Olympics
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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...
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China's 'mudslides' inject personality into once-staid team
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Lovesick. Goofy. Flamboyant. Not usually words you'd associate with China's Olympic team. In Rio, however, a new generation of Chinese Olympians ar...
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Yeleussinov wins 4th straight Kazakh welterweight gold medal
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Daniyar Yeleussinov leaves with a more permanent - and gnarly - reminder of his Olympic experience than a gold medal. Yeleussinov suffered a cut so...
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Interview with Biles, Raisman is must-cringe TV
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bob Costas' studio interview with American gymnasts Simone Biles and Aly Raisman following their gold and silver-medal winning floor routines was cringe-...
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Irish Olympic executive arrested in ticket scheme
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A senior Olympic executive from Ireland was arrested and taken to the hospital Wednesday after police raided his beachfront hotel as part of an inv...
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Column: The 11 a.m. news follies one of best shows in Rio
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The daily Olympic briefing was already well underway when the first candidate for question of the day came from an Australian journalist. "Is the I...
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Germany in the Olympic final after 2-0 victory over Nigeria
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - SAO PAULO (AP) - Lukas Klosertmann and Nils Peterson scored to send Germany into the Olympic gold-medal match for the first time with a 2-0 semifinal victory over Nigeri...