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Ruggiero, Team USA Make Community Appearances

11.14.08

USA Hockey - Members of the 2008-09 U.S. Women's Select Team will visit Children's - St. Paul hospital on Friday as part of the team's commitment to serving the communities near Blaine, Minn., where USA Hockey has established a women's residency program. Additionally, members of the team will read to students at Aurora Charter School in Minneapolis on Thursday, November (read more)

Angela Ruggiero: An American Champion

11.13.08

All-Time Leader in Games Played for Team USA,  World Champion, and Three-Time Olympic Medalist Angela Ruggiero poses for a few photos.  Angela and Team USA are the newest Four Nations Cup ice hockey tournament champions, beating Canada in a sudden-death shootout for the win.

U.S. Women’s Team Wins Four Nations Cup in Shootout

11.10.08

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – Erica McKenzie scored in the fourth round of the shootout and Jessie Vetter made 30 saves in net, as the U.S. Women's Select Team earned a 3-2 victory over Canada in the championship game of the 2008 Women's Four Nations Cup at the 1980 Herb Brooks Arena. Team USA finished (read more)

Johnson’s Sights Set on 2012 Olympics

11.10.08

WHOtv-NBC Des Moines--She won four Olympic medals in Beijing, including a gold. Now, West Des Moines' own Shawn Johnson says she's going to the 2012 Olympics to try to do it again.

Shawn talked to Channel 13's Shawn Terrell about her next Olympic aspirations, "Not a day goes by that I don't think about it.  You're always questioning whether to continue or not and I've got it set stone that I want to keep going.  I mean gymnastics is my life and I can't see myself finishing yet.  I'd love to go for 2012." (read more)

Life after Beijing a (gold) rush for Shawn Johnson

11.7.08

Sports Illustrated ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) -- Shawn Johnson has been home a grand total of four days since the Beijing Olympics, and her schedule is so hectic she needs to look at a calendar just to be sure what day of the week it is. She wouldn't change her place for a second. "I'm having a lot of fun," she said Wednesday before the latest stop on the Tour of Gymnastics Superstars. "This is something I'm used to.... I love my new life and everything that happened." (read more)