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Olympic Moment: U.S. Hockey Team Nabs First Olympic Win Over Canada in 50 Years

• Feb 22, 2010 10:04 AM ET
• by Joyce Eng

It wasn't quite a miracle, but it was a pretty big upset.

On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Miracle on Ice, the United States men's hockey teamed stunned Canada 5-3 Sunday to earn a bye to the quarterfinals at the Winter Olympics. The win is also the Americans' first over their northern neighbors at the Olympics since the 1960 Squaw Valley Games, when the U.S. eventually won the gold.

Watch Ryan Kesler's game-sealing goal

Playing aggressively from the start, the U.S. grabbed an early lead and held onto it, punctuating ...
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Olympic Moment: Bode Miller Tops U.S. Alpine Skiers with Fourth Medal Win

• Feb 20, 2010 12:04 PM ET
• by Kate Stanhope

Bode Miller won his fourth career Olympic medal, the most ever for an alpine skier in U.S. history, but failed to take the gold in the men's Super-G event Friday.

Miller was an early leader at the Winter Olympics event after another impressive run by Olympics rookie Andrew Weibrecht. But both in came behind Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway, who won his first gold medal. Reigning Super-G world champion...read more

Olympic Moment: Chinese Pair's Comeback Ends in Gold

• Feb 16, 2010 09:41 AM ET
• by Joyce Eng

A dream that started 18 years ago culminated in Olympic gold, while one of the longest streaks in sports ended.

China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo won the figure skating pairs title Monday at the Winter Olympics, capturing the one honor that had eluded them since they first started skating together in 1992. With 216.57 points, they became the first pairs winners from China — and snapped Russia's 46-year reign in the event, a run that spanned 12 Olympics.

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Russia was shut out altogether as Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov finished ...
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