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Sports legends Michael Phelps and Michael Jordan went head-to-head on the Shadow Creek golf course in Vegas this weekend for the latter Michael’s twelfth annual Celebrity Invitational. Unfortunately for the famous host, the swimmer won the day, shooting a 72 to barely hold off his idol by a stroke. I can only assume Phelps then…
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The Americans are gearing up for another game against Finland at the IIHF worlds Monday after beating them last week, 4-2, on the strength of two goals from forward Monique Lamoureux. If they win the U.S. will very likely play Canada in yet another gold medal game. The two nations have faced-off in every tournament…
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The NHL, NHLPA, IOC, and IIHF are coming to the table again this week to discuss whether the pros will be playing in Sochi next February. A decision seems imminent with the Games approaching, but NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says no deal will be done until everyone is satisfied. “We’ve got to get to it…
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Three-time Olympic beach volleyball champ Kerri Walsh-Jennings, who was apparently pregnant during competition at the London Games last summer, gave birth to said child, now named Scout Margery, Saturday morning at 7:46 a.m. “Our family feels so blessed to have this beautiful new addition to our family,” Walsh Jennings said in a statement Saturday. “We…
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The U.S. women’s hockey team topped the Swiss 5–0 in Ottawa Friday to advance out to the IIHF world championships group stage and head toward the playoff round in pretty good standing. Alex Carpenter led off scoring with a power play goal in the opening period, and Brianna Decker added two more as the Swiss…
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Track legend and nine-time world champ Michael Johnson doesn’t seem to be too terribly upset about Usain Bolt breaking his 200m record, and thinks the Jamaican sprinter’s best races are still yet to come. “I know for a fact that he can run faster,” Johnson said earlier this week. “Whether he will or not is…
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Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte seems to be putting a lot of stock in his new E! show, What Would Ryan Lochte Do, and told the Hollywood Reporter Wednesday that he hopes to follow in the footsteps of reality-TV star Kim Kardashian: “Kim started from pretty much nothing, and now everyone everywhere knows who she…
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Along with the US, China, Russia, Iran, and Japan, Nigeria and Greece have now joined the fight in hopes of urging IOC to retain Olympic Wrestling. “Wrestling is a foundation sport in the Olympics and for us in Africa it is a traditional sport,” Patrick Ekeji of the Nigerian sports commission wrote to the IOC.…
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South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who was charged with murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp back in February, has been cleared by the world governing body for Paralympic sport to compete in the IPC World Championships in France this July, according to an internal report at the IPC acquired by the UK’s Telegraph Sport. Pistorius’s agent Peet…
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After scraping by the US, 3-2, in a shootout Tuesday, the Canadian women’s hockey team completely dismantled Switzerland 13-0 Wednesday, as Canada took advantage of the Ottawa home ice, outshooting its opponent 79-16. Marie-Philip Poulin led the team with a record four goals in Wednesday’s rout, and tossed in an assist for good measure. All…
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The US women’s hockey team lost 3-2 to Canada in a shootout Tuesday night to open the IIHF world championships, but bounced back with a four goal first period against Finland Wednesday, eventually winning 4-2. The victory earned Team USA three crucial points in the standings heading into their final Group-A game with the Swiss…
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Baseball and softball have joined forces in hopes of being reinstated for the 2020 Olympics, but are banking on a deal with the MLB that would commit its players to part of the Olympic tournament. “We need the utmost support from MLB to get past May,” Baseball Federation President Riccardo Fraccari told the AP. “We’re…
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Athens Olympic hammer throw champ Olga Kuzenkova of Russia has had two years of her career annulled and is set to lose her 2005 world title after samples from the event, held in Helsinki, tested positive for a yet-to-be-named substance when they were recently reexamined. She’ll lose everything between August 12, 2005 to August 11,…
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Because no one understands the difference between a prank and just lying on April Fools Day, a University of Hawaii news site reported Monday that Honolulu is planning to submit a bid for the 2024 Olympics. Totally hilarious. The story claimed that Mayor Pete Carlisle – who is the real mayor of Honolulu – said,…
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Former 100m world record holder Asafa Powell withdrew from Monday’s historic Stawell Gift in Australia, citing the same hamstring injury that forced him out of the Olympic final last summer. Now the Jamaican sprinter is out of an upcoming race in Melbourne, too. Powell was sore after a warm-up race Saturday in Victoria, where he…
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The Amateur International Boxing Association has already dropped headgear and it’s controversial punch-count scoring system from the Olympics. Now it’s apparently dropping the word Amateur. According to the Boston Globe, the AIBA will create its own pro circuit, and will change eligibility rules to allow professional boxers to earn salaries and prize money, yet still…
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Spanish Olympic Committee head Alejandro Blanco said Monday that Madrid’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics, which will be voted on by the IOC in September, is a “now or never” proposition and that the city will not have another opportunity. “Madrid is prepared, it really is,” he told Spanish National Television. “Istanbul and Tokyo…
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British discus tosser Lawrence Okoye didn’t play American football in high school, college, or probably even recreationally. But he’s also 6-foot 6-inches and 285 lbs and that’s usually enough. Okoye, who finished twelfth in the discus at last summer’s Olympics and is also an accomplished rugby player, was invited to a NFL regional combine in…
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Six time gold medalist Usain Bolt didn’t break any records Sunday during a 150m race down in Rio, but, like always, he easily ran away with it. “It was my first sprint race, definitely a good start for the season,” Bolt to the Associated Press. “I’m looking forward to coming down here in 2016.” Bolt…
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While Usain Bolt is promoting the 2016 Olympics with a 150m race on the beach in Rio, Powell is spend Easter weekend running in the Stawell Gift, a century-old 120m race on grass where entrants are handicapped by their speed. Not surprisingly, Powell won’t be given a head-start. The former world record holder says he’s…
