Author: Eddie Pells
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AP source: USOC to discuss USA Gymnastics president’s fate
U.S. Olympic Committee officials will consider recommending the ouster of USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny at their board meeting Thursday amid the fallout from a sexual assault scandal surrounding a former team doctor, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. Penny is a co-defendant in a civil lawsuit filed by 2000 Olympian…
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Sweetest of all: Patriots reign after greatest rally in Super Bowl history
HOUSTON — Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the rest of the New England Patriots have long been reluctant to rank their victories. They’ve refused to label any given season, or title, sweeter than another. It’s time to put that to rest. This Super Bowl was lost. New England trailed by 25 points and Brady had…
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Blip, or was this the year fans started tuning out the NFL?
HOUSTON — It may have been a blip, explained as much by the must-watch presidential debates as by some wholesale turn away from football. Or, decades from now, 2016 could be remembered as the season fans started falling out of love with the NFL. TV ratings declined 8 percent , with the presidential election partly,…
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Usain Bolt looks to teach a lesson in 200 final after a finger wag and laugh
RIO DE JANEIRO — Usain Bolt crossed the finish line and wagged his finger at the brash up-and-comer who dared challenge him. Didn’t Andre de Grasse know that nobody’s supposed to mess with the Jamaican’s 200 meters? Especially at the Olympics. Bolt, in search of his eighth Olympic gold, considers the 200 his best race…
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Bolt takes Olympic 200 but comes short of record
RIO DE JANEIRO — Usain Bolt’s only real competition was the clock. He couldn’t beat it. Another gold medal isn’t such a bad consolation prize. The Jamaican superstar romped in what he says is his last Olympic 200-meter race Thursday night, but finished in 19.78 seconds, more than a half-second short of his own world…
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Shaunae Miller’s head-first dive at the finish line beats Allyson Felix
RIO DE JANEIRO — For beating Allyson Felix, Shaunae Miller gets a gold medal. Maybe they should give her a cape, too. It took a head-first dive, Superwoman-style, for Miller to spring an Olympic upset Monday over America’s top female sprinter in the 400 meters and deny her a record fifth gold medal. Miller, a…
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Russia’s participation in Rio uncertain after doping report
A scathing report outlining a state-sanctioned doping system in Russia prompted immediate calls for the nation’s entire team to be sidelined from the Summer Games, raising the possibility that the Olympics could go on without a sports superpower for the first time since the 1980s. The investigation released Monday confirmed a scheme run out of…
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WATCH: Villanova tops North Carolina on Kris Jenkins’ buzzer-beater for NCAA championship
HOUSTON — Kris Jenkins is one of those players who believes every shot is going in. Sometimes, it feels so right to be right. The Villanova junior answered a double-clutch, game-tying 3-pointer by North Carolina’s Marcus Paige with a buzzer-beating 3 of his own Monday night to lift the Wildcats to a 77-74 victory and…
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Peyton Manning changed the way we play, and watch, football
To find the true measure of what Peyton Manning meant to football, don’t bother poring over the highlights from his record 186 wins, or re-watching either of his Super Bowl victories, or looking at a single throw he made on his way to a record-setting 71,940 passing yards over 18 seasons. Instead, simply wait ’til…