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Canada's Pierce Lepage leads the decathlon at worlds after eight events
EUGENE, Ore. - A Canadian is in the hunt for a world decathlon title -- but it's not Olympic champion Damian Warner. Pierce Lepage, a 26-year-old from Whitby, Ont., was the leader after eight of 10 ev...
Jul 24, 2022
Gilbert: Canada took a chance and lengthened baton exchanges en route to relay gold
Glenroy Gilbert didn't watch Canada's men's 4x100-metre relay team race live on Saturday night at Hayward Field. Instead, Canada's head coach -- an Olympic champion in the relay himself -- went for a ...
Jul 24, 2022
O'Ward wins in Iowa after Newgarden crashes while leading
NEWTON, Iowa (AP) - Pato O'Ward pounced on Josef Newgarden's misfortune Sunday to win the second race of the Iowa Speedway doubleheader, and Jimmie Johnson had the first top-five finish of his IndyCar...
Jul 24, 2022
Big Papi a big hit at his Baseball Hall of Fame induction
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - David Ortiz promised to speak from the heart. As usual, Big Papi delivered. His megawatt smile tinged with a tad of emotion, the former Boston Red Sox slugger was inducted int...
Jul 24, 2022
Bills open camp seeking to shake sting of '13 Seconds' loss
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) - Try as the Buffalo Bills might in seeking to start fresh on a new season, the sting of those infamous 13 seconds still lingers some six months later. In opening training camp on...
Jul 24, 2022
Jonas Vingegaard, king of the mountains, wins Tour de France
PARIS - King of the mountains. Champion on the Champs-Elysees. Jonas Vingegaard blossomed from a talented rookie to a dominant leader in his own right over three weeks of epic racing to win his first ...
Jul 24, 2022
Tapia, Blue Jays take advantage of Boston blunders for sweep
BOSTON (AP) - Raimel Tapia had three hits and drove in four runs, giving him 10 RBIs for the series, and Vladimir Guerrero had four hits for the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday as they pounded the bumblin...
Jul 24, 2022
Alcaraz loses Hamburg thriller; 1st tour title for Musetti
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - Lorenzo Musetti needed six match points Sunday to upset top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4 in the final of the Hamburg European Open. The 20-year-old Italian claimed h...
Jul 24, 2022
Muhammad Ali's 'Rumble in the Jungle' belt sells for $6.1M
DALLAS (AP) - Muhammad Ali's championship belt from his 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight title fight was sold at auction on Sunday for $6.18 million. The winner of the heated competition for th...
Jul 24, 2022
Muhammad Ali's 'Rumble in the Jungle' belt sells for $6.1M
DALLAS (AP) - Muhammad Ali's championship belt from his 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight title fight was sold at auction on Sunday for $6.18 million. The winner of the heated competition for th...
Jul 24, 2022