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Winter Olympics: Team Fry Roots on U.S. Women’s Hockey and its Favorite Player
By Hayli Goode | BSU at the Games
Wesley Fry walked into his family’s Chandler, Ariz., living room on Christmas Eve dressed as Santa Claus.
His sister, Lyndsey, who pretended to be the elf passing out gifts, followed him.
The annual family skit was going as usual, but then came the deviation. Lyndsey decided to use the skit to surprise her family with some big news.
From Santa’s bag, she pulled ou
Starring Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segel, ‘The End of the Tour’ Filming in Grand Rapids
An independently-made film about a celebrated author's book tour at his fame's rise with the magazine writer who accompanied him recounting that five-day trek is being shot for about a month in greater Grand Rapids.
Starring Jesse Eisenberg and Jason Segel, "The End of the Tour" is the story of the travels of novelist-writer David Foster Wallace (being portrayed by Segel) at the end of a
Grand Rapids Police Arrest Suspect in Connection with Michigan State Student’s Slaying
A suspect in the fatal Jan. 31 shooting of a Michigan State University from Middleville in his East Lansing apartment has been arrested in Grand Rapids, according to Grand Rapids and East Lansing police.
Marquay Shaquilleedris McCoy, 19 was arrested about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at a Grand Rapids residence and was being held today in the Kent County Jail, authorities said today.
Winter Olympics: Army Program Produces Two-Time Medalist Steven Holcomb and Four Other U.S. Bobsledders
By Hayli Goode | BSU at the Games
Steven Holcomb and Steven Langton became the first American pair in 62 years to win a Winter Olympics two-man bobsled medal on Monday, claiming bronze at Sanki Sliding Center in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, outside Sochi.
The USA-1 bobsled duo had a combined four-run time of 3 minutes, 46.27 seconds with their BMW-made sled to finish just 0.03 second ahead of the fou
Winter Olympics: A Cab Driver’s View of Sochi
By Holly Demaree | BSU at the Games
Walking the streets of Adler after midnight during a light rain, it’s not easy to maneuver.
But taxi drivers are readily available in the Sochi, Russia, suburb. The drivers tend to park their cars in groups on the roadside, where they lean against vehicles to chat and smoke.
The price of a taxi ride is determined by one's haggling skills. If more than one car is
Winter Olympics: U.S. 3, Russia 2 in Men’s Hockey in Shootout [Video]
It was an epic men's hockey match-up and the United States won 3-2 over Russia at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia today.
T.J. Oshie (of the St. Louis Blues) scored four times on six shootout attempts, including the clincher in the eighth round against Russian goalie Sergie Bobrovski.
Winter Olympics: Ex-NHL Player Randy Gregg’s Kids Compete for Canada in Speedskating
By Hayli Goode | BSU at the Games
Sarah Gregg figured she'd be competing at the Sochi Winter Olympics when she visited Russia last month.
Instead, the Canadian speedskater from Edmonton, Alberta, is back in Sochi, Russia, supporting her two speed-skating siblings, sister Jessica Gregg and brother Jamie Gregg, and Jamie's spouse, Danielle Wotherspoon-Gregg.
The three are all competing for Canada,
Winter Olympics: Out with New, In with Old for U.S. Speedskating Uniforms [Video]
The United States' speedskating team had won 29 gold medals and 67 medals overall in long-track competition before the Sochi Winter Olympics, including four medals at the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010.
But so far in Sochi, Russia, the Americans had not finished better than seventh place through six of the 12 events for the XXII Winter Games.
In a decision reached early Saturday in Sochi, the U
Winter Olympics: Indiana Skier Finds Way to Part in U.S. Slopestyle Sweep
By Zach Huffman | BSU at the Games
It’s not even been three years since the International Olympic Committee brought slopestyle skiing into the Winter Olympics.
But it is what kids have been doing across the globe at ski areas and resorts for years. In terrain parks in the U.S. from coast to coast, skiers were riding every rail they could find and hucking themselves off mounds of snow wherever poss
City of Grand Rapids Embraces New Fourth of July Weekend Festivities
The City of Grand Rapids today announced that Celebration on the Grand and the Fourth of July fireworks are being combined into a two-day event to be held annually the first Friday and Saturday of July.
With the shift, this year’s Celebration on the Grand activities will be held the evening of Friday, July 4. The Amway Family Fireworks event will cap off the event shortly after dusk Saturday, Jul
Winter Olympics: Why Do Olympians ‘Bite Down on Their Booty?’
By Meagan Hook | BSU at the Games
Chomping into the gold. Salivating over the silver. Biting a piece of the bronze.
One sees it with regularity during the medal ceremonies on Krasnodar-Teatralnaya Square at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia.
Winter Olympics: So, What’s the Deal with Biathlon?
By Jeremy Ervin | BSU at the Games
The Olympic Games provide a venue to many sports that don’t get much national attention between international competitions.
Biathlon is among those.