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PHILADELPHIA
- Mike Metzger does not look like your traditional athlete.-
Standing a shade under 5-feet-10-inches tall and weighing
160 pounds, the California resident is not going to strike
fear in anyone on the football field, basketball court, baseball
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PHILADELPHIA
-- Amidst a packed First Union Center, nearly an entire section
was filled with friends and family of Marc Englehart. |
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Games doesn't beat out soccer yet for Brazilians |
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PHILADELPHIA
- There will be no need for soccer icon Pele to break a sweat
just yet. Contrary to what you might have seen at the X Games
in Philadelphia this week, skateboarding still takes a back
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| Gagnon
wins best trick, earning 2nd gold skateboarding medal |
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can ever tell Pierre-Luc Gagnon that persistence doesn't pay
off. |
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| Nyquist
pushes BMX bike past its limits to grab gold medal |
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— Steady cheers of astonishment echoed around the First Union
Center Sunday as the X Games held its BMX flatland and park
finals. |
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retiree comes back to do unheard-of trick: no-handed 900 |
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PHILADELPHIA
-- Apparently you can teach an old dog new tricks. A year
after retiring from the sport, BMX pioneer Mat Hoffman did
the unthinkable Saturday night by pulling a no-handed 900
(two-and-a-half revolutions) to land a silver medal in the
X Games BMX vert competition. |
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| Superstar
Hawk doubles up, grabs gold in vert to stay unbeaten |
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PHILADELPHIA
— It's official, Tony Hawk and Andy Macdonald cannot be beaten
when they pool their 40 years of professional experience on
a vert ramp. |
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| 14-year-old
scales 60-foot wall fastest to win gold |
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PHILADELPHIA
-- Stephen and Shawn Allen did not worry when Tori, the missionary
couple's first-born daughter, took to scaling things in the
African village where they were stationed. |
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| Late
addition wins both skateboard street and trick |
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PHILADELPHIA
- The last minute addition walked away with gold Saturday.
Rodil de Araujo Jr. didn't know he'd be competing in X Games
VIII until Friday when officials called and asked him to participate
in the skateboard street and skateboard street best trick
competitions. |
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love in Philly as tiff over city park flares up |
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PHILADELPHIA
- Lurking off in the shadows of 15th Street and JFK Boulevard
is Love Park. |
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