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Sha’Carri Richardson’s comeback halted by Julien Alfred, who brings 1st Olympic medal to St. LuciaAug 03, 2024 5:40 pm - SAINT-DENIS, France — There were small signs for anyone willing to look at the sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson is, not the person she has become. The wobbly starts. The lit...
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Katie Ledecky swims into history with 800 freestyle victory at the Paris OlympicsAug 03, 2024 5:35 pm - NANTERRE, France — Every year on Aug. 3, Katie Ledecky is reminded of her first Olympic gold medal. She was just 15 years old, a reserved high schooler who had surprising...
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‘Welcome home, Steve’: McMichael enters the Pro Football Hall of Fame in ceremony at his homeAug 03, 2024 4:39 pm - Steve McMichael couldn't make it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, so the ceremony came to him. Battling ALS and bedridden in the advanced stages of the neurological dise...
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Simone Biles doesn’t rule out the 2028 Olympics after winning the gold in vault. ‘Never say never’Aug 03, 2024 1:33 pm - PARIS — Simone Biles is getting kind of old for this. Just maybe not too old to keep going. Maybe. Minutes after the American gymnastics star won the seventh Olympic gold...
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Trinity Rodman’s ‘bit of magic’ sends U.S. into Olympic soccer semifinals in 1-0 win over JapanAug 03, 2024 1:27 pm - PARIS — Mallory Swanson says Trinity Rodman gave the United States a bit of magic when the team needed it most. Rodman scored in extra time and the United States advanced...
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U.S. rolls into Olympic quarterfinals as No. 1 seed, top Puerto Rico 104-83 in group finaleAug 03, 2024 1:19 pm - VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France — Halfway to its goal of gold, the U.S. has the No. 1 seed going into the medal round at the Paris Olympics. And now the real games start. Antho...
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About the Games, not to mention the games, and the people who play themAug 03, 2024 12:42 pm - Some things you suspect, some things you guess and some things you just know. All those socks, all those years, that got lost in all those driers have shown up as the Par...
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Bears DE Austin Booker will ‘get better in the shadows’ during rookie seasonAug 03, 2024 12:30 pm - Austin Booker believes the NFL is sleeping on him, and he’s fine with that. The Bears rookie defensive end flew under the radar when he transferred to Kansas last year, a...
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Simone Biles and Leon Marchand headline memorable moments at the halfway point of the Paris OlympicsAug 03, 2024 12:13 pm - PARIS — The Paris Olympics at the halfway mark have brought the world "The Pommel Horse Guy, " a rugby star and social media sensation who wants to be on reality show "Lo...
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Schauffele and Rahm share lead in a star-heavy chase for Olympic gold in golfAug 03, 2024 12:03 pm - SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Xander Schauffele erased a two-shot deficit with a 25-foot eagle putt and Jon Rahm answered with a big putt of his own Saturday, leavi...