USOC picks Probst as new chairman (AP)

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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. Larry Probst, a longtime executive at the company that makes some of the nation's most popular video games -- including Madden NFL and Tiger Woods PGA Tour -- was elected Thursday to replace Ueberroth as the USOC's chairman of the board.

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