Sports Stories from July 30, 2021 (Change date)
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'Wow! Wow!' Women get Olympic track off to a sizzling startJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - The look on sprinter Marie-Josée Ta Lou's face said everything. "Wow! Wow!" she screamed, her eyes wide open and her mouth agape as she crossed the finish l...
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Doping talk rears its head after Russian swimmers winJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - After losing to Russian swimmers in two races at the Olympics, American backstroke star Ryan Murphy said Friday that doping remains a huge problem in the sp...
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Lincicome: The Cubs are right back where they belongJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - Characterizing the dissolution of the Cubs as the “end of an era” is generous and laced with irony. One World Series victory is a highlight, not an era, and playoff fail...
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Again? Faulty exchange does in US in Olympic mixed relayJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - AP Sports Writers TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. men have a long history of faulty baton exchanges in the Olympic relays. So do the U.S. women. And now, they've flubbed one toget...
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Djokovic loses to Zverev at Olympics, ending Golden Slam bidJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - With his Golden Slam bid over for at least another three years, Novak Djokovic rested his head on Alexander Zverev's shoulder as his German opponent and fri...
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Cubs trade Kimbrel to White SoxJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - Relations between the White Sox and Cubs must be getting friendlier. The teams completed their second trade in a little over 24 hours on Friday and this is a big one. Cu...
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Olympic champ Sunisa Lee still focused on college, not fameJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Sunisa Lee's life changed the second she placed a gold medal around her neck. The newly minted Olympic gymnastic champion's plans, however, have not. At lea...
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Rapinoe converts and US gets past Netherlands on penaltiesJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) - Megan Rapinoe converted the deciding penalty in a shootout and the United States advanced to the semifinals of the women's Olympic soccer tourname...
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Closing the deal: White Sox land Kimbrel in trade with CubsJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - The tables have turned in Chicago baseball, this time in the White Sox's favor. That wasn't the case four years ago, when the Sox were tearing it down and building for t...
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Fast day at pool, track on Day 7 of Tokyo OlympicsJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - The Tokyo Games got their first swimming individual world record and a fast start to the track competition on Day 7 of the Olympics. Tatjana Schoenmaker of ...