Sports Stories from July 22, 2016 (Change date)
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Blue Jays' Martin out with sore left knee after shower fallJul 22, 2016 7:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - An off-day trip to the health club knocked out Toronto catcher Russell Martin. Feeling "woozy" following an extended spell in the sauna at his Toronto res...
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IOC president has sports, personal links to RussiaJul 22, 2016 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - The International Olympic Committee is weighing up whether to ban Russia from next month's games in Rio de Janeiro after revelations of a massive doping co...
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Olympic weightlifter Morghan King rose quickly to the topJul 22, 2016 7:00 am - Morghan King was interning as a graphic designer and working at an organic breakfast restaurant in Seattle when she put "real life" on hold to become a weightlifter. Fou...
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Kyle Busch moves to top of pack in Brickyard 400 practiceJul 22, 2016 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Defending Brickyard 400 winner Kyle Busch had the fastest lap Friday at 184.619 mph, on Indianapolis' 2.5-mile oval. NASCAR points leader Kevin Harvi...
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Last major of the year in no time at allJul 22, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) - Jordan Spieth hit the reset button after the U.S. Open, a prudent decision to keep from looking in the rearview mirror. Gone was the burden of t...
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Reigning Olympic champ Uchimura eyes breakthrough for JapanJul 22, 2016 7:00 am - Kohei Uchimura has nothing left to prove. The only question surrounding the effortlessly elegant 27-year-old is if he is the greatest male gymnast of all time. Another O...
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Key anniversaries at the PGA ChampionshipJul 22, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) - A look at key anniversaries in PGA Championship history: ___ 100 years ago (1916): Jim Barnes of England won the inaugural PGA Championship at S...
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'YouTube man' Yego, Kenya's self-taught javelin world champJul 22, 2016 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Julius Yego wanted to be an athlete, only he couldn't run very fast. That can be a significant setback growing up in the highlands of western Kenya...
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Noah Goodwin, Min Woo Lee advance to US Junior Amateur finalJul 22, 2016 7:00 am - OOLTEWAH, Tenn. (AP) - Noah Goodwin outlasted John Pak with a conceded eagle on the 20th hole Friday to advance to the U.S. Junior Amateur championship match. The 16-yea...
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IOC: 45 more positive cases in retests of 2008, '12 samplesJul 22, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Forty-five more athletes, including 31 medalists, have been caught for doping after retesting of samples from the last two Summer Olympics, the IOC said Fr...