Olympics
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Marta pursues soccer gold at the Olympics while preparing to pass the torch to Brazil's youngstersJul 20, 2024 10:54 am - Marta can’t help but be a bit nostalgic heading into her last big tournament with the Brazilian national team. But for the 38-year-old six-time world player of the year, ...
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Katie Ledecky just keeps chugging along, still excited about swimming after all these yearsJul 20, 2024 10:36 am - INDIANAPOLIS — For Katie Ledecky, there is seemingly no such thing as burnout. Sure, there are times when it all gets a bit monotonous, staring at that black line at the ...
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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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USA hoops is sending an ‘A’ team to Paris. What if it’s not good enough?
Jul 18, 2024 3:28 pm - If you’re feeling frisky and blasphemous, you can carry on believing this U.S. men’s basketball roster is better than the Dream Team. Recency bias is a helluva drug. Howe...
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Diana Taurasi set for Paris Olympics, trying to become first basketball player to win 6 gold medals
Jul 18, 2024 3:16 pm - PHOENIX — Diana Taurasi joked after the Tokyo Olympics that she would see everyone in Paris. The 42-year-old guard turned the joke into reality; she’ll be playing in a re...
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In and on the water, French troops secure the River Seine for the Paris Olympics opening ceremonyJul 17, 2024 4:54 pm - PARIS — French soldiers and police are being deployed both in and along the River Seine to make it safe during the grandiose opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, when ...
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Stephen Curry strong in U.S. men’s basketball team’s 105-79 win over Serbia in Olympic warmupJul 17, 2024 2:21 pm - Stephen Curry scored 24 points, Bam Adebayo added 17 and the U.S. beat Serbia 105-79 to improve to 3-0 in its five-game slate of exhibitions before the Paris Olympics.
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Sha’Carri Richardson out to prove she is not just back, but better after drug suspensionJul 17, 2024 1:05 pm - Sha'Carri Richardson set the tone for her own comeback story a year ago when she won the 100-meter U.S. title, then the world championship, and brashly proclaimed, “I'm n...
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U.S. men's basketball team builds big lead then holds off Australia for 98-92 win in Olympics tuneup
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Jim O’Donnell: Oh no, Gigot — NBC targeting serious youth overload at the Paris OlympicsJul 13, 2024 5:06 pm - THE LOVELINESS OF PARIS will be mere French dressing once NBC Sports and associates get up and bourrèe on coverage of the ‘24 Summer Olympics. Launch date is Friday, ...