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By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — Breanna Stewart and the U.S. women’s basketball team cruised to a familiar place — the Olympic gold medal game. United States’ Chelsea Gray (8) and Alanna Smith (11), of Australia, battle for possession during a women’s semifinal basketball game at Bercy …

UTC’s Olivia Reeves brings home the Olympic gold 

By TERRY McCORMICK Associated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nicholas Petit-Frere took the first step toward trying to claim the Tennessee Titans’ starting right tackle position by returning to the practice field on Saturday. “I’m must blessed to be here. Literally, I hadn’t put on pads or a helmet since (November). …

See the UTC crowd react when our Olivia Reeves wins gold in Olympic Women’s Weightlifting. Photo Gallery Staff, faculty and students gather Friday, Aug. 9, 2024 in the University Center to watch student Olivia Reeves compete for gold in the Olympics snatch and clean and jerk weightlifting event. Staff, faculty …

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Sha’Carri Richardson made her first Olympic gold-medal moment memorable — giving the sprinters behind her the side-eye, then stomping her foot to the track on her final step across the finish line. Afterward, she moved aside to watch the U.S. …

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — Down by 11 in the fourth quarter, against what looked like overwhelming odds, the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team got a spark.Six points in two seconds. Kevin Durant and Devin Booker provided that wild sequence to start the comeback, Stephen Curry …

By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The first sign of trouble Thursday night came when Noah Lyles started rounding the curve in the Olympic final of the 200 meters — the sprint that has always been his best race. Normally at the curve, …

By JENNA FRYER AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Quincy Hall became the latest American to electrify Olympic track and field with an out-of-nowhere comeback Wednesday night at the Paris Olympics. Quincy Hall, left, of the United States, beats Matthew Hudson-Smith, of Britain, to win the men’s 400-meter final at …

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The NCAA announced a four-year show-cause order for former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh on Wednesday for impermissible contact with recruits and players while access was restricted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The NCAA said Harbaugh, who left his alma mater …

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The race was billed as a bar brawl between the two baddest 1,500-meter runners in the world. Nobody figured the little-known American guy would sneak up on both of them, steal the show and take the Olympic gold medal with …