Other Sports
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Wembanyama returns home for Olympics. The basketball star will be one of Paris' biggest attractions
Jul 23, 2024 5:59 pm - PARIS (AP) — Sports often are a secondary attraction in Paris, with athletes having a difficult time standing out in a cultural sphere driven largely by food, fashion and...
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United States favored to top overall medal table at Paris Games. China may challenge for most gold
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To put Simone Biles ‘at ease,’ U.S. team says star can do less in Paris
Jul 23, 2024 5:49 pm - PARIS — Simone Biles will have the option to compete on fewer than all four apparatuses in the Olympic team final, a team official said Tuesday, a decision that could hel...
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LeBron James scores final 11 points for U.S. in 92-88 win over Germany as pre-Olympic tour ends
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Bicycle racers whiz through Mundelein in the Chicago Grit seriesJul 22, 2024 3:39 pm - The fourth in a series of 10 consecutive days of high-speed bicycle racing drew competitors from around the world to Mundelein Monday. The Chicago Grit, formerly named t...
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U.S. women's Olympic basketball knows it has work to do after loss to WNBA team
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The wake-up call for the U.S. men's basketball team arrives with the Paris Olympics a few days away
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Olympic success or failure can hinge on the snap of a finger, a tiny wobble or even a gust of windJul 19, 2024 4:23 pm - In a sport embedded inside an Olympic world where gold medals can be won and careers can be made by the most minuscule of fractions — of seconds or inches or centimeters — what toppled Conley's hopes had nothing to do with a measuring tape.
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Hazardous conditions on Fox River prompt temporary ban on recreational boating
Jul 19, 2024 8:12 am - High water levels and swift currents have created “conditions significantly hazardous” for boaters on large portions of the Fox River, officials reported.
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Gearing up for the Grit: Criterium bike race series begins this week in suburbs, ChicagoJul 18, 2024 4:25 pm - The Chicago Grit bike racing series, formerly known as the Intelligentsia Cup, comes to 10 metropolitan locations from July 19-28.