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‘Four Ferraris’ of Italy race to shock 4x100 gold at Olympics

TOKYO (AP) — There are some things track fans are used to: Nobody stops the Jamaican women at these Olympics and the tireless Sifan Hassan is a contender for a medal in every distance race s...

Native Hawaiians ‘reclaim’ surfing with Moore’s Olympic gold

Carissa Moore wore a white and yellow plumeria pinned next to her ear for her victory-lap interviews after making history as the first Olympic gold medalist at surfing’s historic debut. Her ...

In Tokyo, social platforms help the Pandemic Olympics shine

TOKYO – A condom fixed Jessica Fox's canoe, and skateboarder Jagger Eaton celebrated his bronze medal by broadcasting live on Instagram. Margielyn Didal “let” Tony Hawk take a picture with h...

U.S. women’s volleyball team forms strong bond with 1980 squad

Nine members of the 1980 team gather in Colorado, watch U.S. women compete in Tokyo TOKYO — The Japanese-style lanterns hanging in the rooms of the U.S. women's volleyball players at the Ol...

American defender Vines transfers from Colorado to Antwerp

COMMERCE CITY — American defender Sam Vines is transferring to Belgium's Antwerp from Major League Soccer's Colorado Rapids. The 22-year-old joined the Rapids' academy when he was 13. H was ...

U.S. women earn bronze medal with 4-3 win over Australia

KASHIMA, Japan — Although the color of their medal wasn’t what they wanted, the mettle of the team came through in the end. The United States salvaged a rocky tournament by winning bronze in...

Alvarez a summer-winter medalist, U.S. reaches baseball final

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Eddy Alvarez sat in the U.S. dugout after the final out, buried his face in his hands and wept, even though his biggest game remains ahead. A 7-2 victory over def...

Losses in track, wins on field: Another rocky day for USA

TOKYO (AP) — A five-minute burst of action near the backstretch of the Olympic track served up the perfect snapshot of what is going right, and all that is going wrong, for the U.S. track an...

U.S. routs Australia 97-78, to play for more basketball gold

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — The U.S. has owned gold for three straight Olympics, making the middle of the medals platform property of the Americans. The Australians tried everything they could to ...

A star is found: In 200, De Grasse finally gets his gold

TOKYO — Perhaps the world's next sprint star wasn't so hard to find after all. He's Andre De Grasse, the Canadian who ran his first sprint as a teen in baggy basketball shorts and borrowed ...

Broncos rookie linebacker returns from 3 heart procedures

ENGLEWOOD – Wouldn't you know the player being described as all heart is the one who missed the offseason program after undergoing three heart procedures and was nearly implanted with a pace...

Biles returns to Olympic competition, wins bronze on beam

TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles isn't going home with a fistful of gold medals. A mental block — one brought on by exhaustion or stress or something the American gymnastics star still can't quite ...
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