Today: July 02, 2024
Today: July 02, 2024

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McLaughlin-Levrone sends pre-Olympic jolt, runs 50.65 to break world record (again) in 400 hurdles

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone lowered her world record once again, running the 400-meter hurdles in 50.65 seconds Sunday to win the U.S. Olympic trials

McLaughlin-Levrone sends pre-Olympic jolt, runs 50.65 to break world record (again) in 400 hurdles
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Lyles pushed hard by Bednarek but wins 200 to keep hope of Olympic sprint double alive for Paris

Noah Lyles kept his hopes for the sprint double at the Olympics alive Saturday night, coming from behind to win the 200 meters at the U.S. track trials in 19.53 seconds, the fastest time in the world this year

Lyles pushed hard by Bednarek but wins 200 to keep hope of Olympic sprint double alive for Paris
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Olympics and unfinished business await for hurdler Holloway while Sha'Carri and Lyles keep blazing

Grant Holloway won U.S. track trials in the 110-meter hurdles Friday, finishing in 12.86 second to earn a chance to capture the Olympic title that eluded him in an upset loss three years ago

Olympics and unfinished business await for hurdler Holloway while Sha'Carri and Lyles keep blazing
News|Sports

Sha'Carri, Lyles, McLaughlin-Levrone cruise through early rounds at US Olympic track trials

Sha’Carri Richardson never made it to the start, let alone the finish, of the 200 meters at the last Olympic trials

Sha'Carri, Lyles, McLaughlin-Levrone cruise through early rounds at US Olympic track trials
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Athing Mu stumbles, falls in 800 meters and will not have chance to defend her Olympic title

Olympic champion Athing Mu’s hopes for a repeat title came crashing down during the first lap of the 800-meter final at U.S. track trials

Athing Mu stumbles, falls in 800 meters and will not have chance to defend her Olympic title
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Noah Lyles shows his flash and speeds through finals to earn a spot at the Olympics in 100 meters

Noah Lyles locked down the first major step in his quest for an Olympic sprint double on Sunday, coming from behind to win the 100 meters at U.S. track trials in 9.83 seconds to qualify for that race in Paris

Noah Lyles shows his flash and speeds through finals to earn a spot at the Olympics in 100 meters
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Sha'Carri Richardson sprints onto US Olympic team after winning 100 in 10.71 seconds

Sha’Carri Richardson earned her spot in the Paris Olympics, winning the 100-meter final in a season-best 10.71 seconds at U.S. track trials

Sha'Carri Richardson sprints onto US Olympic team after winning 100 in 10.71 seconds
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Sha'Carri Richardson overcomes wobbly start for win in first heat at Olympic trials

Sha’Carri Richardson wobbled out of the starting block and raced with her right shoe untied but still won her preliminary 100-meter heat in 10.88 seconds to open her quest to make the Olympics at the U.S. track trials

Sha'Carri Richardson overcomes wobbly start for win in first heat at Olympic trials
Environment|Sports

US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan

The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a move that undercuts organizers’ plans to cut carbon emissions

US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan
Sports|Travel

Paris awaits for Sha'Carri, Lyles and dozens more, but Olympic spots must be earned at trials

There is one more item to scratch off the list before everyone from Sha’Carri Richardson to Noah Lyles to Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone embark on their trips to Paris for the Olympics

Paris awaits for Sha'Carri, Lyles and dozens more, but Olympic spots must be earned at trials
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Sprint great Michael Johnson launching 'Grand Slam Track' league with $100K first prizes

Sprinting great Michael Johnson is launching a track league that looks to assemble nearly 100 of the sport’s top performers four times a year to compete for $12.6 million in prize money over the season

Sprint great Michael Johnson launching 'Grand Slam Track' league with $100K first prizes
Entertainment|Sports

Shaun White starting new halfpipe league in hopes of increasing prizes, visibility for action sports

Shaun White is starting a season-long halfpipe league that will offer $1.5 million in prizes in hopes of pulling together what has long been a spread-out, confusing action-sports calendar

Shaun White starting new halfpipe league in hopes of increasing prizes, visibility for action sports
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12 years later, American Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus will get gold medal at ceremony in Paris

There’s no making up for what Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus lost on the day she finished

12 years later, American Olympic hurdler Lashinda Demus will get gold medal at ceremony in Paris
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Schauffele gets his major at the PGA and makes golf fun again with help from DeChambeau and Valhalla

The last two years have been a struggle for professional golf

Schauffele gets his major at the PGA and makes golf fun again with help from DeChambeau and Valhalla
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Bryson DeChambeau puts on a show but somehow comes up short at PGA Championship

Bryson DeChambeau put on the kind of show, and got the sort of breaks, that make players larger than life and sometimes win them major championships

Bryson DeChambeau puts on a show but somehow comes up short at PGA Championship
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At low-scoring PGA, Morikawa, Schauffele sleep on lead that could vanish by their tee time Sunday

Collin Morikawa went to sleep with a share of the lead at the PGA Championship

At low-scoring PGA, Morikawa, Schauffele sleep on lead that could vanish by their tee time Sunday
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Rough return to 'normal' sends Scheffler down the leaderboard at PGA Championship

Scottie Scheffler arrived at the golf course in plenty of time

Rough return to 'normal' sends Scheffler down the leaderboard at PGA Championship
Entertainment|Sports

Scheffler looks to the weekend after a long, strange day at the PGA Championship

The only quibble about Scottie Scheffler’s recent domination on the golf scene was that perhaps he was too normal and maybe not quite exciting enough to capture the attention of millions on a week-in, week-out basis

Scheffler looks to the weekend after a long, strange day at the PGA Championship
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Woods makes two early triples en route to a 77 and will miss cut at PGA Championship

Tiger Woods will miss the cut at the PGA Championship after making two triple-bogeys over his first four holes on the way to a round of 6-over-par 77

Woods makes two early triples en route to a 77 and will miss cut at PGA Championship
Sports

Rory McIlroy loves life inside the ropes, shoots 66 on first day at PGA

For Rory McIlroy, there was no better place than the golf course

Rory McIlroy loves life inside the ropes, shoots 66 on first day at PGA
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Carli Lloyd turns diplomat and takes a US message to kids in Greece

One of America’s greatest soccer players is spending the week in Greece working with kids and reminding everyone that the most important moments in sports don’t always end with a group of Champagne-soaked winners holding up a trophy

Carli Lloyd turns diplomat and takes a US message to kids in Greece
Political|Sports

Chinese doping case sparks unusually harsh spat between global and US drug-fighting agencies

Revelations of nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers whose positive doping tests went unpunished have sparked an intense flurry of accusations and legal threats between the World Anti-Doping Agency and the head of the U.S. drug-fighting organization

Chinese doping case sparks unusually harsh spat between global and US drug-fighting agencies
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Final Four serves up the usual menu of fun stories -- and UConn looks to snuff out all of them

The Final Four delivers the last entry in college basketball’s heartwarming yearbook

Final Four serves up the usual menu of fun stories -- and UConn looks to snuff out all of them
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Zach Edey goes big and sends Purdue to first Final Four since 1980 with a 72-66 win over Tennessee

Purdue big man Zach Edey went for a career-high 40 points along with 16 rebounds and one big block to muscle the Boilermakers into the program’s first Final Four since 1980 with a 72-66 victory over Tennessee

Zach Edey goes big and sends Purdue to first Final Four since 1980 with a 72-66 win over Tennessee
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Sweet 16 nets another big win for Purdue and big man Zach Edey, 80-68 over Gonzaga

Purdue big man Zach Edey withstood all the abuse Gonzaga could lay on him, finishing with 27 points and 14 rebounds to lift the Boilermakers to an 80-68 victory and move them one win from the Final Four

Sweet 16 nets another big win for Purdue and big man Zach Edey, 80-68 over Gonzaga

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