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Former EA Sports head to chair USOC board

Oct. 3, 2008
The U.S. Olympic Committee is replacing a name most sports fans know -- Peter Ueberroth -- with an architect of a game most sports fans know -- EA Sports.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler