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The Comprehensive NTSF Preview of the 2010 Winter Olympics

03:47 PM ET 02.04

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So I had the day off yesterday, and I decided that it was imperative I belt out a preview of the Olympic Games which are set to begin in just EIGHT days in Vancouver. Also needing to write my weekly Non-Traditional Sports Fan column, I decided to merge the two ideas. What ensued was a marathon writing session that began at 8:00 in the morning and ended at 2:30 the next morning. In that time I managed to break down the favorites in every Olympic discipline, touch upon some of the big stories in each of the events, and provide a calendar of events for each separate event.Come to learn…

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2010 Australian Open - Day 14 Thoughts

03:42 PM ET 01.31

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2010 Australian Open Coverage
Day Fourteen Thoughts
And then it all came down to one last day, two final matches being played out at Rod Laver Arena to crown champions in the mixed doubles and in the men's singles. After a fortnight that has seen hundreds of tennis matches, two weeks that yielded innumerable winners and losers and padded the pockets of one and all, we had but six athletes left to watch before the ATP and WTA Tours split off on their own calendars. After today, we have a three-month window before the Grand Slam excitement revives at…

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2010 Australian Open - Day 13 Thoughts

09:38 AM ET 01.30

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2010 Australian Open Coverage
Day Thirteen Thoughts
Just two courts remain in action in Melbourne Park at this stage of the Australian Open. Margaret Court Arena was the site of wheelchair tennis action, culminating in the finals of both the men's and women's singles draws. In the quad wheelchair division, world #1 Peter Norfolk of Great Britain avenged the previous night's loss in the doubles by defeating world #2 David Wagner of the United States. After Norfolk and Wagner staged their 6-2 7-6(4) dogfight, it was the turn of the ladies to come onto…

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