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Penn State voted sports story of year
The Penn State child sex abuse scandal was selected as the sports story of the year by U.S. editors and news directors in an annual vote conducted by The …
Olympic flag arrives in RioThe Olympic flag touched down on Brazilian soil on Monday, marking the start of four years of preparations ahead of the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro.
Britain bounces back after gamesBasking in post-Olympic glory, Britain succumbed to reality Monday with commuters venturing back to work and Heathrow Airport experiencing one of its busiest …
Photos: The Closing CeremonyArtistic director Kim Gavin promised "the best after-show party that's ever been."
Olympics come to rocking endWith a little British pomp and a lot of British pop, London brought the curtain down on a glorious Olympic Games on Sunday in a spectacular, technicolor …
US wins gold, beats Spain 107-100Kevin Durant scored 30 points, LeBron James added 19 and the U.S. men's basketball team defended its Olympic title, holding off stubborn Spain 107-100 on …
US women win 5th straight goldThe U.S. beat France 86-50 Saturday night to win its fifth straight Olympic gold medal and 41st game in a row, including the last eight in the tournament by an…
Boudia of US edges in for diving goldDavid Boudia won the men's 10-meter platform at the London Olympics, giving the U.S. its first gold medal in diving since 2000.
US breaks 27-year-old track recordPointing the baton at the clock showing the world-record time of 40.82 seconds, Carmelita Jeter anchored the United States on Friday night to its first Olympic…
US wrestler comes through with goldThe 24-year-old American backed up all that talk at the London Games, beating Iran's Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi 1-0, 1-0 in the men's freestyle 74-kilogram division…
Bolt does it again, wins Olympic 200Usain Bolt won the 200 meters in 19.32 seconds Thursday night to become the first man with two Olympic titles at that distance.
Solo leads US to Olympic soccer goldIn the closing minutes of the Olympic final, goalie Hope Solo flung her body toward the ball and managed to push it away. The lead stayed intact. The Americans…
US women beat Australia 86-73 in hoopsFacing its first challenge of the Olympics, the U.S. women's basketball team turned up its defensive pressure and turned away Australia.
Shields wins middleweight goldU.S. middleweight Claressa Shields won the Olympic gold medal Thursday, capping her swift rise to the top of women's boxing with a 19-12 victory over Russia's…
Redemption rematch: US takes on JapanNo matter the result, the Olympic women's soccer tournament couldn't ask for a better finale. The teams from last year's World Cup final meet again, with …
May-Treanor, Walsh win volleyball goldMisty May-Treanor danced on the sand and then off it, taking a victory lap around the court before leaving Horse Guards Parade with Kerri Walsh Jennings as the…
