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Gable Steveson Wins Gold In 125 Kg Wrestling In Buzzer Beater Finish

Gable Steveson won gold in an incredible comeback that went down to seconds. Steveson competed in the Olympic men’s freestyle 125kg gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games. The 21-year-old Minnesota native trailed Georgia’s Geno Patriashvili, who…

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Jessica Springsteen Wins Silver Medal With U.S. Equestrian Team At Tokyo Olympics

Jessica Springsteen, the daughter of rocker Bruce Springsteen, won a silver medal with the U.S. equestrian jumping team at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, falling behind Sweden in a jump-off. Springsteen earlier failed to qualify…

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USA Women’s Beach Volleyball Defeats Australia For Gold At Tokyo Olympic

April Ross and Alix Klineman worked in tandem to defeat Australia in the gold medal game of beach volleyball. It’s the United States’ first gold in the event since 2012. The U.S. never faltered, playing a…

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Canadiens’ Logan Mailloux Pick Sparks Controversy, Player Apologizes For Intimate Photo

The Montreal Canadiens sparked a great deal of controversy in the NHL over their selection of Logan Mailloux, a Swedish hockey player who shared an intimate photo with a woman without her consent. Logan Mailloux Photo…

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Allyson Felix Takes Bronze In 400-Meter At Tokyo Olympics

Allyson Felix is walking away from Tokyo an Olympic medalist, snagging a bronze medal in the 400-meter race. The win ties her for most race medals in U.S. track history. Felix finished with a final time…

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Lionel Messi & Barcelona Part Ways

Lionel Messi, arguably the face of Barcelona soccer, is departing from the club at age 34. Financial problems have made it essentially impossible for him to return to the club he has called home for…

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Terrence Clarke Posthumously Selected In NBA Draft

Terrence Clarke, the star Kentucky guard who was tragically killed in a car accident earlier in the year, was honored by being drafted posthumously. Commissioner Adam Silver had Clarke’s mother, sister and brother join him on stage…

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Dodgers Acquire Max Scherzer & Trea Turner

Los Angeles is home to stars – the Dodgers fortified that reputation, acquiring both star pitcher Max Scherzer and all-star infielder Trea Turner from the Nationals. The Dodgers are sending a lucrative package of prospects to Washington: pitcher Josiah…

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Aaron Rodgers Ready To Play For Packers After Dispute With Management

Aaron Rodgers has finally broken his silence and returned to the Green Bay Packers, giving a candid press conference last week. The Packers quarterback has been at odds with the organization and said he considered retiring…

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Durant & Holiday Spur Comeback Win Over Australia For USA Basketball At Tokyo Olympics

Kevin Durant and Jrue Holiday are often on opposing sides during NBA games, but against team Australia, they joined forces to lead a come-from-behind victory. The 97-78 win puts Team USA in the gold medal game, where the…

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U.S. Paralympic Swimmer Jessica Long’s Biography: In Her Own Words

Jessica Long is a Russian-American Paralympic swimmer. Born with fibular hemimelia, Long had her lower legs amputated at 18 months old. She has won 23 Paralympic medals in the S8, SB7, and SM3 category events.…

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Athing Mu Shocks Winning Gold For USA In 800-Meter

Athing Mu, a runner for Team USA hailing from New Jersey, became the first woman since 1968 from the United States to grab gold in the 800-meter race. Mu’s performance in Tokyo is also the…

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Sydney McLaughlin Wins Gold For USA In 400-Meter Hurdles

Sydney McLaughlin is walking away with a first-place finish in the Olympics in the 400-meter hurdles after defeating her rival, Dalilah Muhammad, by 0.12 seconds. McLaughlin finished with a final time of 51.46 seconds. This time…

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Hawks & Trae Young Reach Deal On Extension Worth As Much As $207 Million

Star point guard Trae Young is staying put in Atlanta, signing with the Hawks for five years through the 2026-2027 season. The deal is worth as much as $207 million. His base pay is $172 million, however…

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Italian Lamont Jacobs Wins Gold In 100-Meter Dash

Lamont Jacobs is the first-ever from Italy to win an Olympic medal in the 100-meter dash in the Games’ 125-year history. Not only that but he now holds the title of the world’s fastest man. Jacobs…

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Breanna Stewart Leads U.S. Women’s Basketball To Semi-Finals Following Rout Of Australia

The U.S. women’s basketball team routed Australia on Wednesday to advance to the Olympics semi-finals. Last month in Las Vegas, the Aussies stunned the Americans in an exhibition game, making a huge second-half comeback to…

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Xander Schauffele Wins Gold in Men’s Individual Golf At Tokyo Olympics

Xander Schauffele held on to win the fourth-ever men’s Olympic event with a final-round 4-under 67. It was Schauffele’s first win anywhere in the world since the 2019 Tournament of Champions on Maui. “Just in shock,”…

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Eagles’ DeVonta Smith Sprains MCL In Training Camp

Rookie wide receiver and 10th overall pick in the NFL draft DeVonta Smith sprained his MCL in training camp, meaning that the new Eagles wideout will be sidelined for two to three weeks. Philadelphia does not…

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Keni Harrison & Gabi Cunningham Shine In Olympic Track & Field

Two athletes born and raised in North Carolina – Keni Harrison and Gabi Cunningham – have shined in the Tokyo Olympic Games in track and field. Harrison grew up in Clayton, North Carolina, and Cunningham is from Charlotte.…

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Karsten Warholm Wins 400-Meter Hurdles, Sets World Record, Rips Shirt To Celebrate

Karsten Warholm bested his own world record in Tokyo, setting an astonishing record of 45.94 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles. That time was good enough for both a world record and the gold medal, besting…

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Novak Djokovic Loses At Tokyo Olympics, Misses Out On Golden Slam

Novak Djokovic has had his name etched into tennis’s history books on a number of occasions, but he will not have it put down as a golden slam winner. Djokovic fell to German Alexander Zverev in the…

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