Sports Stories from August 14, 2016 (Change date)
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Imrem: Phelps great, yes, but best athlete?Aug 15, 2016 6:44 am - Michael Phelps has won enough Olympic gold to restock Fort Knox a few times over. But is he, as some suggest, the greatest athlete of any type ever? Nah. First of all, t...
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Boomers fall twice in doubleheaderAug 15, 2016 10:03 pm - AVON, Ohio - The Schaumburg Boomers struggled against the pitching staff of the Lake Erie Crushers, totaling just three hits in dropping both games of a doubleheader 2-0...
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Cougars end losing streak with 5-1 winAug 15, 2016 6:14 pm - A far different narrative from the three prior games of the series, the Kane County Cougars (21-28, 54-65) stormed to a victory over the visiting Cedar Rapids Kernels (2...
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Cardinals able to battle back vs. Chicago CubsAug 16, 2016 10:52 pm - Few teams in the past 20 years have had the kind of success enjoyed by the St. Louis Cardinals. Thirteen playoff appearances. Ten division titles. Four World Series appe...
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Indians' rally sends Angels to 10th straight loss, 5-4Aug 14, 2016 6:30 pm - CLEVELAND (AP) - The Cleveland Indians' plan for success is pretty simple: Take a late lead and turn the game over to the bullpen. The strategy worked Sunday in a 5-4 wi...
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Ennis-Hill gets silver, nearly certain about retiringAug 14, 2016 12:10 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Jessica Ennis-Hill is nearly certain that this was her last ever heptathlon - and it's tough. Ennis-Hill wiped away tears after losing her Olympic ...
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Tulo and Martin hit back-to-back HRs, Jays beat Astros 9-2Aug 14, 2016 7:00 pm - TORONTO (AP) - Troy Tulowitzki is the newest member of Toronto's 20-homer club. Tulowitzki and Russell Martin hit back-to-back home runs, Marcus Stroman pitched 6 1/3 in...
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At a school in Rio's slums, kids surf in toxic watersAug 14, 2016 2:50 pm - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Eric Marques walks down a steep labyrinth of dark alleyways on this hillside slum long controlled by drug gangs and off-limits to outsiders. The sc...
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Yankees go from perennial to millennialsAug 14, 2016 5:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - The Yankees have gone from perennial to millennials. With a postseason berth a longshot for a team accustomed to constant contention, New York's pivot to...
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Davis hits 29th home run but A's lose to Mariners 4-3Aug 14, 2016 1:00 am - OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - In his first season with the Athletics, Khris Davis is doing his bests to shatter the myth about the Oakland Coliseum being unfriendly to power hi...
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