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Ex-NBA All-Star Stoudemire opens new chapter in Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) — Recently retired NBA All-Star Amare Stoudemire insists he has plenty of basketball left in him.
Australian, Chinese swim officials tangle amid doping feud
BEIJING (AP) — Swimming officials from Australia and China are jumping into the fray as a feud over doping between swimmers Mack Horton and Sun Yang keeps boiling over at the Rio Olympics.
Efimova's doping past stirs up waves in Olympic pool
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — American Lilly King has her sights set on winning Olympic gold and she's not about to let anyone get in her way, especially not world champion breaststroker Yulia Efimova of Russia. King made that clear…
The Latest: 14 gold medals await athletes in Rio de Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest from the 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
Badgers football: Examining what we know and don’t know heading into fall camp
UW opens fall camp Monday.
Badgers football: Former Marshall High standout Ty DeForest transfers to Illinois State
In other UW news, Krenwick Sanders and Kevin Estes did not make the Badgers' 105-man fall camp roster.
Tom Oates: Ten questions to answer as UW football camp begins
Coach Paul Chryst arrived last year, but this year actually feels more like a transition year for the University of Wisconsin football team.
McGwire, Strasburg among future stars who played in Olympics
Baseball is returning to the Olympics in 2020. The question now is who will be playing.
Weekend Sports in Brief
BASEBALL
LEADING OFF: Fernandez vs Cueto, Wacha rolling for Cards
A look at what's happening all around the majors today:
Texans' Still focused on football with daughter healthy
HOUSTON (AP) — When Leah Still's cancer entered remission, her attention turned to unfinished business — both for her and her dad.
For Michael Phelps, 6 gold medals seem very much in reach
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When Michael Phelps arrived in Rio as a 31-year-old swimmer who retired once and endured plenty of turmoil away from the pool, everyone wondered just how many gold medals was a realistic goal.
Computers, technology help US track and field go for gold
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The seeds for many of the 25, maybe 30, medals the U.S. track team hopes to win in Rio de Janeiro were planted at a training center in California with the help of technology originally…
Badgers women's basketball: Canada tour starts off with win
Freshman Courtney Fredrickson led the Badgers with 18 points and seven rebounds. Junior Cayla McMorris added 14 points and a team-high three assists.
For 1 Brazilian, Olympics feel like his nation has arrived
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — "Go to bed," my grandmother implored. "It is late, and these Olympics are very far away."
Overstreet leads Tri-City over Boise 5-1
PASCO, Wash. (AP) -- Kyle Overstreet had three hits and two RBI as the Tri-City Dust Devils beat the Boise Hawks 5-1 on Sunday.
Only masters of spin win at Olympic-level table tennis
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Ask a table tennis player to describe the most important part of the game and you usually get a single word answer: spin.
Ibtihaj Muhammad to make Olympic history
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Ibtihaj Muhammad has used her profile as an Olympian to try to change misconceptions others might have about Muslim-Americans.
Brazilian sailors looking to shine on polluted Guanabara Bay
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Rio Olympics won't leave the legacy of a clean Guanabara Bay, the polluted harbor that will host the sailing regatta far below the imposing landmarks of Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf Mountain.
Adam Peaty's #OlympicNan swimming at fast pace on Twitter
LONDON (AP) — Every athlete should have a fan as devoted as #OlympicNan.