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U.S.-Australia basketball game canceled because of protocols

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The United States' men's basketball exhibition game against Australia scheduled for Friday night in Las Vegas has been canceled because of health and safety protocols. USA B...

DATE: Jul 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

Climbing to make debut at Tokyo Games

Colorado’s Duffy to be one of youngest athletes at Olympics

DATE: Jul 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Olympic athlete, staffer test positive for virus in Tokyo

TOKYO (AP) — An Olympic athlete and a staffer linked to the Tokyo Games tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Japan, organizers said Thursday. The two people, who were not identifie...

DATE: Jul 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

Bradley Beal out of Olympics for health and safety reasons

On a U.S. basketball team filled with stars, nobody scored more than Bradley Beal during the season. At the top of his NBA game, he was finally set to take on the international one. The coro...

DATE: Jul 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

Novak Djokovic posts he is in for Tokyo Olympics

Novak Djokovic is going to the Tokyo Olympics, keeping alive his chance for a “Golden Slam.” Djokovic, 34, posted Thursday on Twitter that he had booked his flight and was proud to represent...

DATE: Jul 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

AP sources: Ogwumike denied by FIBA to play for Nigeria

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike and Elizabeth Williams have been notified by FIBA that their petitions to play for Nigeria in the upcoming Olympics were denied because they played for the U....

DATE: Jul 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

USA bounces back, tops Argentina 108-80 in pre-Tokyo tune-up

USA Basketball finally made it look easy again. Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal each scored 17 points and the Americans took control from the outset, beating Argentina 108-80 in Las Vegas on T...

DATE: Jul 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

Shocker: U.S. falls to Nigeria 90-87 in pre-Olympic opener

LAS VEGAS (AP) — This is not how USA Basketball expected to open its Olympic summer. Nigeria probably didn’t expect it, either. If there was any expectation of invincibility for the America...

DATE: Jul 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: AP Sports

Christopher Blevins builds on Durango’s Olympic mountain bike legacy

23-year-old a rider to admire on and off the bike

DATE: Jul 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Sofia Gomez-Villafañe gives Fort Lewis College another Olympian

Alumna to represent Argentina in mountain bike race

DATE: Jul 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Japan bans fans at Tokyo-area Olympics venues due to virus

TOKYO – Fans will be banned from Tokyo-area stadiums and arenas when the Olympics begin in two weeks, the city’s governor said Thursday after meeting with organizers of the pandemic-postpone...

DATE: Jul 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports