The Urban Legend

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The Urban Legend

The School Newspaper of Urban School of San Francisco

The Urban Legend

Russia’s women’s figure skating win causes major controversy

Griffin Bianchi, Staff Writer February 24, 2014

South Korean Yuna Kim was considered a shoe in by most in the sport of women’s singles figure skating. After her dominant victory in the 2010 Toronto Winter Olympics with a record number of 228.56 points,...

Canada beats U.S. in men’s hockey semifinals

Griffin Bianchi, Staff Writer February 23, 2014

The long-awaited semifinals between the United States and Canada has arrived. This was arguably one of the most anticipated games of the Winter Olympics for both Canada and the U.S. One Chicago billboard...

Canada’s women’s hockey team beats U.S. for gold in overtime

Griffin Bianchi, Staff Writer February 21, 2014

The U.S. women’s hockey team was a promising candidate for the gold this year at the Sochi Winter Olympics, and they wanted it even more after losing the gold to Canada during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. It...

Ukraine athletes walk out of Sochi Olympics

Griffin Bianchi, Staff Writer February 20, 2014

As of today, some Ukrainian olympic athletes have decided to leave the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics to return to their home country and mourn its losses. Currently, in Ukraine, the government has issued...

After arduous trek, Jamaican bobsled team finishes 29th

Griffin Bianchi, Staff Writer February 18, 2014

Thanks to “Cool Runnings,” the sports film that profiled the 1988 Jamacian bobsled team, one of the most important moments of the Winter Olympics takes place when the Jamaican men’s bobsled team...

Women’s Brazilian doubles bobsled team crashes hard

Griffin Bianchi, Staff Writer February 18, 2014

On Feb. 16, Brazil's Olympic women's bobsled doubles team of Fabiana Santos and Sally da Silva seemed to be on another smooth training run, until a high turn on one of the sharp bends. One of the sled’s...

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