Allyson Felix downplayed any hint of disappointment. This performance wasn’t about the now, but a year from now for the Tokyo Games. In that respect, the six-time Olympic gold medalist feels on the right track. Maybe even ahead of schedule in her return to racing eight months after having a baby. Felix finished sixth in […]
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August Wold pulled on his tiny green No. 19 Athletics jersey, began swinging a Khris Davis bat from both sides while standing in front of his very own locker, then made sure everyone knew something was still missing. “I hope I get to use batting gloves,” the boy said. “Do I get to keep all
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Teoscar Hernandez led off the 12th inning with a home run and the Toronto Blue Jays completed a comeback from a seven-run deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 10-9 on Saturday. Hernandez connected off Emilio Pagan (2-2) for his second solo homer of the game. Hernandez also went back-to-back with Brandon Drury in the
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Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz is out of the hospital following three surgeries after being shot in the back at a bar in the Dominican Republic. The Red Sox said Saturday that they’ve been told Ortiz has been released from Massachusetts General Hospital. The team said there will be an update on his condition
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Kevin Harvick is 0 for Pocono. He’s going to start first at the track for the first time in his career. Harvick would like to finish first for the first time, as well, and erase one of the dubious marks in his otherwise stellar career. Harvick has never won at Pocono: 0 for 37. Harvick,
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Before Nazilla Akbari can check out the latest offerings on Twitter or YouTube, she scrolls through an array of icons on her smartphone, searching for the right workaround to bypass state censors. It’s a cat-and-mouse game that has become second nature in Iran, where the clerically-led government restricts access to popular social media sites and
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Kyle Busch has swept race weekends across all NASCAR series, so perhaps the idea of driving four times in next year’s packed Pocono slate would hold some appeal for the sport’s winningest driver. “Hell no,” Busch said to laughter. “Not unless they put up a 50-grand bounty or something.” Just $50,000 to compete in the
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An electrical equipment failure knocked out power to about 39,000 customers in Washington on Saturday, with most of those affected reportedly in the northwest quadrant of the nation’s capital, Potomac Electric Power Company officials said. Frank Tedesco, a spokesman for the company, said the utility had pinpointed the source of the problem. “There appears to
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Police have used tear gas against demonstrators marching in Hong Kong. The march had been banned by police who feared there would be violence. The rally was planned to condemn an assault on pro-democracy protesters by armed masked men that took place last week. Protesters had accused the police of turning a blind eye and
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Englishman Paul Broadhurst birdied two of the last three holes Saturday to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Senior British Open, which will be Tom Watson’s final appearance at the tournament. Broadhurst had four birdies and a bogey in his third-round 3-under 67 at Royal Lytham & St. Annes for a
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