Sports Stories from August 19, 2016 (Change date)
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Britain tops Netherlands, wins 1st women's field hockey goldAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Britain was thoroughly outplayed, yet weathered everything the star-studded Netherlands team could muster. Somehow, the British escaped the onslaug...
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Russia stripped of 2008 women's relay medal in doping caseAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Russia was stripped of another track-and-field medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Friday after three athletes were retroactively caught in dru...
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Complaint: Rule discriminates against minority playersAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A rule adopted during the desegregation era in Kansas to limit out-of-state players on community college basketball and football teams discriminates...
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Gas station translator says gun wasn't pointed at swimmersAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A man who helped translate conversations between Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, his teammates and armed security guards at a gas station says a gun w...
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Russian mastery in synchronized swimming yields double goldAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Russia's dominance of synchronized swimming remains unchallenged after it captured the team gold Friday to preserve a 16-year winning streak. Russi...
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Neid's last match as German's coach is for the goldAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Coach Silvia Neid's final match as coach of Germany will be for the gold medal at the Rio Games. Quite a way to cap an illustrious coaching career....
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Rays' Franklin briefly plays 2 days after being hit on headAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Tampa Bay Rays utility man Nick Franklin entered Friday night's game as a defensive replacement in the third inning but departed after playin...
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Striker Lacazette scores 2 penalties as Lyon beats Caen 2-0Aug 19, 2016 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Striker Alexandre Lacazette scored with two penalties to make it five goals in two games this season as Lyon beat Caen 2-0 in the French league on Friday. L...
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Ortiz, Porcello lead Red Sox to 10-2 rout of TigersAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Tigers and their fans waited six seasons for Rick Porcello to have the breakout year they believed was his destiny. On Friday night, they fina...
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Sale of Seattle Mariners becomes officialAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - The sale of the Seattle Mariners from Nintendo of America to a group of minority owners led by Western Wireless Corp. founder John Stanton and retired Mic...