Sports Stories from August 17, 2016 (Change date)
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AUTO RACING PACKAGE: Auto Racing GlanceAug 17, 2016 7:00 am - All Times Eastern NASCAR SPRINT CUP BASS PRO SHOPS NRA NIGHT RACE Site: Bristol, Tennessee. Schedule: Friday, practice (10 a.m., CSN, 12:30 p.m., USA). Friday, qualifyin...
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NFL suspends Giants kicker Josh Brown for 1 gameAug 17, 2016 7:00 am - EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - The NFL has suspended New York Giants kicker Josh Brown for one game for violating the league's personal conduct policy. The league and the ...
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Jager earns 1st US Olympic medal in steeplechase since '84Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Evan Jager knows steeplechase history about as well as anyone. Like, how difficult the Kenyans are to beat and how the Americans haven't captured a...
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Sanchez loses no-hit bid, Tigers lose game to RoyalsAug 17, 2016 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Just about everything is going wrong for manager Brad Ausmus and the Detroit Tigers. Struggling Anibal Sanchez turned himself around and took a no-hitter ...
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Pelicans to open preseason with game against MavericksAug 17, 2016 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Pelicans says the team will open the preseason on Oct. 1 with a game against the Dallas Mavericks at the CenturyLink Center in Bossier...
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NC State kickers Bambard, Haskins vie in camp for startAug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Kyle Bambard remembers all the missed kicks that sapped his confidence early in his freshman year at North Carolina State. Now he's working through ...
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China goes 1-2 in prelims of women's 10-meter platformAug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - China's dominance at the diving pool shows no signs of waning. Si Yajie and Ren Qian went 1-2 in the preliminaries of women's 10-meter platform Wed...
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Column: Losing gracefully still an Olympic sportAug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - In a world in turmoil, one thing never changes: the Olympic sport of losing gracefully. With a crisp, assured landing of his final somersault off t...
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Kennedy passes Byron to win NASCAR Truck race at BristolAug 17, 2016 7:00 am - BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) - Ben Kennedy moved past NASCAR Truck season leader William Byron with 19 laps to go and held at Bristol Motor Speedway on Wednesday night for his fi...
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Simone Biles and Zac Efron: Who's the bigger fan of whom?Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Simone Biles, the biggest breakout star of the Rio Olympics, was starstruck. Understandable - despite four gold medals the gymnast is still a 19-ye...