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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Monica Puig is trying to accomplish something no one from her country has ever done. Angelique Kerber is seeking to achieve the sort of thing she's already done this year.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Isabell Werth became the most successful rider at the Olympics as she helped the German dressage team to gold on Friday, reclaiming the title in an event that her country has historically dominated.

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — The 2016 Babe Ruth World Series is getting underway in Williston.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — What track and field really needed was a Usain Bolt-like jolt to steer the conversation away from the endless string of crime, punishment and doping that nearly sank the sport over the past year.

CHICAGO (AP) — Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals have hit rock bottom in their topsy-turvy season. Or at least they hope so.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With the late-afternoon sun shining on his shaved head and the round mountains of Rio de Janeiro behind him, Dorian van Rijsselberghe of the Netherlands stood in his coach's boat, smiled and flashed the hang…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Drenched with sweat and nearly out of breath, exhilarated American fencer Gerek Meinhardt tried to explain how his men's foil team won an Olympic medal for the first time in 84 years.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Colorado Rockies placed first baseman Mark Reynolds on the 15-day disabled list with a broken left hamate bone.

NEW YORK (AP) — The non-stop nature of soccer helped and hindered NBC's Arlo White and Kate Markgraf in their coverage of the U.S. women's team, which lost to Sweden on penalty kicks and was bounced from the Olympics.

LeBron James didn't waste any time signing his new contract.

SAO PAULO (AP) — The last time Neymar faced Colombia, he was sent off and went on a rant that led to a four-match suspension. The time before, he left the field on a stretcher with an injury that ended…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Astou Ndour scored 18 points, and Spain routed winless Senegal 97-43 Friday to set up a pivotal game to wrap up women's basketball group play.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Mandy Bujold and Mikaela Mayer barely missed out on the debut of women's boxing at the London Olympics.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — At these Olympics, it's not always the grass that's greener on the other side.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have placed left-hander Tommy Milone on the 15-day disabled list with tendinitis in his left biceps muscle.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Six years undefeated, two Olympic gold medals won, and more to come.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge has granted the NCAA's motion to dismiss the governing body from a lawsuit filed by two former North Carolina athletes seeking to hold it at least partly responsible for the school's long-running academic…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The biggest battle Brady Ellison had to win Friday was the one going on inside his head.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sun Yang of China won't be defending his Olympic title in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle.

NEW YORK (AP) — A former journalist turned college professor, Kelly Whiteside is watching NBC's prime-time Olympics coverage this month for the first time in 16 years. She's surprised at what she's found — not because the programs have changed…