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<p>������ý���� officials are urging CU fans to show sportsmanship and take buses or carpool with a designated driver to the 2 p.m. Cinch Jeans Rocky Mountain Showdown football game on Saturday, Sept. 1.</p>

The first time Taylor Stratton saw CU-������ý����’s mascot Ralphie run onto the field at a home football game, she knew she wanted to join the team of Ralphie Handlers.

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<p>Two weeks after professional cyclists race through ������ý���� and up ������ý���� Canyon, some riders in the 10th Annual Buffalo Bicycle Classic will follow much of the same route, the most mountainous section of Stage 6 of the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge.</p>
<p>The pros ride through on Aug. 25 and the Elevations Credit Union Buffalo Bicycle Classic is scheduled for Sept. 9. The classic raises scholarship funds for high-performing ������ý���� students who qualify for financial aid.</p>

The Pac-12 Networks launched on Wednesday, Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. mountain time, with the debut program “Pac-12 Live” taking center stage. The new Pac-12 Network will be event-centric, with plans to broadcast 850 live events across a variety of Pac-12 sports in the first year.

<p>CU Athletics news release</p>
<p>LONDON— University of Colorado senior Emma Coburn raced to a top-nine finish in the finals of the 3,000-meter steeplechase on Monday night at the Olympic Summer Games.</p>

<p>CU Athletics news release</p>
<p>LONDON— For the second consecutive Olympic Games, there will be a University of Colorado student-athlete in the finals of the 3,000-meter steeplechase as senior Emma Coburn easily advanced on Saturday morning.</p>
<p class="p1">She follows in the footsteps of former Buff Jenny (Barringer) Simpson who finished ninth in the event at the 2008 Beijing Games.</p>

<p>������ý���� researchers will be watching closely when South African bilateral leg amputee and sprinter Oscar Pistorius, dubbed “The Blade Runner,” makes his way to the starting block for the 400-meter sprint in the 2012 London Olympics.</p>

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<h2><b>City of ������ý���� news release</b></h2>
<p>������ý���� city officials today announced that the annual Ralphie’s Independence Day Blast is canceled due to extremely dry conditions in and around ������ý����. The fireworks show had been scheduled for Folsom Field on Wednesday, July 4.</p>

<p>The ������ý����’s volleyball and basketball practice facility has received a LEED platinum rating -- the highest designation -- from the United States Green Building Council.</p>
<p class="p1">It is the first LEED-certified athletic facility on the CU-������ý���� campus and one of only two platinum-rated athletic facilities in the Pac-12. LEED certification is a U.S. benchmark for sustainable design and construction.</p>

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<p>On Sunday, May 20, Coloradans will see a “bite” taken out of the sun as the moon moves across the sun causing a partial solar eclipse. The eclipse starts at 6:22 p.m. with maximum eclipse at 7:30 p.m. and the sun will set at 7:50 p.m.</p>
<p><em>Watch live this Sunday:</em></p>
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