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• Colorado Constitution

• Don't Fear the 5k

Recognizing this, the owners of Madison's Fleet Feet Sports franchise are importing the nationwide chain's No Boundaries 5K Training Program to the west-side store this spring. Designed for beginning runners, the 12-week program begins April 23. The goal: to help participants get to the starting line of their first 5K and - 3.1065-something miles later - to cross the finish line. A 5K is a great starting distance," explains Megan Suhonen, the Madison store's new marketing director. When she took her husband's Finnish surname in marriage, she notes, she gained an appreciation for the 5K by virtue of its association to Lasse Viren, the Finnish middle-distance phenomenon who won gold medals at 5K and 10K during the 1972 and 1976 Olympics - and did so in a style so spectacular as to spark ...

• Isthmus; Madison, Wis.
• August 26, 2009

• Gowdy, 86, Dies After Courageous Battle with Leukemia

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- He was the smooth voice of sports history, a welcome companion who brought listeners Ted Williams' last home run, the first Super Bowl and dozens of other dramatic moments. Curt Gowdy, who died Monday, told generations of Americans about the games they loved from the broadcast booths at 13 World Series, 16 All-Star baseball games, numerous Rose Bowls and the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• February 21, 2006

• A Perfect 10

For those of them around in 1979, "" calls to mind a young, bathing suit-clad Bo Derek running along a Mexican beach. For others, it is reminiscent of Nadia Comaneci's memorable gymnastics performance in the 1976 Summer Olympics. For the purposes of this article, however, "" is used to determine the 10 qualities every bank board member should possess. They are: 1. wealth, 2. work, 3. wisdom, 4. witness, 5. involvement, 6. independence, 7. integrity, 8. transparency, 9. teamwork, and 10. a servant's heart.

• Texas Banking
• Vol. 96 Nbr. 8, August 2007

• Q&a with Judy Blotz, Private Banker with Ent Federal Credit Union

As a child, Judy Blotz often accompanied her mom to the bank -- where the numbers and money fascinated her. Blotz "always wanted to be a banker." And she is. But along the way, she toured with a national choir in high school and traveled to the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

• Colorado Springs Business Journal
• August 15, 2009

• Canada's History As Host

MONTREAL GAMES (SUMMER) Bidding: Persistency paid off for Montreal, - which had lost seven Olympic bids, including a try for the 1932 Winter Games, awarded to Lake Placid, N.Y. Montreal beat Moscow and Los Angeles in International Olympic Committee voting in 1970 in Amsterdam - L.A. bowed out in the first round, then Montreal topped Moscow 41-28. Moscow and L.A. hosted the next two Summer Games, in 1980 and 1984.

... during the Games for the first time July 27, 1976, when a rainstorm swept through Montreal. The Olym... of Canada's first crack at the Olympics. The retractable roof at the Olympic Stadium, nick...

• Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo.
• April 10, 2010

• A Plan for Success

[Edwin Moses] won the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal with a world-record time of 47.63 seconds. In the more than nine years that followed, Moses won 122 consecutive races, every one he entered, earning a second gold medal in the 1984 Olympics. Keith Modey, chancellor of UMass-Boston, had it right when he said, "Edwin Moses is more than an Olympic athlete - he is a visionary who leverages his abilities, education and understanding to inspire others.

• Boston Banner, The
• October 02, 2009

• Pondexter Named to Women's U.S. Squad

There's been a lot of hard work and dedication put into this," [Cappie Pondexter] said. "Finally seeing it coming to this is exciting for me. I'm ready to get started and represent the USA. The No. 2 overall pick in the 2006 draft, Pondexter is a two-time WNBA All-Star selection. She helped lead the Mercury to the WNBA Championship last season, earning the 2007 Finals MVP crown. She became just the ninth player in league history to record 500 or more points in each of her first two seasons, joining teammate [Diana Taurasi]. Pondexter averaged 17.2 points (8th-WNBA) and four assists (10th-WNB A) per game in her second all-star campaign and tallied 20 or more points in 11 games. Since women's basketball was officially staged at the 1976 Olympics, the Americans have collected five gold m...

• Chicago Defender
• August 27, 2009

• Annoucer Gowdy Dies at Age 86

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- He was the smooth voice of sports history, a welcome companion who brought listeners Ted Williams' last home run, the first Super Bowl and dozens of other dramatic moments. Curt Gowdy, who died Monday, told generations of Americans about the games they loved from the broadcast booths at 13 World Series, 16 All-Star baseball games, numerous Rose Bowls and the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

• The Columbian
• February 28, 2006

• Phelps sweeps Montreal races

MONTREAL - Michael Phelps swept both events he entered at the Canada Cup, though he gave himself a split decision on his performance in his last two races leading up to next month's U.S. nationals. Phelps won the 100-meter freestyle Sunday in the pool that hosted the 1976 Olympics after posting a personal best time there in winning Saturday's 100-meter butterfly.

• Charleston Gazette
• June 23, 2009