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Bears’ Owens, back from Paris, returns to practiceAug 06, 2024 6:27 pm - Bears safety Jonathan Owens returned to practice after watching his wife, Simone Biles, win four gymnastics medals at the Paris Olympics.
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Bears testing out Jones Jr. at running backAug 06, 2024 6:18 pm - Velus Jones Jr., drafted by the Bears as a receiver and returner, is being tested out at running back during practice this week.
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Harvard graduate Gabby Thomas sprints to 200-meter gold medal for the United States by a big marginAug 06, 2024 6:04 pm - SAINT-DENIS, France — Before Gabby Thomas set foot on the Stade de France's purple track, surrounded by 80,000 or so screaming spectators, her coach gave her some last-mi...
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Sophia Smith's extra-time goal sends USWNT into the Olympic final with a 1-0 win over GermanyAug 06, 2024 6:01 pm - LYON, France — Glimpsing a sliver of the net, Sophia Smith's aim was true. Smith's extra-time goal earned the United States a spot in the gold medal match at the Paris O...
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Amit Elor, 20, becomes youngest U.S. wrestler to win Olympic gold by claiming women's 68 kg classAug 06, 2024 5:58 pm - PARIS — As she processed winning an Olympic gold medal, American wrestler Amit Elor still felt like that little girl just starting out in the sport. Perhaps it's because ...
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U.S. women's volleyball team advances to semifinal with straight-set win against PolandAug 06, 2024 5:54 pm - PARIS — The reigning Olympic champion U.S. women’s volleyball team posted a straight-set victory against Poland on Tuesday night at the Paris Olympics. The Americans led ...
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American Cole Hocker pulls Olympic shocker in men's 1,500, leaving Kerr and Ingebrigtsen behindAug 06, 2024 5:51 pm - SAINT-DENIS, France — The race was billed as a bar brawl between the two baddest 1,500-meter runners in the world. Nobody figured the little-known American guy would snea...
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U.S. rolls into semifinals of Paris Olympic basketball tournament, eases past Brazil 122-87Aug 06, 2024 5:45 pm - PARIS — All the favored teams in the first three men's basketball quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics had problems. Canada lost to France. Serbia erased a 24-point defici...
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NCAA moves closer to financially rewarding women's basketball teams that reach March MadnessAug 06, 2024 5:41 pm - Women’s basketball teams moved a step closer Tuesday to getting financially rewarded for success in the NCAA Tournament. The Division I Board of Directors voted unanimous...
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U.S. edges Hungary 5-4 in a physical women's water polo quarterfinal at the Paris OlympicsAug 06, 2024 5:38 pm - NANTERRE, France — Ashleigh Johnson made 17 saves and Rachel Fattal snapped a tie in the fourth quarter, helping the U.S. women's water polo team edge Hungary 5-4 in a ph...