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(StephenDunn/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At a \u003ca title=\"Warriors versus Trail Blazers \" href=\"<a%20href=\">Golden State Warriors game\u003c/a> against the Portland Trail Blazers last November, the sold-out crowd chanted M-V-P, M-V-P, as Stephen Curry stepped to the free throw line. \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06Q-NNV8gRc\">It's been going on for years\u003c/a>, and it is not exactly an uncommon occurrence to hear a partisan crowd chant for the team's superstar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And \u003ca href=\"http://stats.nba.com/playerProfile.html?PlayerID=201939\">Curry\u003c/a> is a true superstar. As I sat there in the Oracle Arena that night, I even chimed in on the chanting. I knew he wasn't going to win the league's best player award (he hadn't even made the 2013 All-Star team), but still, Curry had captured my heart. And I wanted to chant M-V-P until I could believe it. And I almost did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the BART ride home (after a crushing defeat) with a train car full of Warriors fans, I ran through scenarios on how Curry could win the NBA's Most Valuable Player award this season. Essentially, I was trying to rule out a few of the NBA's biggest names.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant started scoring like a madman, chalking up \u003ca href=\"http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400489565\">12 30-point games in a row\u003c/a>. In the process he matched some of the greatest players of all time. And in one game became the front-runner for this year's MVP award. Against the Miami Heat, \u003ca href=\"http://www.nba.com/games/20140129/OKCMIA/gameinfo.html#\">Durant scored 33\u003c/a> points, with many coming while the best player in the world, LeBron James, was guarding him. James was just outmatched guarding Durant. But still, \u003cem>King James\u003c/em> scored 34 points in that loss to the Thunder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The thing about MVP is that you don't have to be the best player in the world to win it. Otherwise, LeBron James would win it every year. He is the best player in the league. And if your life rested on one player currently in the NBA making a shot or winning a game, James is the guy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So much so that fans, pundits and maybe even players just take him for granted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some years, there are players who rise up, capture our attention and lead their teams to victories, like \u003ca href=\"http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/story/2011-05-03/its-official-bulls-g-derrick-rose-is-nba-mvp\">Derrick Rose for the Chicago Bulls in the 2010-11 season \u003c/a>or Durant this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So under that thinking, Curry has a chance. His team is clearly better with him playing. He makes other guys better. And he puts up top-notch statistics. But the Warriors won't lead the league in wins like Rose's Bulls did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Could a little respect from another superstar inspire an MVP swing voter to Curry? The aforementioned \u003ca href=\"http://www.csnbayarea.com/warriors/durant-calls-curry-best-shooter-ever-play\">Kevin Durant recently tweeted: \u003cem>Steph any day, best shooter to ever play\u003c/em>.\u003c/a> (Your opinion on that often depends on how old you are.) As nice as that was for Durant to say, he didn't say best player or even best point guard. He just said best shooter. Meaningful? Yes. Impactful? Apart from one day's worth of material for screaming pundits on television and radio shows, not really.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So is Stephen Curry an MVP candidate? Yes, a candidate, but he's not going to win the award this time around. It is hard to write that, especially because there are a couple dozen games left to play. And I want to point out all the reasons he should, but I am not sure I have enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Kevin Durant recently tweeted: \u003cem>Steph any day, best shooter to ever play\u003c/em>.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Through 54 games, he leads the league in \u003ca href=\"http://stats.nba.com/leadersGrid.html?Season=2013-14&PerMode=PerGame&Scope=S&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StatCategory=AST&pageNo=1&rowsPerPage=25\">assists per game\u003c/a>, three pointers made and is seventh in points. And he did make this year's All-Star team. But critics point out that \u003ca href=\"http://stats.nba.com/leadersGrid.html?Season=2013-14&PerMode=PerGame&Scope=S&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StatCategory=TOV&pageNo=1&rowsPerPage=25\">he leads the league in turnovers\u003c/a>. Of course, Kevin Durant is second in turnovers and LeBron James is fifth. And if you're going to be \u003cem>the man\u003c/em>, then you have to have the ball. And if you have the ball often enough, you're going to turn it over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But MVP isn't about stats alone. The award is not voted on in a vacuum. It also matters how the team plays. Rarely do athletes in any sport on losing teams win MVP awards, even if they might deserve it. The problem for Curry is that the Warriors aren't quite good enough right now to have him in the conversation. Some days the team is exciting\u003cbr>\nand fun to watch, like the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nba.com/games/20140130/LACGSW/gameinfo.html\">January beat-down of the Los Angeles Clippers.\u003c/a> Other days, it is mind-numbingly awful basketball, like the this month's \u003ca href=\"http://www.nba.com/games/20140204/CHAGSW/gameinfo.html\">home loss to the Charlotte Bobcats\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team is 35-22 as of Feb. 26, and is currently the sixth seed in the strong Western Conference. (The top eight teams from each conference make the playoffs.) By contrast, Durant's team is in first place in the West and James' squad is second in the East.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This whole post is, in a way, unfair to Stephen Curry. He's not LeBron James or Kevin Durant. He never claimed to be. Curry is a pretty humble guy and personable, too. His postgame interviews are filled with wry little smiles, as if one of his teammates is behind the reporter making a funny face. More importantly, Curry is about team (as are James and Durant, by the way). As mentioned, he leads the league in assists, giving the ball to a teammate to score, not that Curry doesn't take his fair share, too, of course. He broke the record last year for \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DkQ3ht_MFI\">most 3-pointers made in NBA history.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, as the Warriors continue through the season, there is a blossoming of talent. \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/Warriors-bench-comes-up-big-in-win-over-Pistons-5264259.php\">Some players are coming off the bench \u003c/a>and contributing much more that earlier in the season. That was desperately needed. And when the team is in rhythm, it can roll over even the best teams in the NBA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'm partial here because I love watching the Warriors, especially at Oracle Arena (or \u003ca href=\"http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g32810-d2024006-r164101471-Oracle_Arena-Oakland_California.html\">the Roaracle Arena\u003c/a>). Fans there hang on every shot and pass. The fans deserve a winner. And that's my big hope: Curry leads a team full of talent to success. 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The aforementioned \u003ca href=\"http://www.csnbayarea.com/warriors/durant-calls-curry-best-shooter-ever-play\">Kevin Durant recently tweeted: \u003cem>Steph any day, best shooter to ever play\u003c/em>.\u003c/a> (Your opinion on that often depends on how old you are.) As nice as that was for Durant to say, he didn't say best player or even best point guard. He just said best shooter. Meaningful? Yes. Impactful? Apart from one day's worth of material for screaming pundits on television and radio shows, not really.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So is Stephen Curry an MVP candidate? Yes, a candidate, but he's not going to win the award this time around. It is hard to write that, especially because there are a couple dozen games left to play. And I want to point out all the reasons he should, but I am not sure I have enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Kevin Durant recently tweeted: \u003cem>Steph any day, best shooter to ever play\u003c/em>.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Through 54 games, he leads the league in \u003ca href=\"http://stats.nba.com/leadersGrid.html?Season=2013-14&PerMode=PerGame&Scope=S&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StatCategory=AST&pageNo=1&rowsPerPage=25\">assists per game\u003c/a>, three pointers made and is seventh in points. And he did make this year's All-Star team. But critics point out that \u003ca href=\"http://stats.nba.com/leadersGrid.html?Season=2013-14&PerMode=PerGame&Scope=S&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&StatCategory=TOV&pageNo=1&rowsPerPage=25\">he leads the league in turnovers\u003c/a>. Of course, Kevin Durant is second in turnovers and LeBron James is fifth. And if you're going to be \u003cem>the man\u003c/em>, then you have to have the ball. And if you have the ball often enough, you're going to turn it over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But MVP isn't about stats alone. The award is not voted on in a vacuum. It also matters how the team plays. Rarely do athletes in any sport on losing teams win MVP awards, even if they might deserve it. The problem for Curry is that the Warriors aren't quite good enough right now to have him in the conversation. Some days the team is exciting\u003cbr>\nand fun to watch, like the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nba.com/games/20140130/LACGSW/gameinfo.html\">January beat-down of the Los Angeles Clippers.\u003c/a> Other days, it is mind-numbingly awful basketball, like the this month's \u003ca href=\"http://www.nba.com/games/20140204/CHAGSW/gameinfo.html\">home loss to the Charlotte Bobcats\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team is 35-22 as of Feb. 26, and is currently the sixth seed in the strong Western Conference. (The top eight teams from each conference make the playoffs.) By contrast, Durant's team is in first place in the West and James' squad is second in the East.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This whole post is, in a way, unfair to Stephen Curry. He's not LeBron James or Kevin Durant. He never claimed to be. Curry is a pretty humble guy and personable, too. His postgame interviews are filled with wry little smiles, as if one of his teammates is behind the reporter making a funny face. More importantly, Curry is about team (as are James and Durant, by the way). As mentioned, he leads the league in assists, giving the ball to a teammate to score, not that Curry doesn't take his fair share, too, of course. 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(Nina Thorsen/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you’ve been listening to public radio during the Olympics, you may have noticed a lot of stories about curling. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PRI’s “The World” has offered “\u003ca href=\"http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-02-18/canadian-curling-legend-going-gold-coach-chinas-curling-team-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Canadian Curling Legend Is Going for Gold as Coach of China’s Curling Team\u003c/a>” and “\u003ca href=\"http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-01-22/norways-curling-team-brings-its-fancy-pants-back-sochi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Norway’s Curling Team Brings Its Fancy Pants Back for Sochi\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR’s “Morning Edition” has aired “\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/01/23/264884316/7-facts-and-3-gifs-hellooo-curling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7 facts and 4 GIFs: Hellooooo Curling\u003c/a>” and “\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2014/02/18/278952312/curlers-try-to-get-younger-people-interested-in-the-sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">High School Students Are Invited to Try Curling\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why, you may ask, do public radio reporters and editors love curling? \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘It’s a real easy sport to get started, and be decent. It’s a real hard sport to get good at.’\u003ccite>— Brian Davidson,\u003cbr>\nCurling club member\u003c/cite>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In part, I think it’s because curling seems more approachable than some of the other Olympic events. Although many of the longtime members of the San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club I spoke with are from Canada or states along the U.S.-Canada border, and thus grew up with some exposure to the sport, even Olympic-level curlers don’t need to have started training when they were toddlers, the way that top figure skaters or snowboarders do. There’s no such thing as a professional curler in the United States — the Olympic squads will return from Sochi to their regular jobs, such as teaching school, working in doctors’ offices and managing restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In part, I think we’re influenced by social media. My Twitter stream has been full of comments from people who have stayed up until the wee hours of the morning to watch the live stream of a curling match between Switzerland and Russia. KQED Sacramento Bureau Chief Scott Detrow even found a match playing on one of the TVs at the California Emergency Management Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But also — and I did not realize this until I went to record a clinic for beginners — curling is quite possibly the most radiophonic of the winter sports. It combines the interesting percussive sounds of sweeping with the haunting rumble of stones gliding over the ice. And then there’s the yelling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Davidson, one of the curling club’s senior members, informed the novices in attendance: ” ‘Sweep! Go! Hurry hard! Hard!’ All of those mean ‘sweep.’ Usually, as a team, you decide on what the commands are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another club member, Ryan Alvarado, had heard a very polite variation. “One of my skips said, ‘Yes, yes.’ And one said, ‘Yes, please. Yes, please. Yes, please.’ So you knew it was him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Being able to pick out the voice of your skip, or team leader, from a confusing hubbub of other voices yelling at different teams is part of the art of curling. The skip is down at one end of the sheet of ice, and the rest of the team is at the other end — one throwing the stone and two others sweeping the ice in its immediate path, hoping to affect its speed and trajectory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/135918632&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m pretty good at yelling and being loud,” San Jose native Sergio Soria told me. He’d been meaning to come to a learn-to-curl clinic over the last several Olympiads, and finally got around to it this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevin Baptista made the trek in to the Oakland Ice Center from the Central Valley. “My wife got me, for Christmas, a present to come here with my buddy and go curling,” he said. “Because I’ve been watching it on TV for years, and I just really love it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nancy Carruth of San Francisco likes the Olympics, too, but she and her husband were motivated by a challenge thrown down by her Canadian relatives. “They called us and said, ‘We signed you up for a mixed doubles bonspiel (curling tournament) in April,’ ” she said. “So we figured we’d better come try it first, before we have to go compete!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime club member Jay Diamond of Menlo Park said the homey simplicity of the curling gear can be deceptive. “Everyone sees the brooms and they think it’s light housekeeping,” he said. “But it’s actually interval cardio. It’s a really good workout. Two hours of heavy sweeping is as good as any day I spend in the gym.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But you don’t have to be a gym rat, his fellow club member Kate Garfinkel said. “Anyone can do it. We have people of all ages and body types. On Friday nights we have two middle-schoolers curling with us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Davidson put it this way: “It’s a real easy sport to get started, and be decent. It’s a real hard sport to get good at.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127151\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 320px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/curling-clinic-320.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127151\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/curling-clinic-320.jpg\" alt=\"Wannabe curlers got an introduction to the sport from Bay Area Curling Club members at the Oakland Ice Center. (Nina Thorsen/KQED)\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wannabe curlers got an introduction to the sport from Bay Area Curling Club members at the Oakland Ice Center. (Nina Thorsen/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, if you just want to stay at the decent level, club member Jesus Barajas said, that’s fine. As long as you’re having fun, your fellow curlers will not judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You spend two hours on the ice, and it’s sort of a chess match, a lot of strategy,” he said. “Then afterwards you follow the First Rule of Curling: Take your beverage and talk through with your teammates how the game went. And then you can talk about the rest of life, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, no curling clinic, or story about curling, is complete without that famous First Rule of Curling: “Winner buys beverages.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If previous groups of Olympic-season curling fans are any judge, about 20 percent of those who show up at a learn-to-curl event will come back for more lessons, and half of those will stay with the club for the long haul. Brian Davidson said the growth has been steady enough to allow the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bayareacurling.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club\u003c/a> to secure its own dedicated ice facility, which will open later this year. Right now, like most American clubs outside the traditional curling heartlands of the Upper Midwest and Northeast, the local curlers buy time at ice arenas, competing with hockey teams and skaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dedicated ice for league curlers is the Nirvana to which one aspires,” said Davidson. “It’s the right kind of ice, so it curls very nicely. You’re able to leave your stones on the ice, you have locker rooms, you have your own bar.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, their own bar. Where the First Rule will be applied strictly, no doubt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dedicated facility may help aspiring Bay Area Olympic curlers. Davidson said one member, who started at a learn-to-curl clinic several years ago, has made it to Olympic trials. 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The skip is down at one end of the sheet of ice, and the rest of the team is at the other end — one throwing the stone and two others sweeping the ice in its immediate path, hoping to affect its speed and trajectory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/135918632&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m pretty good at yelling and being loud,” San Jose native Sergio Soria told me. He’d been meaning to come to a learn-to-curl clinic over the last several Olympiads, and finally got around to it this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kevin Baptista made the trek in to the Oakland Ice Center from the Central Valley. “My wife got me, for Christmas, a present to come here with my buddy and go curling,” he said. “Because I’ve been watching it on TV for years, and I just really love it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nancy Carruth of San Francisco likes the Olympics, too, but she and her husband were motivated by a challenge thrown down by her Canadian relatives. “They called us and said, ‘We signed you up for a mixed doubles bonspiel (curling tournament) in April,’ ” she said. “So we figured we’d better come try it first, before we have to go compete!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime club member Jay Diamond of Menlo Park said the homey simplicity of the curling gear can be deceptive. “Everyone sees the brooms and they think it’s light housekeeping,” he said. “But it’s actually interval cardio. 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The gathering will be held from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight at the Lisa and Douglas Goldman Plaza on the west side of Memorial Stadium (\u003ca href=\"https://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/238135.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=30100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see map\u003c/a>). Stadium Gates 3 and 5 will open at 6 p.m., and candles and special wristbands will be handed out to the first 1,000 attendees. The event will be led by Agu’s Omega Psi Phi fraternity and Cal student-athletes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agu’s family, friends, fraternity brothers and former Bakersfield Frontier High School teammates have led an online drive to help raise funds for funeral costs and other expenses. So far, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.youcaring.com/memorial-fundraiser/ted-agu-memorial-fund/136269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ted Agu Memorial Fund at YouCare.com\u003c/a> has raised about $27,000 of its $30,000 goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 1:45 p.m. Monday (Feb. 10):\u003c/strong> The Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau said Monday it was conducting an autopsy on Ted Agu, the 21-year-old Cal football player who died during a team workout on Friday. The coroner’s office told KQED’s Ted Goldberg this morning that toxicology tests are also being conducted in the case, and it would tax six to eight weeks before those results would be returned. Bottom line: It appears unlikely that the coroner will release the cause of Ted Agu’s death today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2:45 p.m. Friday (Feb. 7): \u003c/strong>UC Berkeley athletics officials have released some details of the events leading to the death of 21-year-old defensive lineman Ted Agu during a supervised training run near Cal’s Memorial Stadium early Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Casey Batten, a team physician, told a press conference in Berkeley that medical staff were monitoring the workout and noticed that Agu appeared to be having difficulty completing it. As a precaution, staff members stopped Agu’s workout. “He was hydrating, he was responsive, he was talking,” Batten said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a further precaution, he was placed on a cart and moved to a medical facility about 150 yards away. Agu collapsed there. 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Those who knew him have commented that despite having the impressive physicality of a football player, he had a charming warmth of character. Ted demonstrated strong leadership skills, serving as an informal peer adviser for incoming freshman football players. He was passionate about using the influence of football players and coaches to improve healthy behaviors among youth in our community and was planning to work with the School on a project related to this. He will long be remembered.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> UC Berkeley says that \u003ca href=\"http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=30100&ATCLID=208198163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ted Agu\u003c/a>, a junior defensive lineman who attended Frontier High School in Bakersfield and first earned a spot on the Golden Bears as a walk-on (non-scholarship) player, died Friday morning. Agu was 21 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Cal-football-player-dies-after-training-run-5214640.php\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle’s Nanette Asimov reports\u003c/a>, “Cal officials said Agu was running with other teammates at the time. They did not say where the run took place, but said he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_25085731?source=redbar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay Area News Group account reports\u003c/a>: “Greg Kragen, a former NFL player with the Denver Broncos and the father of Cal defensive end Kyle Kragen, said his son told him a player passed out during a team run on Friday morning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30100&ATCLID=209400171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the press release from Cal Athletics\u003c/a> confirming Agu’s death:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>At this time, we are deeply saddened to inform you that Ted Agu, one of our student-athletes and a member of our football team, passed away tragically this morning. Our thoughts and prayers are with Ted’s family and friends, our players and coaches, and our University family. Our student-athletes are our priority and we are providing counseling services for our players. Please bear with us as we work to inform personally those closest to Ted; we will provide more information as it becomes available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a very difficult time for our football family,” said Sonny Dykes, Head Football Coach. “Ted was a remarkable young man and a member of this family who was highly respected and loved by his teammates and coaching staff. He had an incredible passion for life and will be deeply missed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Athletics Director Sandy Barbour said, “Our heartfelt condolences go out to Ted’s family. This is a very painful time for the entire Cal family; in the days and weeks ahead, my focus will be on providing every member of our community the support and information they need to get through this time. I would ask that media please respect and understand how this tragedy is impacting Ted’s family, his teammates, friends and the members of our campus community. We will get through this together.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>More details on Agu and team reaction, again \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_25085731?source=redbar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from the Bay Area News Group\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A public health major at Cal, Agu earned Pac-12 All-Academic second-team honors after compiling a 3.28 grade-point average last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He played in seven of Cal’s 12 games last season, totaling six tackles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reaction from his saddened teammates was swift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freshman teammate Cameron Walker said on Twitter: “You left too soonBut ur in a better place now. & we all have another guardian angel watching over us. I love you, Ted. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a further precaution, he was placed on a cart and moved to a medical facility about 150 yards away. Agu collapsed there. Batten said medical staff immediately started what he called “high-quality CPR” and use of an external defibrillator. Agu was then rushed to Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley, where he died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A visibly stricken Cal Athletic Director Sandy Barbour said “the Cal family is heartbroken” by Agu’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘This is one of those tragedies that no one can understand or comprehend.’\u003ccite>— Sonny Dykes\u003cbr>\nCal head football coach\u003c/cite>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“There is no greater tragedy than to lose one of our incredibly bright and passionate young people far too soon,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agu won a spot on Cal’s roster as a walk-on — a non-scholarship player — under former coach Jeff Tedford. Sonny Dykes, Cal’s current head coach, rewarded Agu’s talent and determination by making him a scholarship player last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is certainly one of those tragedies that, as we talked about to our football team today, no one can understand or comprehend,” Dykes said today. “Ted was a very special young man. As a coach you have the opportunity to be around a lot of special kids, day in and day out, and he was a special young man. Just had a passion and energy for life that was contagious. He’ll be deeply missed. Our players loved him dearly, and he was a big part of our family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agu was a student in UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, whose dean, Stefano Bertozzi, issued a statement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Ted’s untimely death is a great shock; not only was he a star athlete on the Cal football team, but he was also a strong student with plans for medical school. Those who knew him have commented that despite having the impressive physicality of a football player, he had a charming warmth of character. Ted demonstrated strong leadership skills, serving as an informal peer adviser for incoming freshman football players. He was passionate about using the influence of football players and coaches to improve healthy behaviors among youth in our community and was planning to work with the School on a project related to this. He will long be remembered.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> UC Berkeley says that \u003ca href=\"http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=30100&ATCLID=208198163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ted Agu\u003c/a>, a junior defensive lineman who attended Frontier High School in Bakersfield and first earned a spot on the Golden Bears as a walk-on (non-scholarship) player, died Friday morning. Agu was 21 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Cal-football-player-dies-after-training-run-5214640.php\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle’s Nanette Asimov reports\u003c/a>, “Cal officials said Agu was running with other teammates at the time. They did not say where the run took place, but said he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_25085731?source=redbar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bay Area News Group account reports\u003c/a>: “Greg Kragen, a former NFL player with the Denver Broncos and the father of Cal defensive end Kyle Kragen, said his son told him a player passed out during a team run on Friday morning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.calbears.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30100&ATCLID=209400171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the press release from Cal Athletics\u003c/a> confirming Agu’s death:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>At this time, we are deeply saddened to inform you that Ted Agu, one of our student-athletes and a member of our football team, passed away tragically this morning. Our thoughts and prayers are with Ted’s family and friends, our players and coaches, and our University family. Our student-athletes are our priority and we are providing counseling services for our players. Please bear with us as we work to inform personally those closest to Ted; we will provide more information as it becomes available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a very difficult time for our football family,” said Sonny Dykes, Head Football Coach. “Ted was a remarkable young man and a member of this family who was highly respected and loved by his teammates and coaching staff. He had an incredible passion for life and will be deeply missed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Athletics Director Sandy Barbour said, “Our heartfelt condolences go out to Ted’s family. This is a very painful time for the entire Cal family; in the days and weeks ahead, my focus will be on providing every member of our community the support and information they need to get through this time. I would ask that media please respect and understand how this tragedy is impacting Ted’s family, his teammates, friends and the members of our campus community. We will get through this together.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>More details on Agu and team reaction, again \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_25085731?source=redbar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from the Bay Area News Group\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A public health major at Cal, Agu earned Pac-12 All-Academic second-team honors after compiling a 3.28 grade-point average last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He played in seven of Cal’s 12 games last season, totaling six tackles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reaction from his saddened teammates was swift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freshman teammate Cameron Walker said on Twitter: “You left too soonBut ur in a better place now. & we all have another guardian angel watching over us. I love you, Ted. I miss you already.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quarterback Jared Goff tweeted, “I’ll never forget you Ted,” and freshman lineman Eril Bunte, on Twitter, called Agu, “The best example of a true Cal football player. On and off the field …. One of the best men I had the HONOR of knowing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freshman Jonah Hodges said Agu made himself available to help teammates with their academics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Prayers out to ted and his family guy was incredibly smart would help me and the other younger guys whenever we needed it in the classroom,” Hodges tweeted.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And a little more on Agu \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/cal/2014/02/07/cal-football-player-dead/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from Chronicle Sports Editor Al Saracevic\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(Agu) saw action at Cal as both a defensive lineman and linebacker, wearing No. 35. By all accounts, he was a well-liked and successful student-athlete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agu starred at Bakersfield’s Frontier High School, earning All-Southwest Yosemite League honors in each of his final two prep seasons, leading the conference with 12.0 sacks as a 2009 senior after posting 8.0 sacks in his junior campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agu played basketball and participated in track and field in high school. He was an honor roll student all four years of high school who was named the most academic player on his basketball squad during both his 2007-08 sophomore and 2008-09 junior campaigns.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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She scored a 95.25 on that run to make America 2 for 2 in slopestyle's colorful and treacherous debut on the Olympic stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's kind of a big deal,\" said the gold medalist, who earlier this winter had conceded she was heading to Russia with some reservations about what the Olympics really stand for. \"This is The Event.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enni Rukajarvi of Finland won silver and Jenny Jones took bronze to give Britain its first Olympic medal on the snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A heady piece of history for Jones, the 33-year-old, one-time ski resort housekeeper from Bristol, who was unapologetic in revealing she prepared for the big day by watching \"Downton Abbey\" back at her place in the athletes village.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones calls Anderson a \"hippie,\" and it's true, the 23-year-old from South Lake Tahoe likes yoga and meditation — and granola every now and then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think it's fair to say Jamie marches to the beat of her own drummer,\" American coach Mike Jankowski said. \"She likes to do things her way out here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"72d8ed82f3b3d1c1fe59d105e328c2f7\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much as she wanted to relax while getting ready for her final run, she said it was, indeed, a little disconcerting standing at the top of the mountain, watching rider after rider take a fall. 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When she got there, she showed off a pencil-wide crack that ran the length of her helmet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Well, it seems broken, but that's what they are for, right?\" said Pancochova, who was not seriously injured, according to team officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Against that backdrop, and overcast skies, Anderson, who lost her balance and nearly fell on the final jump of her opening run, reached the starting gate for the second.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was just visualizing, like, seeing myself already landing and coming down here,\" she said. \"Just trying to believe.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She made a mini-Usain Bolt pose, as if getting ready to arch an arrow, pounded on her snow pants, then took off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a course thought by some to be too tough for women, where even Anderson fell and hurt her back during training, she was almost flawless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She executed her half-rotating jumps on and off the rails — the most technical part of these runs — without problem, then set up for the show: Cab 720 jump with a grab, switchback 540 with a grab, frontside 720. That's three jumps with a total of 5½ rotations and two fancy grabs of the snowboard. The landings: All perfect. Everyone knew it, including Anderson, who spread-eagled her arms as she crossed the finish line. Safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Jamie is a lot of things,\" said 19-year-old Karly Shorr, who finished sixth. \"Jamie is a leader. She's an awesome person. She's a good friend. She thinks about other people and, honestly, she's a good competitor. She does whatever she has to do to win. She never cracks under pressure. She uses it. She lands every time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jankowski said the United States came into slopestyle's debut hoping for a pair of medals. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_125580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/467185119.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-125580\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/467185119-640x443.jpg\" alt=\"South Lake Tahoe's Jamie Anderson competes in Olympic slopestyle opening round. (Javier Soriano/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"443\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">South Lake Tahoe's Jamie Anderson competes in Olympic slopestyle opening round. (Javier Soriano/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: Monday, Feb. 10: \u003c/strong> It's been a good weekend for Northern California athletes at Sochi. Julia Mancuso is now the most decorated women's Alpine skier in Olympic history. She took bronze on Monday in the super-combined, which adds times from two events: the downhill and slalom. Mancuso says the Olympics are her thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I try to stand on the podium in every competition, but there's just something about the Olympics that is even more special to me and when I try, it seems to pay off,\" Mancuso said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mancuso could win more medals. She's expected to compete later this week in the downhill, and next week, in the giant slalom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update: Sunday, Feb. 9: \u003c/strong>One of our \"five to watch\" is coming home with a gold. South Lake Tahoe's Jamie Anderson managed a nearly perfect run on a course that felled one competitor after another. Here's the details: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/09/jamie-anderson-south-lake-tahoe-wins-slopestyle-gold\" target=\"_blank\">South Lake Tahoe's Jamie Anderson Wins Slopestyle Gold\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: All event times Pacific.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is well-represented during the Winter Olympics. About a third of the \u003ca href=\"http://projects1.kqed.org/olympics2014/index.html\">30 or so Golden State hopefuls\u003c/a> have Bay Area ties. Five of the locals are considered podium contenders over the next two weeks of sliding, gliding, leaping, and pratfalling. [contextly_sidebar id=\"b7d8bdac34071cb4906f7842daeab8d9\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Polina Edmunds, \u003cstrong>San Jose: \u003c/strong>Figure Skating\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 15-year-old Archbishop Mitty High School sophomore \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8NFjfsuyYg\">placed second\u003c/a> in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Boston last month. She hopes to unseat 2010 Olympic champion Kim Yuna of South Korea and fellow Californian Gracie Gold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Wednesday, Feb. 19: Women's Short Program, 8-11:30 p.m., NBC\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Thursday, Feb. 20: Women's Free Skate, 8-11:30 p.m., NBC\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jamie Anderson, \u003cstrong>South Lake Tahoe: \u003c/strong>Slopestyle\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New to the Winter Olympics in 2014 is \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A9wzFZTH8Q\">slopestyle\u003c/a>. It's an event born in the world of extreme sports, and combines a steep downhill run with huge jumps. The result: huge air and crazy, complex moves at high speed. On Thursday, Anderson scored an impressive 93.5 to \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/olympics/wp/2014/02/06/strong-run-sends-jamie-anderson-to-finals/\">advance to the final round\u003c/a> of the women's competition. She'll face Austrian Anna Gasser, Switzerland's Elena Koenz and fellow American Karly Shorr in Sunday's final.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Sunday, Feb. 9: Women's Slopestyle Final, 7-11 p.m., NBC\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Joe Pavelski, \u003cstrong>San Jose: \u003c/strong>Hockey\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sure, the San Jose Sharks center is a Wisconsin native, but we'll claim him for our Bay Area squad. He's a favorite at the Shark Tank and is enjoying his best NHL season, scoring 29 goals in the team's first 58 games. In his second Olympic appearance, \u003ca href=\"http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hockey/24394957/olympics-breaking-down-team-usas-roster-for-sochi\">he'll lead the first line\u003c/a> for a team trying to avenge its overtime loss to Canada in the 2010 Vancouver games. To get back to the final, Pavelski will need to steer the Americans past a formidable Russian team in Group A, which features Alexander Ovechkin, a three time-NHL most valuable player.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Thursday, Feb. 13: Men's Group Qualifying: USA vs. Slovakia, 4:30-10 a.m., NBCSN\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Saturday, Feb. 15: Men's Group Qualifying: USA vs. Russia, 4-7 a.m., NBCSN\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Sunday, Feb. 16: Men's Group Qualifying: USA vs. Slovenia, 4:15-7 a.m., NBCSN\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Julia Mancuso, Squaw Valley: Downhill, combined, giant slalom, slalom\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although she's the only American woman to win three Olympic medals in alpine skiing, Mancuso wasn't happy to settle for silver in the downhill and combined events she ran in Vancouver, and has been \u003ca href=\"http://www.cbsnews.com/news/2014-winter-olympics-gold-medalist-julia-mancuso-says-skiing-is-99-percent-mental/\">furiously motivated\u003c/a> to redeem herself ever since.With 2010 downhill gold medalist Lindsey Vonn sidelined with an injured knee, Mancuso will have plenty of opportunities to make it back onto the podium as she competes in four events. Look for the 29-year old to deliver an inspired performance, particularly in the downhill races, where she ranks among this year's favorites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Monday, Feb. 10: Women's Combined Super Downhill, 8-11:30 p.m., NBC\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Wednesday, Feb. 12: Women's Downhill, 8-11:30 p.m., NBC\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Tuesday, Feb. 18; Women's Giant Slalom, 8-11:30 p.m., NBC\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Friday, Feb. 21: Women's Slalom, 8-11 p.m., NBC\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nick Cunningham, Monterey: Bobsled\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A former track star from Monterey High School and Monterey Peninsula College, Cunningham competed in his first Olympics four years ago as brakeman in both the two- and four-man bobsled events. He's since switched positions and now \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_25054362/olympic-bobsledder-nick-cunningham-is-drive-gold\">ranks as the world's sixth-best two-man bobsled driver\u003c/a>. To win a medal, Cunningham's two- and four-man squads will have to get past teams from Germany and Russia — as well as sleds piloted by defending Olympic four-man bobsled champion Steve Holcomb of Utah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Sunday, Feb. 16: Two-man Bobsled, 7-11 p.m., NBC\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Monday, Feb. 17: Two-man Bobsled: Gold Medal Run, 1-2 a.m., NBC\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Saturday, Feb. 22: Four-man Bobsled, 8-11:07 p.m., NBC\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Sunday, Feb. 23: Four-man Bobsled: Gold Medal Run, 7-10 p.m., NBC\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Also from KQED News: \u003ca href=\"http://projects1.kqed.org/olympics2014/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Olympics 2014: California Athletes — Social in Sochi\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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She hopes to unseat 2010 Olympic champion Kim Yuna of South Korea and fellow Californian Gracie Gold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Wednesday, Feb. 19: Women's Short Program, 8-11:30 p.m., NBC\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Thursday, Feb. 20: Women's Free Skate, 8-11:30 p.m., NBC\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jamie Anderson, \u003cstrong>South Lake Tahoe: \u003c/strong>Slopestyle\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New to the Winter Olympics in 2014 is \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A9wzFZTH8Q\">slopestyle\u003c/a>. It's an event born in the world of extreme sports, and combines a steep downhill run with huge jumps. The result: huge air and crazy, complex moves at high speed. On Thursday, Anderson scored an impressive 93.5 to \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/olympics/wp/2014/02/06/strong-run-sends-jamie-anderson-to-finals/\">advance to the final round\u003c/a> of the women's competition. She'll face Austrian Anna Gasser, Switzerland's Elena Koenz and fellow American Karly Shorr in Sunday's final.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Sunday, Feb. 9: Women's Slopestyle Final, 7-11 p.m., NBC\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Joe Pavelski, \u003cstrong>San Jose: \u003c/strong>Hockey\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sure, the San Jose Sharks center is a Wisconsin native, but we'll claim him for our Bay Area squad. He's a favorite at the Shark Tank and is enjoying his best NHL season, scoring 29 goals in the team's first 58 games. In his second Olympic appearance, \u003ca href=\"http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on-hockey/24394957/olympics-breaking-down-team-usas-roster-for-sochi\">he'll lead the first line\u003c/a> for a team trying to avenge its overtime loss to Canada in the 2010 Vancouver games. To get back to the final, Pavelski will need to steer the Americans past a formidable Russian team in Group A, which features Alexander Ovechkin, a three time-NHL most valuable player.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Thursday, Feb. 13: Men's Group Qualifying: USA vs. Slovakia, 4:30-10 a.m., NBCSN\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Saturday, Feb. 15: Men's Group Qualifying: USA vs. Russia, 4-7 a.m., NBCSN\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>Sunday, Feb. 16: Men's Group Qualifying: USA vs. Slovenia, 4:15-7 a.m., NBCSN\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Julia Mancuso, Squaw Valley: Downhill, combined, giant slalom, slalom\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although she's the only American woman to win three Olympic medals in alpine skiing, Mancuso wasn't happy to settle for silver in the downhill and combined events she ran in Vancouver, and has been \u003ca href=\"http://www.cbsnews.com/news/2014-winter-olympics-gold-medalist-julia-mancuso-says-skiing-is-99-percent-mental/\">furiously motivated\u003c/a> to redeem herself ever since.With 2010 downhill gold medalist Lindsey Vonn sidelined with an injured knee, Mancuso will have plenty of opportunities to make it back onto the podium as she competes in four events. 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