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Blazers, Jazz & Spurs Complete Three-Team Trade

The Portland Trail Blazers acquired injured veteran Joe Ingles from the Utah Jazz as part of a three-team deal Wednesday that also included the Spurs. The Blazers also received Elijah Hughes and a second-round pick…

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US Olympic Bobsledder Chris Mazdzer On Risk On Injury In Sport

Team USA bobsledder Chris Mazdzer and three-time Olympic competitor will be returning for his fourth Olympic Games in Bejing.

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VIDEO: US Olympic Biathlon Star Jake Brown On Being A Multi-Sport Olympian

Jake Brown is ready to compete for Team USA’s biathlon team at the Beijing Olympic Games.

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UCLA’s Mac Etienne Arrested After Allegedly Spitting On Fans

UCLA redshirt freshman forward Mac Etienne was arrested and cited for assault after appearing to spit at Arizona fans following the Bruins’ 76-66 loss to the Wildcats Thursday evening. A video appears to show the…

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Jamaican Bobsled Team Hopes To Medal At Beijing Winter Olympics

A member of the Jamaican bobsled team has high hopes for the Olympics—so high, in fact, that they have never been matched. Indeed, Sheffield Hallam University student Ashley Watson is part of the four-man bobsled…

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U.S. Snowboarder Chloe Kim Notches Second Straight Gold Medal

Twenty-one-year-old American snowboarder Chloe Kim notched her second straight Olympic gold medal in the halfpipe at the 2022 Beijing Games on Thursday. Kim scored 94 points to take the lead in the field of 12…

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Nathan Chen Wins First Olympic Gold Medal With Near-Perfect Performance

Target acquired! A near-perfect performance head and shoulders above the competition earned American Nathan Chen his first Olympic Gold medal in the men’s single skating competition. The favorite headed into Thursday’s event in Beijing, the 22-year-old Chen…

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VIDEO: US Olympic Bobsledder Sylvia Hoffman On Qualifying For Olympics

Team USA bobsledder Sylvia Hoffman is ready to compete at the Beijing Olympic Games. She believes that persistence is the main reason that she has made it this far.

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Russian Biathlete Valeria Vasnetsova In Pain Over Inedible Quarantine Food At Beijing Olympics

It’s not uncommon for an Olympic athlete to be in pain during the games. It is uncommon, though, for the provided food to be the root cause of that pain. Well, that’s exactly the situation…

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Shaun White Heads To Medal Round In Last Olympic Hurrah

After a fall in the first qualifying round, the most successful halfpipe rider in history rose to the occasion Wednesday and pulled off a do-or-die run—and now Shaun White is in the medal round at…

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Figure Skating Medal Ceremony Delayed Due To ‘Legal Consultation’ After Positive Drug Test

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Wednesday that the medal ceremony for team figure skating would be delayed because of “legal consultation.” The delay was reportedly due to a positive drug test of one member…

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Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis Wins First U.S. Gold Medal At Beijing Olympics

U.S. snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis set a lot of firsts on her fifth try. The 36-year-old won her first gold medal on Wednesday (women’s snowboard cross) to give her country its first such hardware of the…

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Olympic Skiier Mikaela Shiffrin Crashes Out For Second Time In Three Days

Just two days after crashing out of her first run in Monday’s giant slalom, American Mikaela Shiffrin failed to make it past five gates in Wednesday’s slalom after, skiing off-line just seconds into her run. “It…

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Ben Simmons’ Hold Out Cost Him $19M So Far, Could Be $32M If He Keeps It Up

Hopes for a Ben Simmons-76ers split as the February 10 trade deadline approaches are getting slimmer as the days go by. The market dictates that Simmons is not worth what the unwavering team wants in…

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Wizards Assistant Coach Mike Batiste Jumps Into Stands To Fight Fans

A Wizards’ assistant coach jumped into the stands Monday evening to fight a fan but was grabbed before any further chaos could ensue. It all went down at the end of Washington’s lopsided loss to…

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