Olympics
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Phelps leaves Lochte in his wake one last time at Olympics
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Michael Phelps waggled four fingers, recognizing another historic achievement. Now, he's the first swimmer ever to win the same event at four strai...
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Boisterous Brazilian fans rewrite rules of Olympic etiquette
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Forget the snarling traffic and unexpected rainstorms. Foreign spectators and athletes at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro have something else to get...
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Star Belgian sailor takes sick after racing on polluted bay
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A Belgian woman who won a 2012 bronze medal has become sick, the first Olympic competitor to fall ill after sailing the polluted waters of Guanabar...
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History finally sinks in for Mallory Pugh
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - While she's just 18 and the youngest soccer player at the Olympics for the U.S., Mallory Pugh displays the confidence of a seasoned veteran. The ...
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Tweet, tweet: US hoop team hearing whistles in Rio Games
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - When the U.S. Olympic team's charter bus pulled up outside Flamengo Club before practice, police officers closed off the street and one of the moto...
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Spaniard finally wins women's kayak gold, on 3rd attempt
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Just seconds into her first heat in canoe slalom, Maialen Chourraut thought her Olympics were over. She missed a gate entirely in the women's kayak...
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After explosion, Spain basketball gets 1st win of Olympics
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Spain got its first victory of the Olympics, and almost nobody saw the beginning of it. The men's basketball silver medalists in the last two Olymp...
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Several of UConn's greats assemble 1 final time at Rio Games
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Sue Bird took a moment to pause and look around the U.S. women's basketball practice court. Standing in one corner doing interviews was assistant J...
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Crimean swimmer aims for gold in Rio after turbulent times
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - While Andriy Hovorov hasn't been home for almost three years, he is representing his native region of Crimea quite well in Rio. Hovorov raced for U...
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In quest for world-class US table tennis, college the enemy
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - When Lily Zhang, the American table tennis ace, decided she wanted to make her sport a priority, she took a year off from college to devote to prac...