Sports Stories from August 6, 2016 (Change date)
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Americans solid 2nd to China in gymnastics preliminariesAug 06, 2016 8:31 pm - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - In the midst of arguably their finest team performance in a quadrennium, a familiar nemesis provided the U.S. men's gymnastics team with a reminder...
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LA Mayor: Trump victory could turn off IOC voters to '24 bidAug 07, 2016 3:30 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti acknowledged Saturday that the results of November's U.S. presidential election could weigh heavily on his city's c...
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US women's water polo coach leaves team after brother diesAug 06, 2016 3:10 pm - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - U.S. women's water polo coach Adam Krikorian met with his team before practice on Thursday morning. One of his two older brothers had died, and he ...
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Noren faces Wall in Paul Lawrie Match Play finalAug 06, 2016 12:30 pm - NORTH BERWICK, Scotland (AP) - Alex Noren advanced to the Paul Lawrie Match Play final with a 3 and 2 defeat of James Morrison on Saturday. The Swede went 4 up after 7 h...
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Olympic viewing: NBC's ratings drop, chaotic bike raceAug 06, 2016 7:01 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - An estimated 26.5 million people watched NBC's coverage of the Olympic opening ceremony, a sharp 35 percent drop from the record-setting viewership of th...
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Fans like dunks, but Griner eyeing Olympic shot block markAug 06, 2016 4:00 pm - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brittney Griner would love to be the second woman to dunk in the Olympics, though it's not the piece of history she really hopes to get. That indiv...
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Ex-Gophers QB Nelson embraces chance at East CarolinaAug 06, 2016 3:10 pm - GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Quarterback Philip Nelson is out to make the most of his chance at East Carolina. The 22-year-old former starter at Minnesota looks to redeem him...
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Hungary's Szasz wins gold in women's epeeAug 06, 2016 5:10 pm - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - In a day of fencing upsets, Hungary's Emese Szasz rallied to win the gold medal in women's epee Saturday at the Carioca Arena 3. Szasz, ranked seve...
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The Latest: QB Brett Favre enters the Hall of FameAug 06, 2016 9:30 pm - CANTON, Ohio (AP) - The Latest on the Pro Football Hall of Fame inductions (all times local): ___ 10:25 p.m. Brett Favre, football's most durable quarterback and one of ...
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Carl Edwards wins Sprint Cup pole at Watkins GlenAug 07, 2016 7:47 am - WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) - Carl Edwards, who won the pole at Watkins Glen International, has become somewhat of a master at qualifying on NASCAR's two Sprint Cup road cou...