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Bob Ryan

Americans teeming with pride

Americans (from left) Angela Ruggiero, Apolo Anton Ohno, Lindsey Vonn, and Bill Demong joined forces in Vancouver. Americans (from left) Angela Ruggiero, Apolo Anton Ohno, Lindsey Vonn, and Bill Demong joined forces in Vancouver. (Gerry Broome/ Associated Press)
By Bob Ryan
Globe Columnist / February 28, 2010

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Athletes are people, too. We sometimes forget that all these American medals that are piling up in a Jack-and-the-Beanstalk-like way into the Canadian sky have been won by living, breathing, caring, and thinking people. (Full article: 985 words)

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