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Composer Marvin Hamlisch dead at 68

2012-08-08 14:08:53 (читать в оригинале)

Marvin Hamlisch (the award-winning composer of “A Chorus Line” and “The Way We Were”) has died suddenly at the age of 68, prompting warm tributes from Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, former U.S. first lady Nancy Reagan and dozens of stage and screen stars. Hamlisch (the musical force behind “The Sting” and numerous other movies and [...]

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Alex Morgan scores winning goal for USA

2012-08-07 14:34:17 (читать в оригинале)

Amid the chaos at the bottom of a mound of joy that formed after Alex Morgan’s goal in the 123rd minute gave the U.S. women’s soccer team an epic 4-3 Olympic semifinal victory Monday night over Canada at Old Trafford, Abby Wambach found clarity. “I told her in the dog pile after the match: ‘I [...]

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Coach Andy Reid’s son found dead

2012-08-06 14:39:56 (читать в оригинале)

This practice day was tougher than any other for the Philadelphia Eagles. After all, sadness, shock, and sorrow beyond anyone’s belief hovered over their training camp site on a day when they lost “a part of the family.” Garrett Reid (the troubled 29-year-old son of Eagles coach Andy Reid) was found dead Sunday in a [...]

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Jessica Ennis wins heptathlon gold

2012-08-05 14:37:46 (читать в оригинале)

Jessica Ennis won the heptathlon in the Olympic Stadium on Saturday night, but this was more than a welcome first gold medal around the neck of a British track and field athlete. It was a dazzling performance by the 26 year-old from Sheffield, a show-stopper more than worthy of all the attention showered on the [...]

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Katie Ledecky wins Olympic gold medal

2012-08-04 12:50:25 (читать в оригинале)

Ledecky began swimming at age 5, joining what was the Palisades Summer League a year later. By the time she was in the third or fourth grade, she said, she drifted away from other sports to concentrate on the pool, and soon was qualifying for sectional championships. Last summer, as the U.S. senior national team [...]