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  With the first Olympic competitions set to begin Thursday at 1 a.m. ET and Opening Ceremony on Friday, here is a look at 45 storylines to watch at the 2014 Sochi Olympics: Alpine Skiing 1. The U.S. could have four different medal winners for a second straight Olympics — Ted Ligety (giant slalom, super combined), Bode Miller (downhill, […]

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  Team USA’s opening ceremony uniforms for the Sochi Olympics are a patchwork of American iconography — of oversized stars and stripes and multicolored rings and names and numbers. They’re also a patchwork of American craftsmanship — of wool carted from Oregon, spun in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, and knit in California. After 2012’s rough […]