Sports Stories from August 11, 2016 (Change date)
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Louisville's Petrino: Twitter hacker 'liked' adult materialAug 11, 2016 7:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Louisville coach Bobby Petrino says his Twitter account has been hacked after material including a link to an adult website and sexually suggestiv...
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Crimean swimmer aims for gold in Rio after turbulent timesAug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - While Andriy Hovorov hasn't been home for almost three years, he is representing his native region of Crimea quite well in Rio. Hovorov raced for U...
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In quest for world-class US table tennis, college the enemyAug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - When Lily Zhang, the American table tennis ace, decided she wanted to make her sport a priority, she took a year off from college to devote to prac...
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Espanyol signs defender DemichelisAug 11, 2016 7:00 am - BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Espanyol has signed Argentina defender Martin Demichelis on a one-year contract. The 35-year-old center back was out of contract with Manchester ...
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Swansea breaks its transfer record to sign Borja BastonAug 11, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Swansea has become the latest Premier League club to break its transfer record this offseason, signing striker Borja Baston from Atletico Madrid for 15.5 m...
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Same actors, new set: Britain again seeks 3 golds in 1 dayAug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - In British sporting lore, it's known as "Super Saturday." This weekend comes the sequel. Same actors, different set. Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis-Hill a...
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Britain opens track cycling program with another golden rideAug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - It doesn't matter who lines up with Jason Kenny in the team sprint at the Olympics. The result is always the same. The new-look British squad of Ke...
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Rio taxi drivers plan strike over Uber during OlympicsAug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Taxi drivers in Rio de Janeiro are planning a demonstration on Friday morning in the immediate vicinity of the Olympic Park to protest the use of r...
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AP Source: LeBron James has agreed to 3-year deal with CavsAug 11, 2016 7:00 am - LeBron James is going to hang around home for a while. Fresh off leading Cleveland to an NBA title, the first for one of the city's three professional sports teams in 52...
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Hackers target World Anti-Doping Agency, sports courtAug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The World Anti-Doping Agency and Court of Arbitration for Sport say they have been targeted by hackers, with an attempt made to obtain access crede...