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Young WRs impressing at Broncos training camp
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Bennie Fowler isn't content to be known as the guy who caught Peyton Manning's last NFL pass. With the work he's putting in during training camp, the Denver Broncos wideout is planning on hauling in more…
Titans DB Marqueston Huff suspended 1 game by NFL
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Titans defensive back Marqueston Huff has been suspended one game without pay for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy.
Redskins' Daniels out for season with shoulder injury
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Washington Redskins rookie linebacker Steven Daniels is out for the season with a torn labrum in his shoulder.
Water polo making most of better scouting
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When Merrill Moses first started playing for U.S. water polo, the team manager would pack a TV and VCR for overseas tournaments, and players would watch VHS tapes of their games. Tony Azevedo remembers waiting…
St. Louis Cardinals activate Carpenter from disabled list
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have activated All-Star infielder Matt Carpenter from the disabled list before Friday's series opener against the Atlanta Braves.
Home-sand advantage: Brazil looms large for US on the beach
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Kerri Walsh Jennings beat the Chinese in Beijing, winning one of her three Olympic beach volleyball gold medals in 2008 in front of a crowd rooting hard for the hometown opponents.
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Pressure increases on Brazil's soccer team after opening tie
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The last thing Brazil's men's soccer team needed in its first game at the Olympics was to leave the field without a win and jeered by fans.
Like the US to win a bunch of gold? There's a bet for that
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The odds are good the U.S. will win the gold medal count once again in the Olympics.
Cardinals extend contracts of Fitzgerald, Palmer
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald and quarterback Carson Palmer have signed one-year contract extensions with the Arizona Cardinals.
Schierholtz suspended 80 games for positive drug test
NEW YORK (AP) — Former big league outfielder Nate Schierholtz was suspended for 80 games Friday following a positive test for a performance-enhancing substance under baseball's minor league drug program.
Steelers' C Pouncey back after career-threatening injury
LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers' center Maurkice Pouncey is happy to be playing football again after the All-Pro nearly had the game he loves taken from him.
Dungy: Rooney Rule not being used as intended
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Tony Dungy would like to see the NFL's Rooney Rule used in the manner it was intended.
Greek Olympic committee says 1 of its athletes has failed a doping test and has left Olympic Village
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Greek Olympic committee says 1 of its athletes has failed a doping test and has left Olympic Village.
Leading man: Anthony embraces role as US team's leader
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Carmelo Anthony was the last one to take the practice floor Friday, joining his U.S. teammates after wrapping up interviews where he was asked about everything from the opening ceremony to his diet.
All these years, surgeries later, Brian Baker makes Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brian Baker is not among the collection of highly ranked players and Grand Slam champions playing tennis at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Olympic rugby 7s tipped to change the game
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It's taken rugby 92 years to get back in the Olympic Games, and yet Argentina great Agustin Pichot called it the right moment.
Back on Olympic stage, Leyva eyes making impact for Team USA
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The words trail Danell Leyva even now, four eventful years since that warm night in London when — giddy from his bronze in the all-around at the 2012 Olympics — the rising American star made…
Italian PM: 2024 Olympics in Rome would defy extremists
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Holding the Olympics in Rome in 2024 would send a message of defiance to terrorists trying to cower people into a "life of fear" and rob them of their sporting and cultural identity, Italian Premier…
August 2017 trial set in Darren McFadden civil lawsuit
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge in Little Rock has scheduled an August 2017 jury trial in Dallas Cowboys running back Darren McFadden's lawsuit against his longtime business manager.