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Special Olympics Northern California wanted to share the news that our nine athletes are returning with sixteen medals from thier week-long winter games in Boise, Idaho as part of Team USA. We are very proud of thier achivements.
12:58 Feb 18, 2009
After the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games, Ruffolo was honored by BOCOG and the Chinese Government and named a 'Model Worker' for his training of Olympic staff and senior management.
10:44 Feb 9, 2009
Almost 900 Special Olympic athletes will have the opportunity to compete at the newly-designated Division I school, where UC Davis athletes will entertain some of the toughest athletic competition.
11:53 Jan 15, 2009
The Host Committee of the Olympics used his painting, 'Voice of the East,' as the emblem on every VIP certificate given to athletes and visitors.
11:23 Dec 12, 2008
It doesn't upset me that lesser fighters have gotten bigger opportunities. I'm patient and my time will come. I think my biggest improvement this year has been my patience in the ring.
13:51 Nov 21, 2008
Some 450 Special Olympics soccer players, distance runners and walkers from more than 19 counties in Northern California will compete for gold in a one-day championship competition.
10:55 Oct 28, 2008
The U.S. men's Olympic basketball team has earned the nickname 'Redeem Team' after recapturing Olympic gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
04:42 Oct 24, 2008
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Welcome. Good morning. This is a special day for the White House. Laura and I are proud to welcome the greatest Olympic and Paralympic team ever assembled.
06:34 Oct 8, 2008
'It turned out to be like me and my coaches envisioned it,' O'Connor reflected. 'All of the hard training paid off. I felt good in the ring.
07:36 Sep 29, 2008
The Joyner-Walker Foundation today announced that Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer Ed Moses is confirmed to play in the Par and Poker Celebrity Challenge for Charity during Super Bowl week on Thursday, January 29, 2009, inTampa, Florida. The second annual t
07:53 Sep 17, 2008
Blogging on her Web site while in Beijing, Neimanas said the September 7 Paralympic opening ceremonies were 'spectacular' and that 'walking into a stadium packed with over 90,000 people is mind blowing.'
12:18 Sep 14, 2008
I wish I had boxed in the Olympics and medaled, but I can always say a month before the start of the Olympics I beat the gold medalist.'
15:39 Sep 11, 2008
Today, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger presented U.S. Olympian Mary Whipple of Orangevale with an honorary plaque at the California Olympic Medalist Celebration.
09:26 Sep 9, 2008
Today, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger presented U.S. Olympian Gina Miles of Davis with an honorary plaque at the California Olympic Medalist Celebration.
03:56 Sep 9, 2008
All righty, great job. Let's give everyone a nice round of applause. Great job out there. (Applause) All right. We're going to take a little time and let some of these other elementary school kids come in and grab a seat.
14:31 Sep 8, 2008
'You may consider yourself in power for five more years,' Khamanai told Ahmadi Nejad a few weeks ago, during the Beijing Olympic Games.
06:26 Sep 8, 2008
When Specialist Glenn Eller and Private First Class Vincent Hancock received their gold medals in Beijing, they did so knowing that over a million uniformed brothers and sisters will share in their triumph.
17:49 Aug 30, 2008
Your child may never be a world famous athlete-but still, you'd like to experience the pride Debbie Phelps obviously felt for her son.
11:12 Aug 27, 2008
At the Seventh World Swimming Championships held in Rome in September 1994, Chinese women won 12 of the 16 swimming and diving world titles, bagged five silver medals, and set five world records.
09:49 Aug 26, 2008
As they say, 'plan your work and work your plan.' Otherwise, you'll have brilliant people who are moving in so many directions that nothing important actually gets accomplished.
15:42 Aug 25, 2008
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