South River police and students join annual Torch Run for Special Olympics New Jersey
SOUTH RIVER, N.J. — Officers from the South River Police Department, joined by local school students, participated Friday in the 42nd annual Law Enforcement Torch Run to raise funds and awareness for…
Jackson police officer kick off 40th anniversary Special Olympics Torch Run
Jackson, NJ – On Saturday morning, officers from the Jackson Police Department commenced the 40th anniversary of the NJ Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run. Carrying the symbolic torch, the officers embarked…
Police join forces with Special Olympics at Rock Creek Park
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD – Rock Creek Regional Park witnessed a heartwarming event today as award-winning Special Olympics athletes, police officers, and community members united for the 2023 Law Enforcement Torch Run in…
Photo: Manchester Police participate in annual Special Olympics Snowbowl
MANCHESTER, NJ – Members of the Manchester Police Department took part in the annual Snowbowl at MetLife Stadium this weekend. “This past weekend, members of the Manchester Township PBA Local #246 participated in the…
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On Wednesday, March 30: Jersey Mike’s Donates ALL Sales to the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games
Mary Bodle of Cincinnati, Ohio, will compete as part of Team Ohio’s basketball team at the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games in Orlando in June. Manasquan, NJ (-) This Wednesday, March 30, Jersey…
Jersey Mike’s Subs Raises $20 Million in March for 2022 Special Olympics USA Games
Peter Cancro (c.), Founder & CEO, Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc., celebrates the company’s Annual Day of Giving at Jersey Mike’s in Point Pleasant Beach at the Jersey Shore where it all…
Israeli families of 1972 Munich Olympics victims demand more compensation
By Ayhan Uyanik MUNICH – The families of Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics are unhappy with fresh German compensation offers and plan to boycott a ceremony marking the 50th…
Toms River Police Officers Participate in Annual Special Olympics Torch Run
TOMS RIVER, NJ – When the leg of the annual Special Olympics torch run made its way through the northern barrier island, it was escorted by members of the Toms River Police…
Toms River Police Department Raises $15,000 for Special Olympics at Annual Polar Bear Plunge
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ – On Saturday temperatures were frigid and the Atlantic Ocean was even colder, but that didn’t stop members of the Toms River Police Department’s plunge team from taking the…
China’s February factory activity likely shrank amid holidays, Olympics
BEIJING – China’s factory activity likely contracted in February on slower production after the Lunar New Year holiday and Winter Olympics, with Beijing expected to unveil more stimulus measures at a parliamentary…
Ex-US Olympic Skier Says Beijing Games Will Be Remembered By Ploy ‘To Bolster Two Different Authoritarian Governments’
An ex-U.S. Olympic skier criticized the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, arguing that this year’s event will be remembered as a way “to bolster two…
China Is Using To Fake Twitter Accounts To Promote Beijing Olympics: REPORT
China is using a coordinated network of inauthentic social media accounts to shape public opinion surrounding the Beijing Winter Olympics, according to an investigation by The New York Times and ProPublica. The…
Olympics-Figure skating-Valieva tumbles to fourth as Russian team mate Shcherbakova wins gold
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, Chang-Ran Kim and Julien Pretot BEIJING -Russian teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva tumbled to fourth place in the women’s singles event on Thursday, yielding to the pressure of a…
‘Slap In The Face’: US Olympian Rips Decision To Allow Russian Skater To Compete
Former U.S. olympic figure skater Adam Rippon said it was a “slap in the face” to clean athletes for Russian skater Kamila Valieva to be allowed to compete at the Beijing Games…
Olympics-Eileen Gu’s China choice pays off… for now
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING -When Eileen Gu won Olympic gold in the Big Air, sales of her red Anta ski suit, complete with slipdrag reduction technology, surged 20-fold on Chinese e-commerce platform…
Olympian Who Quit Canada’s Team Over Harassment Allegations Wins Gold Medal For America
An Olympian who left team Canada’s bobsledding team after filing harassment allegations won the gold medal Sunday for the U.S., multiple sources reported. Kaillie Humphries, 36, won her third Olympic gold medal…
Olympics-Russian Valieva cleared to compete but doping shadow remains
By Karolos Grohmann, Julien Pretot and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber BEIJING – Sport’s highest court on Monday cleared 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to continue competing in the Beijing Winter Olympics, but the…
Olympics-Valieva’s entourage under investigation by World Anti-Doping Agency
By Steve Keating, Karolos Grohmann and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber BEIJING – The world’s top anti-doping authority will investigate the entourage of 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva who tested positive for a banned…
Olympics-CAS concludes hearing on Valieva, decision expected on Monday
By Angie Teo and Iain Axon BEIJING – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has concluded its hearing on Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva after she tested positive for a banned…
China issues blizzard alert in first Beijing snowfall of Olympics
BEIJING – The China Meterological Administration issued a blizzard warning for Sunday saying significant snowfall is expected in large parts of northern China including Beijing, the capital and current site of the…
Olympics – Coach defends skater Valieva, CAS to hold Sunday hearing on case
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber, Karolos Grohmann and Julien Pretot BEIJING – The Russian coach of the 15-year-old figure skater embroiled in an Olympic doping scandal broke her silence to defend Kamila Valieva on…
Olympics-Mitigating factors in six-week delay for Valieva’s test result
(Removes word hold from headline, no change to text) By Julien Pretot and Krystal Hu BEIJING – More than six weeks went by from the time teenage Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s…
Olympics-Teen skater’s doping test draws global wrath against Russia
By Julien Pretot, Karolos Grohmann and Iain Axon BEIJING – Russian skating prodigy Kamila Valieva’s failed drug test prior to her dazzling Winter Games team gold threw the 15-year-old’s Olympic future into…
Exclusive-Olympics-U.S. could prosecute Russians in Valieva doping case -USADA chief
By Iain Axon BEIJING – The United States could prosecute the Russians involved in figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case under the American Rodchenkov Act, the head of the U.S. Anti Doping…
15-Year-Old Figure Skater Tests Positive For Banned Substance. Russia Refuses To Give Back Medal
A 15-year-old figure skater tested positive for a banned substance before her gold-medal-winning performance, and she later refused to give her back her medal, multiple sources reported. Kamila Valieva, a figure skating…
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