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Discoveries: Squaw Valley Olympics museum still just a plan
March 03, 2013

Kings, arena, and Winter Olympics polling
March 12, 2012

Lake Tahoe winter Olympic effort to focus on 2026 games
July 09, 2012

Tahoe Olympic dream delayed, not dead
July 10, 2012

Ailene Voisin: Arena plan's OK makes Sacramento a player in Reno-Tahoe 2022 Olympics bid
March 11, 2012

NBC to stream every Olympics event live, but you must sign up
July 27, 2012

Winter Games Videos

Storing Snow
April 12, 2013 | WNYT NBC Albany, NY

Special Olympics Winter Games officially underway
February 23, 2013 | WHEC-TV NBC Rochester, NY

Sochi Winter Games construction work continues
February 21, 2013 | Agence France-Presse

Winter Games Wikipedia Information

Winter Games is a sports video game developed by Epyx (and released in Europe by U.S. Gold), based on sports featured in the Winter Olympic Games.A snow-and-ice themed follow-up to the highly successful Summer Games, Winter Games was released in 1986 for the Commodore 64 and later ported to several popular home computers and video game consoles of the 1980s.The game was presented as a virtual...

Sacramento Connect

Squaw Valley will host Alpine Championships again in 2014.
April 23, 2013
The United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) announced the return of the U.S. Alpine Championships to Squaw Valley. The dates have been set for March...

Olympic Legacy of the 1960 Winter Games at Squaw Valley
January 21, 2013
In 1955, when Alex Cushing got the idea to apply for the 1960 Winter Games, they hadn’t been held in the United States since the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games...

Nevada and California Leaders Unveil Joint Effort to Explore Bid for Olympic Winter Games in the Lake Tahoe Region
April 05, 2012
Olympic Valley, Calif. April 5, 2012 – Fifty-two years after the Olympic flame was first ignited in the Tahoe region, California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom...

Tahoe’s bid for 2022 Olympics includes Calif. /Nevada Merger
April 06, 2012
I reported on the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition’s bid for the 2022 Olympics in January of 2012. This private coalition had to submit a proposal this year,...

Lake Tahoe Winter Games Exploratory Committee Unveils New Board of Directors
July 19, 2012
July 18, 2012 – The Lake Tahoe Winter Games Exploratory Committee (LTWGEC) announced additional members of its Board of Directors today after convening its...

Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition Cancels The International Sports Hall Of Fame Gala
November 18, 2011
Lt. Governor Brian Krolicki, Chairman of the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition (RTWGC), stated, "On behalf of the Board and staff of the Reno Tahoe Winter Games...

From around the web

Around the World: Obama meets Nebraska boy, Russian ref banned for attacking player...
April 29, 2013 | indystar.com
Report: Arsenic found in former Russian Olympic official MOSCOW -- The Interfax news agency says the former Russian Olympic official who was forced to quit in a scandal over preparations for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games ...

Sochi Organizers Are Stockpiling Snow for 2014 Winter Games
March 25, 2013 | New York Times
Organizers for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, are preparing for potentially mild weather by making snow ahead of time and storing it under insulated blankets. ...

Des Moines Winter Games to try new format
January 02, 2013 | DesMoinesRegister.com
The Des Moines Winter Games, a weekend series of wacky,... Instead, past Winter Games organizers including Sleepy Hollow and Des Moines Park and Recreation will host many...

Des Moines Winter Games to try new format
January 03, 2013 | DesMoinesRegister.com
The Des Moines Winter Games, a weekend series of wacky, cold-weather challenges hosted by the city since 2008, are no more. Well, technically. People will still' polar...

Worried About The Sochi Weather, Russia Has Begun Hoarding Snow For The Olympics
March 27, 2013 | Deadspin
In all, the Sochi Olympics will cost twice as much as the three previous Winter Games combined. This is the paradox of awarding Olympics. Do you give them to cities that are...

Lolo Jones' new Olympic sport' feels like a car crash'
March 21, 2013 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Now, Jones has an unlikely new Olympic pursuit: bobsledding for the U.S. National Team at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi. 31 photos: Lolo Jones at the 2012 Olympics ...

Winter Games on twitter

	Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games coming to Wii U http://t.co/KWWeZqwaeg Twitter: @xboxliveinfo
	RT @segaaddicts: Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games announced for Wii U http://t.co/iklQITup7e Twitter: @_MakutaMatata
	Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games announced for Wii U http://t.co/iklQITup7e Twitter: @segaaddicts
	You bet your bottoms we'll be at the next Winter Games #familyskate #icetime #cuzzies http://t.co/81T9f0i400 Twitter: @MisssyChrissy
	RT @GamingUnion: Mario & Sonic At The Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games Announced For Wii U http://t.co/ftJlRFVc0l #GamingUnion Twitter: @memberposts
	Snow is all around you but you ain't playing these winter games/cartridges surround you but you ain't playing Nintendo games. #luda Twitter: @dailyblitz_61