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OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Maryland governor Larry Hogan offered some words of encouragement to the Baltimore Ravens following practice Tuesday.

San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy was released from a Miami hospital after spending the night there with an undisclosed illness, and the plan was for him to manage against the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.

It's a pretty awesome image : Michael Phelps, posing with a crowd of smiling barbers and customers after getting a haircut on his way to the Olympics.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It's been an impressive start to the Rio Games for the three Olympic rookies on the U.S. women's basketball team.

ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts will be without starting defensive end Kendall Langford for three to four weeks after having arthroscopic surgery on his injured knee.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When Hungarian-born Szandra Szogedi stepped onto the judo mat at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday, she made history — for Ghana.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — For decades, race walking and all its straight-legged, hip-swaying awkwardness has largely been ignored, derided and sometimes ridiculed by those unfamiliar with the inner workings of the sport.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Nothing is ever easy for the rival Koreas, even that most ubiquitous and usually innocent of Olympic interactions, the selfie.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Chris Froome was the young British upstart at the London Olympics four years ago when compatriot Bradley Wiggins was fresh off his Tour de France triumph and targeting time trial gold.

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — For animal rights activists across the country, one minor league baseball team's tradition of having capuchins ride atop dogs isn't some harmless monkey business.

Former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow is actively pursuing a career in professional baseball with Major League Baseball, according to a report by ESPN.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Kenyan track and field team manager who was sent home from the Olympics has been arrested, and prosecutors are asking for him to be held in custody because they think he will interfere with investigations.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday dealt another defeat to New Jersey's yearslong attempt to legalize sports betting, setting aside the state's legal challenge to a federal betting ban.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — If you strapped weights to Usain Bolt's chest, replaced his six-pack stomach with abs stretched out of shape, de-tuned his muscular frame and explosive power by jellifying his joints, and forced him to take the…

The University of Wisconsin athletics department announced in May several new business partnerships. The State Journal received the contracts per an open records request, and broke down the details from each deal.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh Penguins fan in Canada got what he asked for when Sid Crosby knocked on his door last week.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Rio Olympics are in full swing: Michael Phelps is back to winning races in the pool, Simone Biles is running up the score in the gym and Hillary Clinton is advertising with eyes on doing just…

Aranda, now with LSU, spent several hours over two days in February talking with Minnesota first-year defensive coordinator Jay Sawvel at the Gophers football complex.

BANGKOK (AP) — A celebratory occasion for a Thai Olympic bronze medal winner's family turned somber as the athlete's grandmother collapsed and died minutes before he won third place in the 56-kilogram weightlifting category.

Yasiel Puig has found the party in the Pacific Coast League.