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Figure skater Kamila Valieva received a four-year ban for doping
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Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) figure skater Kamila Valieva was handed a four-year ban for doping on Monday, resulting in a reallocation of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics medals.
January 31, 2024
Olympics: The ruling is in for 15-year-old Kamila Valieva, the ROC skater
Olympics: The ruling is in for 15-year-old Kamila Valieva, the ROC skater
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The GIST: Overnight, 15-year-old Kamila Valieva — the ROC skater at the center of a doping scandal — was cleared, with conditions, to skate in tomorrow’s women’s singles short program. A dramatic conclusion to this bombshell story.
February 14, 2022
Olympics: More on Kamila Valieva - the 15-year-old ROC star figure skater
Olympics: More on Kamila Valieva - the 15-year-old ROC star figure skater
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The GIST: With next week’s women’s singles figure skating competition looming, the story of Kamila Valieva — the 15-year-old ROC star figure skater at the center of a doping controversy — continues to accelerate.
February 11, 2022
Olympics Day 8 Recap: Team Canada
Olympics Day 8 Recap: Team Canada
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February 11, 2022
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 Sports betting scandals & previewing the March Madness Sweet 16s
Ep #353

Sports betting scandals & previewing the March Madness Sweet 16s

March 28, 2024

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Today’s episode of The GIST of It is a three-part special diving into recent sports betting headlines involving the NBA and NCAA before previewing the men’s and women’s March Madness Sweet 16s.

In part one, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz break down the latest on Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter, who’s at the center of a gambling investigation following a series of unusual prop bets involving the fringe NBA player.

Then in parts two and three, it’s all about the Big Dance, with previews of the jam-packed weekend ahead in NCAA men’s and women’s hoops as we whittle down to the Final Four.

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Olympics: ROC 15-year-old sensation fails drug test
Olympics: ROC 15-year-old sensation fails drug test
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The GIST: In a stunning update to yesterday’s news about an ROC figure skater failing a drug test, the skater is allegedly 15-year-old sensation Kamila Valieva. Just awful.
February 10, 2022
Skate Canada International, CANWNT Travel Plans Canceled
Skate Canada International, CANWNT Travel Plans Canceled
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Under guidance from public health officials, Canadian sporting events are being canceled left and right.
October 15, 2020