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UCI tries to block USADA charges against Armstrong
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:57PM August 03, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Cycling's international governing body is trying to block the case American anti-doping officials filed against Lance Armstrong, saying there may be a lack of due process and that witnesses were promised "advantages" in exchange for incriminating statements against the seven-time Tour de France winner.
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Schwarzenegger says sports zeal landed him in brig
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:45PM August 03, 2012 CommentBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Arnold Schwarzenegger was so eager to start his bodybuilding career that he briefly ended up in an Austrian military brig, the actor and former California governor said Friday.
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Cowboys hit 5M Facebook likes, coach not 1 of them
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:08PM August 03, 2012 CommentOXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Dallas Cowboys fans on Facebook, and there are a lot of them, won't be getting a friend request from coach Jason Garrett.
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Whirlwind awaits Douglas, gymnastics' newest queen
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:11PM August 03, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Too excited to sleep and too early to wander the Olympic village, Gabby Douglas messaged her family and asked if they could have a video chat.
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Furyk scrambles to 4-under 66, stays in lead
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:39PM August 03, 2012 CommentAKRON, Ohio (AP) — Jim Furyk and Tiger Woods each carried momentum into the second round of the Bridgestone Invitational. That meant the best 36-hole score for Furyk in his PGA Tour career, and the worst start for Woods in nearly fourth months.
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NASCAR moves on without suspended Allmendinger
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:10PM August 03, 2012 CommentLONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Days after he was dumped by Penske Racing, A.J. Allmendinger found plenty of support from the drivers in the garage.
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Paterno family intends to appeal NCAA sanctions
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:05PM August 03, 2012 CommentSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Joe Paterno's family said it planned to appeal the sanctions imposed by the NCAA against Penn State for the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. The governing body's response: Don't bother.
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Reggie Wayne takes new on role with Indianapolis
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:02PM August 03, 2012 CommentANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — Reggie Wayne's world is changing.
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1 US boxer still fighting after overturned result
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:34PM August 03, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — A few hours after the U.S. men's boxing team thought it was done at the Olympics, amateur boxing's governing body decided Errol Spence deserved to fight on.
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Column: Is it time to retire Dream Team?
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:48PM August 03, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Kobe Bryant was at Wimbledon on Friday, taking in the epic semifinal match between Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro and signing autographs between games. His day off was unscheduled, but there was really no need for the U.S. basketball team to practice when that's about all they did the night before against Nigeria.
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Column: 'Great message' for Muslim women? Or sham?
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:25PM August 03, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — The judo match between a young Saudi and her Puerto Rican opponent was not, as the International Olympic Committee shamelessly called it afterward, "a great message to women." It was a sham.
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US men survive 1st test, beat Lithuania 99-94
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:13PM August 03, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Still unbeaten, but perhaps more importantly, the U.S. is no longer untested.
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8 Years Later, Athens Olympic Venues in Decay
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:55PM August 03, 2012 CommentThere's still one group that loves the training pool for athletes at the former Olympic village in Athens' northern fringe.
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Jamaicans eye solid-gold party on London home turf
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:31PM August 03, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — The Jamaicans of London have got their soul food sizzling, their Red Stripe on ice and their expectations sky high.
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Sub-11 no big deal on fast day at Olympics
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:28PM August 03, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Back in the day — or back before these Olympics, anyway — a woman running the 100-meter dash in less than 11 seconds was something to get excited about.
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Saudi Woman in Olympics Displays Fight to Kingdom
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:28PM August 03, 2012 CommentCAIRO (AP) — There was no way Alaa al-Mizyen, a 22-year-old Saudi investment consultant, was missing this Olympic match. While her family slept in late Friday morning, she alone was awake and glued to the TV.
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Phelps Goes Out in Style, Rallying in 100 Butterfly
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:16PM August 03, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Seventh at the turn, an Olympic champion at the end.
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New Browns owner wants a winner in Cleveland
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:13PM August 03, 2012 CommentBEREA, Ohio (AP) — The new Browns owner said he's ready to bring "winning back to Cleveland" and proclaimed there's "zero chance" he'll move the team out of town.
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Tyson says he's used to putting life on stage
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:56PM August 03, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Pounding out the details of his personal life on a Broadway stage doesn't seem to faze Mike Tyson. The former heavyweight champ says that's what he's used to doing, "and at least now I don't have to go to hospital every time."
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London Olympics offers a boost to beleaguered BBC
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:11PM August 03, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — As senior BBC executives joined a conference call to discuss the previous night's spectacular London Olympics opening ceremony, they teased each other nervously over the possible size of their television audience.
