Articles filed under Sports
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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...
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Jim O’Donnell: Thayer delivers moving ad-lib tribute to ‘Mongo’ on AM-1000Aug 03, 2024 10:00 am - THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME WEEKEND in Canton was intended to serve in part as tribute to Steve McMichael — almost elegiac in tone — and it was. The storm-shortened...
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Big Ten expansion doesn’t end the era of change in college sportsAug 03, 2024 6:00 am - USC, UCLA, Washington and Oregon officially joined the Big Ten on Thursday, meaning the formerly Midwestern conference now stretches from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Tha...
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Moving target: Golfers take pleasure in aiming at ball pickerAug 03, 2024 6:00 am - Golf is a game with a stationary target. Unless you are at a driving range. Then, golfers take a bit of pleasure in aiming for the ball picker.