Olympics
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Column: What to get the pro who has everything? Bug spray!
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - What do you get the pro athlete who has everything? How about a cramped room, bad food and enough bug spray to last a lifetime? Welcome to the Rio ...
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Spain 0-2 in men's basketball, face 'challenging' road ahead
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Two losses in two games by a total of three points have the Spanish men's basketball team in an unenviable, yet somewhat familiar position. Spain d...
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Puerto Rico's Monica Puig upsets No. 3 Garbine Muguruza
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Monica Puig still had goosebumps well after the biggest win of her career. The Puerto Rican tennis player routed French Open champion Garbine Mugur...
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Hookup Games: Tinder usage up among athletes at Rio Olympics
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Away from the games, some Olympians are looking for a different kind of match. Athletes increasingly are using apps like Tinder as they look to hav...
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Brazilian judge orders Olympics to allow stadium protests
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A judge has ordered organizers of the Rio Olympics to allow peaceful protests inside venues after several fans were escorted out of stadiums for ho...
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Ethiopia's new hope for the 10,000 is feisty and outspoken
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Yigrem Demelash arrives for a training session and right away gets into an argument with one of the coaches. The coach has an idea of how this sess...
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Kenya: Olympics track and field manager arrested after sting
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenyan police have arrested the country's Olympics team track and field manager and are seeking orders from a court to hold him in custody for an e...
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Aussie-born, American-raised, Irving faces homeland in Rio
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Like so many kids, Kyrie Irving dreamed about putting on the uniform of his home country and playing in the Olympics. For Australia, mate. Born in ...
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Table tennis' premier event, the Olympics, 1 of the easiest
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Here's a secret about table tennis. The world's most prestigious tournament, the Olympics, is also one of the easiest. The reason for this paradox,...
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China wins 2 golds as doping cases hit weightlifting
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - With weightlifting once again hit by a doping scandal, China won two Olympic gold medals in the sport on Tuesday. Deng Wei and Shi Zhiyong won thei...