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On the mend, Harris chases Olympic dream
10.06.2008 23:58
usatoday.com
Ten months ago, Bubba Harris lay on the Olympic BMX track in Beijing, his left ankle dislocated so severely it was dangling at a 90-degree angle from his leg.
USA
Olympic Games
Olympic hoops team will be named ahead of final camp
10.06.2008 23:58
usatoday.com
So much for the training camp competition for the final spots on the Olympic team. The United States will pick its squad without a tryout.
USA
Olympic Games
Belgian cycling star Boonen faces cocaine probe
10.06.2008 23:58
usatoday.com
Former world cycling champion Tom Boonen is under investigation for cocaine possession, a prosecutor in the Belgian city of Turnhout said Tuesday.
USA
Olympic Games
Johnson's national title secures USA TODAY honor
10.06.2008 23:58
usatoday.com
Shawn Johnson won her second straight national gymnastics title and USA TODAY's Olympic Athlete of the Week award.
USA
Olympic Games
Gatlin files suit in effort to compete at trials
10.06.2008 23:58
usatoday.com
Banned sprinter Justin Gatlin filed a lawsuit Monday in a last-ditch effort to compete at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in less than three weeks.
USA
Olympic Games
Wings' Babcock rewarded with three-year contract
10.06.2008 23:58
usatoday.com
The Detroit Red Wings will hold a news conference Wednesday morning to announce a new three-year contract for head coach Mike ...
USA
Hockey
Kings fire Crawford after two seasons as head coach
10.06.2008 23:58
usatoday.com
The Los Angeles Kings have fired coach Marc Crawford with one season left on his contract. President and general manager Dean ...
USA
Hockey
Ron Wilson introduced as Leafs' new coach
10.06.2008 23:58
usatoday.com
Former San Jose Sharks head coach Ron Wilson, who was fired after the team failed to reach the Stanley Cup Finals despite finishing ...
USA
Hockey
Cabrera's career was in the bag
10.06.2008 23:57
usatoday.com
Forced to drop out of elementary school to help his family put food on the table, Angel Cabrera worked as a caddie at Cordoba ...
USA
Golf
1-2-3 punch: Open swings away
10.06.2008 23:57
usatoday.com
Think Times Square on New Year's Eve. Mardi Gras. The Running of the Bulls. Or maybe a combination of all three.
USA
Golf
Jones known for redesigning golf courses
10.06.2008 23:57
usatoday.com
The architect:Rees Jones studied history at Yale, design at Harvard and golf course architecture under his father, the late Robert ...
USA
Golf
Milestones ahead, or not
10.06.2008 23:57
usatoday.com
The baseball record books have been rewritten several times in the past year. Ken Griffey Jr. made them do it again on Monday with his 600th career home run, joining Sammy Sosa, Alex Rodriguez, Frank Thomas, Manny Ramirez, Tom Glavine and others in reaching milestones since last June.
USA
Baseball
Clubhouse feuds a normal part of the game
10.06.2008 23:57
usatoday.com
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig didn't particularly care for one another.Thurman Munson and Reggie Jackson traded barbs.Don Sutton and Steve Garvey never hung out together.But nowadays, when teammates feud, their tensions are aired endlessly, thanks to the 24-hour news cycle.
USA
Baseball
Gormley warns on 'stark' findings of climate study
10.06.2008 23:57
ireland.com
IRELAND’S CLIMATE will continue to warm, particularly in the summer and autumn, with possible increases in average temperatures as high as 4 degrees towards the end of this century, according to a major scientific study.
Ireland
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