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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The Pacific Island nation of Fiji erupted into celebration on Friday after its rugby sevens team defeated Britain to capture the country's first Olympic medal. The fact it was gold made it even more of…

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) -- Danny Jansen hit a run-scoring double in the eighth inning, leading the Dunedin Blue Jays to a 4-2 win over the Brevard County Manatees on Thursday.

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills safety Aaron Williams and wide receiver Dez Lewis were injured Thursday night following a hard collision at the team's practice.

BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz wasn't going to sit out a late-season game against the rival New York Yankees.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After going nearly four years without a defeat aboard their high-performance skiff, New Zealand pair Peter Burling and Blair Tuke were beaten in a regatta in Rio de Janeiro in mid-July.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers rallied again to go ahead against Colorado. This time, the Rockies had a late comeback of their own.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Anqi Xu had to charge, and Ana Maria Popescu knew it.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sue Bird took a moment to pause and look around the U.S. women's basketball practice court.

LeBron James is going to hang around home for a while.

BOSTON (AP) — Alex Rodriguez has been turned down in his request to play the field for his final game with the New York Yankees.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Eric Filia, Nick Thurman and Joe Venturino each had three hits, as the Everett AquaSox beat the Vancouver Canadians 16-7 on Thursday. With the victory, the AquaSox swept the three-game series.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Atlanta Braves were on the wrong side of history Thursday.

OAXACA, Mexico (AP) -- Willy Taveras hit a two-run single in the sixth inning, leading the Pericos de Puebla to an 8-4 win over the Guerreros de Oaxaca in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday.

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) -- Brandon Leibrandt allowed just three hits over six innings, leading the Clearwater Threshers over the Lakeland Flying Tigers in a 1-0 win in the second game of a doubleheader on Thursday.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Telvin Nash hit a three-run home run and had two hits as the Winston-Salem Dash defeated the Carolina Mudcats 6-2 in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The first one was for the team. This one was a little more personal.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Grizzlies won't play their traditional Martin Luther King Jr. Day home game this season and instead will host the Chicago Bulls the night before the holiday.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — At some point, Phil Dalhausser just had to laugh.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Josh Rogers allowed just five hits over six innings, leading the Tampa Yankees over the Daytona Tortugas in a 7-0 win in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Mark Trumbo hit a grand slam for his major league-leading 32nd homer and drove in five runs as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Oakland Athletics 9-6 Thursday to avoid a four-game sweep.