Olympics
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Neymar, Brazil come out blazing in Olympic soccer semifinals
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Maybe Neymar and his teammates can make the Olympics a success for Brazil after all. Brazil's celebrated men's soccer team rolled to a 6-0 win over...
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Ginobili, Argentina's 'Golden Generation' take Olympic bow
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Manu Ginobili's emotions were jumbled as he tried to put his Olympic journey into words. Long after his last game inside the rings ended, the baldi...
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US men's volleyball reaches Rio semis with 4th straight win
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - John Speraw ran along the sideline about as close as he could to actually being in the action, cheering Aaron Russell to make a save while crashing...
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Australia rocks Lithuania 90-64, moves into men's semifinals
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Australia moved closer to its first Olympic medal in men's basketball by clobbering long-time nemesis Lithuania 90-64 on Wednesday in the quarterfi...
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No Bolt vs. Gatlin II at Olympics, American misses 200 final
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Bolt vs. Gatlin II at the Olympics is off. That's because of a tough break for Justin Gatlin, whose right ankle injury flared up only minutes befor...
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US women's basketball captain Sue Bird has knee sprain
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Sue Bird and the U.S. women's basketball team received some good news Wednesday when an MRI revealed that the team captain and point guard just had...
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US routs Argentina 105-78, moves into men's basketball semis
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The nail-biters ended for the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team. So did a golden era of international basketball. Emphatically ending a stretch of...
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Several unfit judges, referees knocked out of Olympic boxing
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The International Boxing Association removed an undisclosed number of referees and judges from the Olympics on Wednesday after determining they had...
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Brazil women beat US, ending Walsh Jennings' golden run
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - If Kerri Walsh Jennings winds up with a fourth medal in Olympic beach volleyball, it will be bronze - not gold, like the other three she has earned...
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Hoog comes through for Dutch in field hockey semis again
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Ellen Hoog updated her best memory in field hockey. At the 2012 London Games, Hoog scored the winning shootout goal for the Netherlands against New...