Sports Stories from June 28, 2016 (Change date)
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Golf back in the Olympics after 112 years, but for how long?Jun 28, 2016 7:00 am - AKRON, Ohio (AP) - For the longest time, golf's biggest headache in preparing for a return to the Olympics was getting a new course built in Rio de Janeiro. That seems l...
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NHL fines Canucks $50,000 for GM comments ahead of draftJun 28, 2016 7:00 am - VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - The NHL has fined the Vancouver Canucks $50,000 for tampering after general manager Jim Benning mentioned specific players the team mi...
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Billy Hurley III to skip British Open for sister's weddingJun 28, 2016 7:00 am - AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Billy Hurley III wouldn't miss his sister's wedding for anything - not even the British Open. Hurley won for the first time on the PGA Tour on Sunday ...
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Appreciation: Pat Summitt used the sport to empower womenJun 28, 2016 7:00 am - Needing yet another men's basketball coach, Tennessee officials turned to the one person they thought would be perfect to take over the Volunteers program. Pat Summitt s...
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Shane Lowry withdraws from Olympics over Zika concernJun 28, 2016 7:00 am - AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Shane Lowry of Ireland says if the Olympics were anywhere other than Rio de Janeiro, he would be the first to show up. Instead, he is the sixth golfer...
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The Latest: Geno: Pat Summitt had 'indelible impact' on gameJun 28, 2016 7:00 am - KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Latest on Pat Summitt, the former Tennessee women's basketball coach who died Tuesday at age 64. (all times local): ___ 7 p.m. The New York Y...
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A look at Pat Summitt's milestone winsJun 28, 2016 7:00 am - Here's a look at some of the milestone victories Pat Summitt achieved on her way to posting the most career victories of any NCAA Division I men's or women's coach: - No...
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Football feasibility study for Wichita State releasedJun 28, 2016 7:00 am - WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Wichita State University has released a feasibility study for reviving the school's football program, detailing startup costs of more than 40 millio...
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Rio CEO: Security, not Zika, is biggest concern for OlympicsJun 28, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The chief organizer of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics says security is his top concern, well ahead of the Zika virus. Sidney Levy, CEO of the Rio Organizi...
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Spieth facing long odds of a better year than '15Jun 28, 2016 7:00 am - AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Any other year, Jordan Spieth would feel this has been a very good season. Just not this year. At the halfway point of 2016, he already has two victor...