: All-time U.S. Paralympic medal champ to headline Breakfast of Champions
It’s always a fun night with a big nonprofit secret and July 30 was the 2026 unveiling. Several months in advance of Peak Vista Community Health Centers’ signature Breakfast of Champions fundraising morning, this year on Oct. 15, donors, community advocates and the members of the organization’s boards are invited to be the first to…
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Mark Kiszla: Breakfast Brawl between USA and Canada for gold medal is dumbest great idea in NHL history
MILAN – Decades from now, grizzled old puckheads in the United States and Canada will still be telling tall tales about a hockey showdown destined to go down in history as the Breakfast Brawl. Set your alarm clock, pour a beer and buckle up. The Yanks versus the Canucks, with Connor McDavid facing off against…
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Mark Kiszla: In final act of hockey heroism, Captain America saves day for USA in win worth weight in gold
MILAN — Two minutes from being pushed from the ice into retirement, Captain America refused to go quietly and made the loudest play of her hockey life. Down a goal to Canada with the third period of the Olympic gold-medal match slip-sliding away, U.S. captain Hilary Knight scored when teammates needed her most. OK, so…
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Mark Kiszla: Elizabeth Lemley appears from thin Colorado air to be Olympic hero nobody saw coming
MILAN — Whether in an airplane or on skis, Elizabeth Lemley digs flying upside down. What’s the crazy appeal to her? A big shot of adrenaline, Lemley will tell you, before adding: “I love the risk.” Every Olympics needs a “Rocky” story. An underdog counted out. A champion of the peeps. This one comes straight…