Olympic Golf was reborn in Rio
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer RIO DE JANEIRO – Adilson da Silva of Brazil hit the first shot that put golf back in the …
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Russia banned from Rio Paralympics
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA – Russia is banned from the Paralympic Games as punishment for a state backed doping program, after losing …
Torn between two nations
By CALIBE THOMPSON America is a nation of immigrants, many of whom did not come here legally. Someone probably needs to share that with the …
Did John Saunders commit suicide
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP Sports Writer NEW YORK – John Saunders, the versatile sportscaster who has hosted ESPN’s The Sports Reporters for the last …
M-DCPS hosts inaugural Best of Dade vs Best of Broward athletic seminar
Staff Report To reinforce that student-athletes’ performance in the classroom is as important as their performance on the field, Miami Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) …
Swisscourt denies 2 Russians’ bid to put track ban on hold
Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Two Russian track and field athletes have failed in a bid to have their ban from the Olympics put on …
NBC announcer says he regrets tweetabout Biles’ parents
Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO – NBC announcer Al Trautwig says he regrets tweeting that the adoptive mother and father of American gymnastics star Simone …
Ibtihaj Muhammad makes US history
By LUKE MEREDITH AP SportsWriter RIO DE JANEIRO -American Ibtihaj Muhammad looked like all the other fencers when she stepped on the piste, save for …
Olympics should transform mankind and Obama should lead
By ANTONIA WILLIAMS-GARY I am constantly reminded that I must have a higher purpose than to just exist.Yet,I still need to periodically push the restart …
Players remember Dennis Green
Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Dennis Green, the trailblazing coach who led a Minnesota Vikings renaissance in the 1990s before a less successful run …