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USA Gymnastics Cuts Ties With Medical Director One Day After Hiring Him

On Monday, USA Gymnastics hired Edward Nyman as its director of sports medicine and science, a newly created position. On Tuesday, the organization reneged on the hiring citing a “conflict of interest” and nothing else. “Dr. Nyman’s employment will not continue due to a conflict of interest, and we will immediately renew our search to identify a qualified individual

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The Latest: Lawyers rebuff prosecutor on tossed Spanier case

The Latest on a judge’s decision to throw out the conviction of former Penn State President Graham Spanier (all times local): 4:55 p.m. Lawyers for former Penn State President Graham Spanier say they’re stunned by the comments from Pennsylvania’s attorney general vowing to appeal a federal judge’s decision to vacate his child endangerment conviction. Spanier’s

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Female Track Athletes With High Testosterone Must Supress Levels To Compete, Court Rules

GENEVA (AP) — Caster Semenya lost her appeal Wednesday against rules designed to decrease naturally high testosterone levels in some female runners. The Court of Arbitration for Sport’s panel of three judges gave a complex verdict and “dismissed both requests for arbitration” from Semenya and the governing body of track and field. In a landmark

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Tessitore, McFarland return to ESPN’s ‘Monday Night’ booth

ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” will return to a two-man booth when it kicks off its 50th season later this year. The network announced Wednesday that Joe Tessitore will be back doing play-by-play while Booger McFarland moves up to the booth after being a field-level analyst. ESPN also announced that Lisa Salters will return for an

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Yankees Pitcher CC Sabathia Makes Baseball History With 3,000th Strikeout

New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia recorded his 3,000th career strikeout on Tuesday night as Arizona Diamondbacks catcher John Ryan Murphy swung through a change-up to end the second inning. Sabathia becomes just the 17th member ― and only the third lefty ― in the exclusive 3,000K club, which will help build his case for

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Tennessee governor to allow sports betting without signature

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee plans to let legislation to allow sports betting become law without his signature, putting a state that has largely shied from expanding gambling in position to become the first to offer an online-only sportsbook. The bill is headed to the Republican governor after close votes in the GOP-supermajority Senate and House

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Damian Lillard Garners Praise For Old Quote On Real Pressures For Everyday People

Damian Lillard may have created an unforgettable moment in NBA history with an impressive buzzer-beater last week ― but now he’s getting praise for the insight and perspective he showed in a recently resurfaced 2017 interview. Speaking to Sporting News that year, Lillard was asked whether expectations from the previous year were creating “pressure” for him

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UNC hires Princeton’s Banghart as women’s basketball coach

Courtney Banghart built the Princeton women’s basketball program to the point that winning conference championships and going to the NCAA Tournament seemingly became routine. Now she’ll try to do the same at North Carolina. UNC hired Banghart on Tuesday to be the Tar Heels’ new coach. Her challenge in Chapel Hill includes going from an

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