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Testing begins at Cortina's controversial Olympic sliding track for bobsled, luge

ROME — When Italian skeleton competitor Mattia Gaspari became the first athlete to test the controversial sliding track for next year’s Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, he did so in a sort of tunnel under a temporary roof built of wooden beams and white plastic paper. That’s because the sliding center in Cortina d’Ampezzo is still under […]

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Shiffrin steadily overcoming PTSD after crash, focus on slalom at World Cup finals

SUN VALLEY, Idaho — Mikaela Shiffrin’s flashbacks to her November crash in a giant slalom race are happening less and less when she’s training. For her, as she deals with post-traumatic stress disorder in the discipline, that’s major progress. While other racers compete in the GS on Tuesday at World Cup finals in Sun Valley,

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Duke's Tyrese Proctor was wrestling with his 3-point shot before March Madness. Now he can't miss

It wasn’t that long ago that Tyrese Proctor was struggling to make much of anything outside the arc. Shot after shot clanged away in a befuddling stretch of misses spanning nearly a month of the stretch run for Duke’s national-title contender. Now he can’t miss. The junior guard has been on an absolute tear with

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Former UFC champion Cain Velasquez sentenced to 5 years for 2022 shooting

LOS ANGELES — Former UFC champion Cain Velasquez was sentenced to five years in prison Monday for a shooting in 2022 where he chased after the man accused of molesting his son. Velasquez was sentenced in Santa Clara County after he pled no contest to attempted murder, felony assault, and other related gun charges last

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Chalk talk: Star power, top teams and No. 5 seeds headline the women's March Madness Sweet 16

There is plenty of star power left in women’s March Madness with Paige Bueckers, Hannah Hidalgo and Lauren Betts still playing even if JuJu Watkins won’t be. Watkins hurt her right knee in the first quarter of Southern California’s win over Mississippi State on Monday night. She was carried off the court and the school

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Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted again at second trial of financial wrongdoing at FIFA

MUTTENZ, Switzerland — Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini won again in court Tuesday and now lead 2-0 in trial verdicts against Swiss federal prosecutors. The former FIFA president and former UEFA president were acquitted for a second time on charges of fraud, forgery, mismanagement and misappropriation of more than $2 million of FIFA money in

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Chiefs WR Xavier Worthy sues woman who accused him of assault

AUSTIN, Texas — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy sued his former girlfriend who accused him of attacking her, alleging the woman assaulted him and stole or destroyed more than $150,000 in cash and property. Worthy filed the lawsuit Monday against Tia Jones in Williamson County, Texas, where the two lived and where Worthy

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With March Madness underway, it's game time for newly opened women's-sports bars across the US

PHOENIX — When you walk into Title 9 Sports Grill in Phoenix’s Melrose District, its mission to be a haven for watching women’s sports permeates every nook and cranny. From the over dozen TVs mounted on pink and orange walls to the “Play Like a Girl!” neon sign against a giant image of retired WNBA

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