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Fenway Park is morphing into a gigantic ski slope for February competition

BOSTON – With cold weather finally blowing in to the city, Fenway Park is undergoing a make-over that will transform the summer ballpark into its first winter games big air spectacular. On Feb. 11 and 12, Fenway Park will be host to "Polartec Big Air," a freeskiing and snowboarding

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World Health agency advises delaying pregnancy over Zika risk

Millions of couples in 46 countries where the Zika virus may pose a risk have been warned to avoid getting pregnant, according to an updated report from the World Health Organization. The virus is thought to cause birth defects like microcephaly, which prevents the growth of a baby's

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No Boston 2024 returns to oppose GE move to Boston

One of the main group of activists that opposed Boston's bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics is trying to lead a charge against GE's recently announced intentions to move to the Hub, according to a Politico report. According to the report, No Boston 2024 — a group

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Olympics may open to more transgender athletes

Transgender athletes may be able to compete in the Olympics without having themselves surgically altered first, an International Olympic Committee advisory panel recently recommended. Previous rules, dating to 2003, required athletes who had transitioned from one sex to the other to have undergone gender-reassignment surgery and to have had at

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Olympics opponents learn from Boston revolt over 2024

BOSTON (AP) — The grassroots activists who upended Boston's well-funded and star-studded Olympic bid are exporting their expertise. Leaders of No Boston 2024 and No Boston Olympics are showing opposition groups elsewhere how they helped turn public opinion against the city's bid for the 2024 summer games,

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AP test: Rio Olympic water badly polluted, even far offshore

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Olympic waters in this city are more widely contaminated by sewage than previously known and pose a greater threat to athletes' health ahead of next year's games, according to new results from tests commissioned by The Associated Press. Expanded analysis of Rio&

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USOC leaders grateful for 2nd chance after Boston

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The leader of the U.S. Olympic Committee compared the choice of Boston as a bidder for the 2024 Olympics to Seattle's choice to pass the ball at the goal line at the end of the Super Bowl last season. Fortunately, CEO Scott Blackmun

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LA strikes 2024 Olympic bid deal with USOC

Written by Eddie Pells Los Angeles and the U.S. Olympic Committee have struck a deal that will make the city America's 2024Olympic bidder pending approval by the city council next week.