Simone says: Olympic champ pushes for change in, out of pool
The pool has long been home to Simone Manuel. Outside of it, the Olympic champion is pushing herself in a new endeavor to boost the profile of women’s sports.
Olympics
Ledecky dives back into competitive water in preparation for Olympics
Forget that the four-year cycle leading to the 2024 Paris Olympics is already underway. Ledecky is still working toward making a big splash at this summer’s delayed Tokyo Games.
Fans from abroad unlikely for postponed Tokyo Olympics
The new president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee stopped short of saying there would be no foreign fans at this year’s games, but she certainly hinted at it Wednesday after online talks with IOC President Thomas Bach and others.
Former U.S. gymnastics coach dies in suicide hours after sex charges
Weightlifting risks being dropped from 2024 Paris Olympics
Rower puts medical career on hold to pursue Olympic gold
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Phils' Middleton, Royals' Sherman join MLB executive council
Philadelphia Phillies managing partner John Middleton and Kansas City Royals chairman John Sherman have joined Major League Baseball’s eight-man executive council.
Equine herpes affects European preparation for Olympics
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MLB
China: Calls for 2022 Winter Olympics boycott doomed to fail
Calls for a boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on human rights grounds are “doomed to failure,” a Chinese government spokesperson said Wednesday, as lawmakers and political advisers began converging on China's capital for the biggest annual gathering of the political calendar.
Ledecky wins easily in 1st major swim meet amid pandemic
Like everyone else, Katie Ledecky was forced to shelve her plans when the coronavirus pandemic took hold. Instead of looking far into the future, the five-time Olympic champion swimmer switched to a more immediate mindset.
Canadiens beat Senators 3-1 to give new coach 1st NHL win
Carey Price made 26 saves in a bounce-back performance and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators 3-1 on Tuesday night to give rookie coach Dominique Ducharme his first NHL victory.
Lake Placid raising cash for Olympic hockey monument
It’s been 41 years since the U.S. Olympic hockey team left a lasting impression at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics, and now there's a push to build a monument celebrating that special moment.
Trevor Simsby gets unusual shot at WGC and holds his own
The latest World Golf Championship event has gone to nine venues with five title names since it began in 1999. What hasn't changed is a field that pulls in players from all over the world, some of whom have next to no name recognition.
Efrain Álvarez left off US Olympic soccer training roster
LA Galaxy midfielder Efrain Álvarez was left off the United States 31-man training roster ahead of Olympic qualifying for North and Central America and the Caribbean after being included by both the Americans and Mexico on preliminary squads.
It's March, the month when the Tokyo Olympics were postponed
It's now March, the month when the Tokyo Olympics came apart just a year ago. Will it happen again? Frankly, it seems unlikely.
Olympic gymnast Hernandez enjoys solid return at Winter Cup
The nerves were there. They were unavoidable, really. Yet rather than greet them with anxiety or fear as she did the last time she stood on the competition floor, Laurie Hernandez embraced them.
Colorado minister finds empowerment, healing in pole dancing
A few months before her 50th birthday, Diane Martin pulled aside her adult daughters to tell them a secret. It felt like a naughty secret.
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Feb. 28
Powell, Lowry help depleted Raptors beat Rockets
Norman Powell scored 30 points, Kyle Lowry had a triple-double and the depleted Toronto Raptors beat the Houston Rockets 122-111 on Friday night.
Depleted Raptors hand Rockets 10th straight loss
Coronavirus protocols forced the Toronto Raptors to play Friday night without most of their coaching staff and forward Pascal Siakam.
Human trafficking charges novel approach in gymnastics case
The human trafficking case brought against a former U.S. Olympics women’s gymnastics coach hours before he killed himself could signal a new approach to policing a sport already dogged by a far-reaching sexual abuse scandal involving a one-time team doctor.
