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Tour champ Wiggins turns focus to Olympics
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:02AM July 23, 2012 CommentPARIS (AP) — After making history in Paris, Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins is heading home to London in the hopes he can cap off his tremendous run of success with an Olympic gold medal.
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Santo, Larkin inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:27AM July 23, 2012 CommentCOOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — On a day that Vicki Santo wished had come sooner, sadness that it hadn't never showed as she spoke of the greatness of her late husband.
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Column: Stubborn Woods blows British Open chance
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:04AM July 23, 2012 CommentLYTHAM St. ANNES, England (AP) — The enduring image of Tiger Woods from this British Open will be of him bent over on one knee, his other leg angled to the side, as he desperately tried to save his day with a miracle shot from deep in a bunker off the sixth green. His adventure in the sand proved costly, though perhaps even more fatal to his chances were the three straight bogeys he made on the back nine when his mind seemed to wander.
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Broncos visit Colo. shooting victims in hospital
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:51PM July 22, 2012 CommentAURORA, Colo. (AP) — A half dozen Denver Broncos visited with survivors of the Colorado theater shooting on Sunday to try to lift their spirits.
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Ernie Els wins stunning Open when Scott collapses
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:22PM July 22, 2012 CommentLYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) — Ernie Els plucked the ball from the hole after one last birdie and heaved it into the grandstand. At the time, it looked like nothing more than a classy gesture by a former British Open champion — not the next one.
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A's rally past Yankees 5-4 in 12 for 4-game sweep
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:01PM July 22, 2012 CommentOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Several players gathered around a high-definition TV on one end of the Oakland Athletics clubhouse, shouting and screaming at the highlights they just made happen with another dose of late-inning drama.
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Eagles' Mike Patterson ruled out for training camp
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:18PM July 22, 2012 CommentBETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles have ruled out defensive tackle Mike Patterson for their entire training camp and possibly more because the incision where he had brain surgery in January hasn't fully healed.
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NCAA to punish Penn State; Paterno statue removed
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:50PM July 22, 2012 CommentSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Shortly after Penn State tore down its famed statue of coach Joe Paterno, the NCAA announced Sunday it would impose "corrective and punitive" sanctions against the university in the wake of a devastating report that asserted top university officials buried child sex abuse allegations against a retired assistant coach more than a decade ago.
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US men hold off Argentina in basketball exhibition
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:15PM July 22, 2012 CommentBARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Dressed like the Dream Team, tested like its predecessor never was.
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Column: Stubborn Woods blows British Open chance
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:08PM July 22, 2012 CommentLYTHAM St. ANNES, England (AP) — The enduring image of Tiger Woods from this British Open will be of him bent over on one knee, his other leg angled to the side, as he desperately tried to save his day with a miracle shot from deep in a bunker off the sixth green. His adventure in the sand proved costly, though perhaps even more fatal to his chances were the three straight bogeys he made on the back nine when his mind seemed to wander elsewhere.
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With painful meltdown, Scott joins infamous list
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:36PM July 22, 2012 CommentLYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) — Adam Scott, meet Jean Van de Velde.
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Cabrera hits 300th HR, Tigers beat White Sox 6-4
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:19PM July 22, 2012 CommentDETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera homered twice, reaching the 300 mark for his career and helping the Detroit Tigers finish a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox with a 6-4 victory Sunday.
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Column: A lifetime to arrive, a heartbeat to miss
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:11PM July 22, 2012 CommentLYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) — Thirteen seconds elapsed from the moment Adam Scott anchored the broomstick-length putter to his sternum and watched the 7-foot par putt slide by on the left side of the cup at 18, causing his knees to buckle. The rest of his golfing life may pass before he puts himself back in that position again.
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Wiggins makes British history at Tour de France
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:44PM July 22, 2012 CommentPARIS (AP) — Twenty-three years ago, Bradley Wiggins marveled as Greg LeMond blazed a trail as America's first Tour de France winner. Now, he has blazed his own.
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Barry Larkin inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:44PM July 22, 2012 CommentCOOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Former Cincinnati Reds star Barry Larkin has been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
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Stenhouse Jr. wins pole for Chicagoland Nationwide
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:39PM July 22, 2012 CommentJOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Reigning NASCAR Nationwide Series champion Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has won pole position for Sunday afternoon's race at Chicagoland Speedway.
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ACC enters another season facing new questions
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:34PM July 22, 2012 CommentGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Summers aren't quiet anymore for the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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Santo inducted into baseball Hall of Fame
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:31PM July 22, 2012 CommentCOOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — The late Ron Santo, star third baseman for the Chicago Cubs and later a broadcaster for the team, has been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
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German fencer Bokel elected chair of athlete panel
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:01PM July 22, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Former Olympic fencer Claudia Bokel of Germany has been elected chair of the IOC athletes commission and will serve on the rule-making IOC executive board.
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NCAA to announce 'corrective' measures for Penn St
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:49PM July 22, 2012 CommentINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA announced Sunday that it will levy "corrective and punitive measures" against Penn State in the wake of the child sex-abuse scandal involving Jerry Sandusky and a scathing report that found school leaders covered up allegations against the now-convicted former assistant football coach.
