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Simone Biles and Team USA earn 'redemption' by powering to Olympic gold in women's gymnastics

PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles and Sunisa Lee spent the night before perhaps the biggest gymnastics meet of their lives restless. There was a tension in the air. They'd all been in...

DATE: Jul 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Chapman, Soler each get 3 hits as Giants beat Rockies 5-4 to complete 4-game sweep

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Matt Chapman and Jorge Soler each had three hits, and the San Francisco Giants finished off a four-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies with a 5-4 victory Sunday. It was S...

DATE: Jul 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Durango’s Savilia Blunk places 12th in Paris 2024 Olympics women’s mountain biking race

Blunk showed grit by pulling herself up from nearly midpack in the 36-racer field

DATE: Jul 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Raising Olympians: Blunk’s mother, Blevins’ father look back at their children’s journeys

Both families are in France ready to cheer on their Olympians

DATE: Jul 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Durango’s Riley Amos has ‘special something’ when overlooked

Cyclist looks to use that to his advantage at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris

DATE: Jul 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Men’s Olympic MTB preview: Amos, Blevins long shots for gold, contenders for medals

Defending gold medalist Tom Pidcock considered favorite

DATE: Jul 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

First-time competitor is named 4-H grand champion in .22 rifle shoot

9-year-old Dallas Geisinger wins event at Montezuma County Fair

DATE: Jul 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fitzgerald hits 2 home runs, Harrison strikes out 11 and Giants beat Rockies 11-4

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tyler Fitzgerald continued his power surge with two home runs, Kyle Harrison tied a career high with 11 strikeouts, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockie...

DATE: Jul 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Paris dazzles with a rainy Olympics opening ceremony on the Seine River

PARIS (AP) — A hot-air balloon brought an Olympic ring of fire into a rainy sky and singer Celine Dion belted from the Eiffel Tower as Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century...

DATE: Jul 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports