USA Pro Challenge cycling stage race lands top-ranked Sky Procycling team

This year's USA Pro Challenge cycling tour, which features stages in Beaver and Vail, will feature the top-ranked Sky Procycling team, which includes 2012 Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins and second place finisher Chris Froome.

Taking place August 19-25, the 2013 USA Pro Challenge will feature 16 of the world’s top professional cycling teams comprised of UCI Pro, Pro Continental and Continental...
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Udall calls for Patriot Act reform, says he can finally exhale after NSA leak

He made impassioned speeches on the Senate floor, held press conferences and appeared on the Sunday talk shows. For years, Colorado Senator Mark Udall has been telling anyone who will listen that key provisions of the Patriot Act are being used by the the government to tread on citizens’ constitutional rights to privacy.

In May 2011, when Udall teamed with fellow member of the Senate Intelligenc...
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Olympic medalist Weibrecht calls Birds of Prey course changes 'lame'

When the world's best male and female ski racers come to Beaver Creek next ski season, they'll have to race on a hybrid combo of the legendary men's Birds of Prey downhill course and the new women's course that now won't make its true debut until the 2015 World Championships.

Ski Racing Magazine is reporting that the women's test event Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 likely won't even feature the full course, and the me...
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A-Basin closing curtain on 2012-13 ski season

Arapahoe Basin, still sporting a 31-inch base, will officially end the inbound Colorado ski season this weekend.

A-Basin is typically one of the first ski areas in the state to open each fall (usually in October) and one of the last to close in the late spring, early summer.

Its originally scheduled closing day was Sunday, June 2, but resort officials extended the season by one more weekend, closing last week but opening back...
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