Other Sports
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The U.S. men's basketball team has two goals for Paris: win gold and see Simone Biles
Jul 08, 2024 7:08 pm - LAS VEGAS — Bam Adebayo has two primary goals to accomplish at the Paris Olympics. The first one is obvious: a gold medal. The second one: getting a picture with Simone B...
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Golf in the Olympics is starting to catch on. For Americans, the hard part is getting thereJul 06, 2024 8:11 pm - One of the best indications that golf was starting to catch on as an Olympic sport came from a player who never even made it to the podium. Rory McIlroy was part of a sev...
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USA Basketball men’s Olympic team arrives for camp in Las VegasJul 05, 2024 4:17 pm - LAS VEGAS — There's something that Kobe Bryant once said that has stuck with U.S. men's Olympic basketball coach Steve Kerr and seems especially important now. It was abo...
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‘Team USA was always the dream’: The son of immigrants, Juda proud to represent his country in the OlympicsJul 04, 2024 6:00 am - For as long as he can remember, Deerfield resident Paul Juda has been traveling to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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New fields, parking, amenities and an eastern entrance on deck for Elgin Sports ComplexJul 02, 2024 1:27 pm - New lighted, synthetic turf fields, concessions, parking and less traffic congestion are among the improvements on deck for the Elgin Sports Complex after the city council approved a $21 million bid last week to complete the project.
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Simone Biles secures third trip to the Olympics after breezing to victory at U.S. trials
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McLaughlin-Levrone runs 50.65 to break world record, qualify to defend Olympic titleJun 30, 2024 8:25 pm - EUGENE, Ore. — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone lowered her world record once again, running the 400-meter hurdles in 50.65 seconds Sunday to win the U.S. Olympic trials. In onl...
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ESPN’s Dick Vitale diagnosed with cancer for a 4th time with surgery scheduled for TuesdayJun 30, 2024 1:39 pm - Longtime ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale said on social media he has been diagnosed with cancer for a fourth time.
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Sha’Carri Richardson finishes 4th, won't have spot in 200 meters at OlympicsJun 29, 2024 10:18 pm - EUGENE, Ore. — Sha'Carri Richardson got passed on the outside down the stretch and finished fourth in the 200-meter final at U.S. track trials Saturday, meaning she'll on...
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Stevenson graduate Juda headlines a U.S. men’s gymnastics team that will head to Paris with a shot to medalJun 29, 2024 10:05 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — Fred Richard envisioned this long ago. All of it. The confetti. The flashing lights. The adrenaline rush of hearing his name called as an Olympian. The char...