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Detroit Pistons win NBA Draft lottery

Cunningham the expected top pick

DATE: Jun 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Edwards, Shields lead Bayfield boys contingent to state

Including relay alternate, Wolverines sending six boys to Jeffco Stadium

DATE: Jun 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Five Bayfield girls off to state track and field

Tate earns sudden last-minute inclusion

DATE: Jun 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Sixth for Demon golfers at state

Tichi ties for 21st, sophomores gain experience

DATE: Jun 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Tour de France to hold women's cycling race in July 2022

PARIS – A women's version of the Tour de France will be held in 2022 with a start on Paris' iconic Champs-Elysees boulevard after the conclusion of the men's race, organizers announced Thurs...

DATE: Jun 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Top-heavy field for Olympic golf still missing some stars

Four of the top 10 men in the world golf ranking are not going to Japan for the Olympics, only one of them by choice. The 60-man field was set Tuesday based on the world ranking with a half-...

DATE: Jun 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Tokyo: Olympics like no other with Olympic Village to match

TOKYO (AP) — The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics will be like no other when they open on July 23. And they'll have an idiosyncratic Olympic Village to match. Start with the aptly named “Feve...

DATE: Jun 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Jon Rahm finds perspective to go with passion with win at U.S. Open

SAN DIEGO – Jon Rahm's road to becoming a U.S. Open champion might have started with a pair of bogeys. It ended with a pair of birdies at Torrey Pines that will be far more memorable. In the...

DATE: Jun 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Jon Rahm’s steady back nine paves way to U.S. Open title

Everyone who’s played it, from the late, great Ben Hogan to the guys you get paired with down at the local muni, has probably said it at one time or another: Golf is a game of misses. It als...

DATE: Jun 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Vogelbach single lifts Brewers over homer-happy Rockies 7-6

DENVER – Daniel Vogelbach hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth and the Milwaukee Brewers rebounded from Colorado’s four-homer barrage in the sixth inning to beat the Rockies 7-6 on Sunday. ...

DATE: Jun 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Supreme Court court sides with ex-athletes in NCAA compensation case

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court decided unanimously Monday that the NCAA can’t enforce rules limiting education-related benefits — like computers and paid internships — that colleges off...

DATE: Jun 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

Bird, Taurasi earn spots on fifth U.S. Olympic basketball team

Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi will try and become the first five-time Olympic gold medalists in basketball as they lead the U.S women's team at the Tokyo Games. The duo was selected for their f...

DATE: Jun 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports