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Chasing Olympic gold in the shot put becomes a family mission for Joe and...
By PAT GRAHAM, AP Sports Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Nap time has turned into prime shot-put time around the Kovacs household. Joe and Ashley Kovacs built a ring on the side of their house in...
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As the temperature soared toward triple digits in Owings Mills on Friday afternoon, the Ravens opted for a shorter practice — about 90 minutes — and shells instead of pads while operating mostly at...
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Orioles depending on Jackson Holliday and Coby Mayo as they adjust to new...
CLEVELAND — After Jackson Holliday learned of his promotion to the big leagues in April, he texted his friends in a group chat. “One down, four to go.” The other four in the chat — Heston Kjerstad,...
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Bob Cawood: Endless Summer 6-Hour Run is quite a test | RUNNING COMMENTARY
The Endless Summer 6-Hour Run was held July 20 at Greenbury Point on the base of Naval Support Activity Annapolis. Now in its 13th year, the event is a celebration of personal accomplishment and an...
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As conflicts far and wide shake the planet, can the Olympics unite the world?
By MALLIKA SEN and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — More than 100 conflicts fester around the world. The Middle East teeters on the brink of a regional war. In Ukraine, Russia advances...
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Africa’s fastest man, Omanyala carries Kenya’s hopes for a first Olympic gold...
By TOM ODULA Associated Press Ferdinand Omanyala’s status as Africa’s fastest man has many people believing Kenya’s push for Olympic gold medals isn’t entirely a long-distance objective. The...
View ArticleTahiti’s youth surf culture gets a boost as island hosts the Paris Olympics
By VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — As the heavy, barrel-shaped waves of Teahupo’o, Tahiti — where the Paris Olympics surfing competition is being held — crashed in the...
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Meet the artist whose job is to paint beach volleyball at the 2024 Olympics
By HANNA ARHIROVA, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — He calls himself a “troglodyte” with his brushes, oil paints, and large canvas among the photographers with expensive cameras and long lenses. They’re...
View ArticlePin-demonium hits Paris: Inside the pin-trading market at the Olympics
By RAPHAEL LEICESTER, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — On the other side of the Atlantic from Wall Street, a market — more wholesome than cutthroat — has sprung up at the Paris Olympics. The commodity at...
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LJ Owens leads POD to Annapolis Summer League basketball championship with...
Friday night’s Annapolis Summer Basketball League championship game played host to a feud between distinct generations of Maryland hoops supremacy. BIG represented the kind of dynastic powerhouse that...
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2024 Olympics: Meet the medalists from the United States
Here’s who has won medals so far for the United States at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Unfamiliar with the more than 40 competitions at the Summer Olympics and its athletes? Here’s our guide. SILVER:...
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Navy set to retire jersey numbers of Maxwell Award winners Ron Beagle, Bob...
Bob Reifsnyder was recruited to the Naval Academy as a fullback. During his plebe season, legendary coach Eddie Erdelatz called Reifsnyder into his office and asked a simple question: How bad do you...
View ArticleAmerican star Sha’Carri Richardson takes silver in Olympic 100-meter; Saint...
By EDDIE PELLS SAINT-DENIS, France — Sha’Carri Richardson’s comeback story hit a brick wall Saturday when Julien Alfred romped in the rain to the 100-meter title in 10.72 seconds to bring the...
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Team USA swimming star Katie Ledecky wins 800-meter freestyle for 4th...
Katie Ledecky’s 2024 Olympic run ended with a full-circle moment: Another gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle. Twelve years ago, a 15-year-old Ledecky won the event at the 2012 London Olympics to...
View ArticleRavens observations on Lamar Jackson and Rashod Bateman finally finding...
The dynamic between Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson and wide receiver Rashod Bateman has been an important, yet polarizing one since Baltimore selected Bateman with the 27th overall pick in the 2021...
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Orioles beat Guardians, 7-4, thanks to trade deadline acquisitions Austin...
CLEVELAND — How the Orioles would line up against left-handed starting pitchers was one of the biggest unanswered questions coming out of the trade deadline. Baltimore’s game against Guardians southpaw...
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Navy football begins preseason camp looking to turn the corner behind new...
Optimism always runs high on media day for Navy football. At the event in early August, coaches and players talk positively about the culture of the program, the caliber of personnel and the...
View ArticleFor pro lacrosse players, Olympics stage beckons in 2028: ‘A pinch-me moment’
Matt Dunn’s earliest Olympic memory involved watching swimmer Michael Phelps burst onto the international scene at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, Greece, by capturing six gold medals and two bronzes....
View ArticleOlympics TV schedule for Sunday, Aug. 4
Here is the Paris Olympics TV schedule for Sunday, Aug. 4. Highlights include the U.S. women’s basketball team vs Germany, the final round of men’s golf, and in track and field, the men’s 100 meters...
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Jackson Holliday, Gunnar Henderson power Orioles to 9-5 win over Guardians
CLEVELAND — The Guardians wouldn’t go away quietly. The Orioles built two early leads Sunday — a three-run advantage in the third inning and a four-run edge in the fourth — and both times Cleveland,...
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