The Post analysis illustrates how rapidly the state of the pandemic changed in July from a problem for the unvaccinated to a nationwide concern, though life in highly vaccinated states is still safer.
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Friday, 13 August 2021
Olympics now ended, Japan races to vaccinate as the coronavirus surges
TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympics have ended, but it's still vacation season in Japan, and many people are ignoring government pleas to avoid travel and stay away from bars and restaurants even as the coronavirus spikes at record levels.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is pinning his hopes on vaccinations, ...
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Booster shots are coming for immunocompromised people. Here’s what that means.
Federal health officials have estimated that about 3 percent of U.S. adults are immunocompromised.
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Thursday, 12 August 2021
Dan Snyder attends first Washington preseason game
Despite ceding day-to-day operations of his football team to his wife, Tanya, Washington Football Team owner Dan Snyder was at the preseason opener Thursday against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
Snyder voluntarily took a step back from the franchise after the NFL fined the team ...
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Nationals swept by Mets, now losers of 9 of 10
The Washington Nationals entered the seventh inning Thursday afternoon trailing by three against the New York Mets, rallied as Luis Garcia scored on a wild pitch and celebrated when Andrew Stevenson drove in two more to knot the score.
None of it mattered.
The New York fans went home happy ...
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Jamie Spears, Britney Spears' father, to step down from conservatorship
LOS ANGELES — Britney Spears' father said in a court filing Thursday that he is planning to step down from the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money for 13 years, but his departure is not imminent.
James Spears filed legal documents saying that while there are no grounds ...
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Humble beginnings: Sam Cosmi's Texas upbringing prepares him for NFL life
As the Dallas Cowboys were on the clock in the first round of April's NFL draft, Sam Cosmi picked up the phone and held it to his ear. Those packed in the suburban Houston home for the Texas tackle’s draft party suddenly stopped. His high school offensive line coach, Todd ...
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Blu-ray TV review: 'Original Cast Album: Company'
“Company,” composer Steven Sondheim and director Harold Prince's Tony Award-winning Broadway musical comedy about a serial bachelor, got an award-winning, behind-the-scenes look back in 1970, thanks to documentarian D.A. Pennebaker.
Now remastered in 4K and available in the Blu-ray format, Original Cast Album: Company (Criterion, rated G, 1.33:1 aspect ratio, ...
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Brandon Nimmo drives in four, Marcus Stroman strong, Mets beat Nationals
NEW YORK — Brandon Nimmo hit a three-run homer and drove in all the Mets' runs, Marcus Stroman took a shutout into the sixth inning and New York beat the Washington Nationals 4-1 in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday.
The four RBIs tied a career high for ...
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Judge rejects sex assault count against Harvey Weinstein
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A Los Angeles judge on Thursday again rejected one of 11 sexual assault counts in an indictment of Harvey Weinstein.
Judge Lisa B. Lench first dismissed the count of sexual battery by restraint as too old and outside the statute of limitations two weeks ago, but ...
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Inspirational film exposes challenges of homeschooling and the battle for 'our children's intellect'
Homeschooling and individual freedom have taken center stage in "God's Not Dead: We the People," an upcoming faith-based film that includes Fox News host Janine Pirro and veteran actor Isaiah Washington in the cast.
The plot is centered on a judge's decision to order a homeschool co-op to put their ...
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203 cases of COVID-19 linked to Chicago's Lollapalooza
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago health officials on Thursday reported 203 cases of COVID-19 connected to Lollapalooza, casting it as a number that was anticipated and not yet linked to any hospitalizations or deaths.
“Nothing unexpected here,” Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said at a news conference. “No ...
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Tucker Carlson says he felt like a 'lunatic' for accusing NSA of spying on him
Fox News host Tucker Carlson felt like a "lunatic" for saying that his electronic communications have been intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency, the conservative commentator acknowledged Wednesday.
The host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" explained during an interview that he was initially reluctant to go public with accusations that ...
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Chris Davis announces retirement from Orioles
Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis announced his retirement Thursday, citing back and hip injuries that have caused him to miss the entire 2021 season. The 35-year-old steps away after 13 seasons in the majors.
Once a powerful slugger, Davis' performance at the plate fell dramatically in recent years. In ...
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Wednesday, 11 August 2021
Russell Westbrook eager to help LeBron James in Lakers homecoming
LOS ANGELES — Russell Westbrook was a Lakers fan from childhood, and he skipped school to attend their championship parades. After he became close friends with Kobe Bryant, they spoke about the responsibility and honor of playing for this decorated franchise.
Yet even after Westbrook became an NBA superstar with ...
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Montrezl Harrell arrives to Wizards unsure of role, but with perspective
Montrezl Harrell's best friend is Lou Williams, his former teammate on the Los Angeles Clippers, and Harrell says he learned a lot from his buddy's career.
For example: Williams, Harrell said, has never signed a contract for more than $10 million annually in 17 seasons. And he’s never been a ...
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Landon Collins to Sammis Reyes: Five players to watch in Washington's preseason opener
Not everyone can casually name-drop the greatest basketball player of all time, so no one could blame Washington coach Ron Rivera for doing so this week when he was asked a question about Thursday’s preseason game.
“Michael Jordan told me this one time,” Rivera said, carrying on with the story.
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Limp Bizkit cancels premature 'Post Pandemic' tour over COVID-19 safety concerns
Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst said his rock band canceled the rest of its U.S. tour dates because it became apparent that fans would not be safe attending at this point in the coronavirus pandemic.
The "Break Stuff" and "Nookie" singer explained his group's recent decision to abruptly call off ...
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Alex Smith joins ESPN as an analyst
Alex Smith's on-field career may be over, but he's not leaving football — ESPN has hired the former Washington Football Team quarterback as an analyst, according to the New York Post.
Smith, who retired in April, will be an analyst across all of ESPN's NFL programming, including "Monday Night Countdown," ...
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Stevie Nicks cancels U.S. concerts over rising coronavirus cases
Stevie Nicks has canceled plans to perform headlining sets at several U.S. music festivals due to what the Fleetwood Mac singer described as concerns about the rising number of COVID-19 cases.
"These are challenging times with challenging decisions that have to be made," Ms. Nicks said Tuesday. "I want everyone ...
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Washington Spirit coach-turned-exec on leave following verbal abuse allegations
A day after citing health concerns in resigning from his post, former Washington Spirit head coach Richie Burke has been placed on administrative leave amid reports he verbally abused players on the professional women's soccer team.
The Washington Post published a story on Tuesday, detailing the language and verbal abuse ...
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D.C. concert venues to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative test results
Some of the largest concert venues in and around Washington, D.C., will soon require attendees to show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative test result during the past 72 hours.
I.M.P., a concert promotions company that operates popular D.C. venues such as the 9:30 Club and The ...
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They worry the Johnson & Johnson shot isn’t enough. A new study offers answers — and questions.
New research offers encouraging evidence about how the Johnson & Johnson vaccine stacks up against its competitors — and the delta variant — according to infectious-disease specialists.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci to partner with Gen Z, TikTok influencers to boost COVID-19 vaccination
White House chief health adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci will partner with “millennial moms” and Generation Z influencers to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday.
Dr. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will do weekly conversations on TikTok with a range ...
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Tuesday, 10 August 2021
Aubrey Huff, ex-MLB slugger, permanently banned from Twitter
Former MLB slugger Aubrey Huff has been permanently suspended from Twitter.
According to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle, citing a Twitter spokesperson, he was expelled for "repeated violations of [Twitter's] COVID-19 misleading information policy."
Mr. Huff had downplayed the severity of COVID-19, opposed vaccination mandates, ...
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Kyle Kuzma, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope bring defensive presence to Wizards
Before he gave any inclination that he wanted to trade Russell Westbrook, general manager Tommy Sheppard’s wish list for the Washington Wizards centered around one idea. He wanted to get the team better at defense.
Specifically, the Wizards needed to add wings who could defend on the perimeter.
“We've got ...
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Summerfest, Bonnaroo to require COVID-19 vaccination or negative test
Summerfest and Bonnaroo on Tuesday became the latest U.S. music festivals to announce that attendees will be required to show they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have tested negative in the previous three days.
Less than a month before Summerfest begins in Milwaukee and and Bonnaroo kicks off in ...
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Montez Sweat's goal with Chase Young? Break the tandem sack record
ASHBURN — Historically great NFL defenses generally have an elite pass-rushing tandem in the mix. Von Miller and DeMarcus Ware anchored the 2015, Super Bowl-winning Denver Broncos. Justin Tuck and Michael Strahan led the 2007 New York Giants to a championship. Dexter Manley and Charles Mann were a ferocious duo ...
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Richie Burke cites health concerns in resigning Spirit job
Washington Spirit head coach Richie Burke stepped down from his position due to “health concerns,” the team announced on Tuesday afternoon.
Burke, who’s been the Spirit head coach since 2019, will be re-assigned to a front-office position when he’s able to return.
“Yesterday Richie advised me of some health concerns ...
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‘Goldilocks virus’: Delta vanquishes all variant rivals as scientists race to understand its tricks
The coronavirus pandemic in America has become a delta pandemic. By the end of July, it accounted for 93.4 percent of new infections, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Almost perfect: Alex Lenderman just misses a shutout in U.S. Open chess win
He lost his perfect chess game in — almost literally — the bottom of the ninth, but GM Alex Lenderman still emerged with the victory in the just-concluded 121st U.S. Open, held this year in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
With a perfect 8-0 score, the New York GM agreed to ...
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Christina Applegate reveals she has multiple sclerosis
Emmy Award-winner Christina Applegate has announced that she has multiple sclerosis, describing her diagnosis as a “tough road.”
The 49-year-old actor known for her roles in “Married ... with Children” and “Dead to Me,” said in a tweet late Monday that she was diagnosed “a few months ago.”
“It’s been ...
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Women filmmakers denounce Spanish cinema prize for Johnny Depp
MADRID (AP) — Spain's leading group of women filmmakers on Tuesday condemned the San Sebastian film festival’s decision to award Johnny Depp its highest honor, saying it gave the international event a bad name after a British judge ruled last year that allegations of domestic violence against the actor were ...
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Should you cancel travel because of the delta variant?
Asking yourself a few questions can help you decide whether to keep your travel arrangements.
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Greta Thunberg tapped for Vogue Scandinavia cover
Vogue added a Scandinavian branch over the weekend, and the world-famous fashion magazine launched with a famous Swede on the cover — 18-year-old Greta Thunberg.
In a cover story headlined "The Wonders of Greta Thunberg," Vogue sung the praises of the climate-advocate teen and dubbed her the "most recognisable activist ...
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Monday, 9 August 2021
Robert Durst takes stand in own murder trial, denies killing Susan Berman
LOS ANGELES — Robert Durst took the stand at his California murder trial Monday and immediately denied killing his best friend.
“Bob, did you kill Susan Berman?” Durst’s attorney Dick DeGuerin said to open the testimony of the 78-year-old New York real estate heir.
“No,” Durst answered.
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Spencer Dinwiddie feels 'love' from Bradley Beal and Wizards
Technically speaking, Spencer Dinwiddie and Bradley Beal couldn’t have any conversations about the possibility of playing together before free agency officially began last week. So good luck trying to get an answer from the Wizards’ newest point guard on the role reportedly Beal played in getting him to the ...
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Epstein accuser sues Prince Andrew, citing sex assault at 17
NEW YORK (AP) – One of Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime accusers sued Prince Andrew on Monday, saying he sexually assaulted her when she was 17.
Lawyers for Virginia Giuffre filed the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court.
In a statement, Giuffre said the lawsuit was brought under the Child Victims Act to ...
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Review: Aretha Franklin bio 'Respect' maybe too respectful
The tag line for the latest biopic about an American icon reads: “Find out what it means.” Good luck with that.
After more than two hours of the new messy Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect,” it’s not clear what it means, wasting a lot of superb screen talent in the slapdash ...
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Elena Delle Donne received help from Russell Westbrook on journey back to the court
It’s been more than 660 days since Elena Delle Donne has set foot on a basketball court to play in a game. That’s more than two years and two back surgeries later, but the Washington Mystics star is nearing a return.
She returned to practice last ...
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Rockies: Fan yelled for 'Dinger' mascot, not racial slur
The Colorado Rockies’ investigation into a fan yelling a racial slur was completed Monday and found that the man was calling for the team’s mascot, Dinger, instead of using the N-word, according to multiple reports.
Dinger is a purple, polka-dotted dinosaur.
On Sunday, the Rockies released a ...
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Simone Biles made right decision to withdraw, but isn't worthy of canonization
Like a farmer who gets paid for not growing his crops, Simone Biles has reaped the rewards of not competing as these Coronavirus Olympics came to a close.
We’ve seen Biles compete before — four gold medals in the 2016 Olympics in Rio, plus 19 first-place finishes at the World Championships ...
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Will gyms go the way of arcades and movie rental stores?
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – Going to the gym was always part of Kari Hamra’s routine until last year’s government-ordered shutdowns forced her to replace the workouts with daily rides on her Peloton stationary bike.
That’s when she discovered something surprising - she did not miss the gym. At least not ...
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Colorado Rockies launch investigation after racial slur yelled at Miami Marlins OF Lewis Brinson
The Colorado Rockies announced Sunday they would launch an investigation after a fan was overheard yelling a racial slur at Miami Marlins outfielder Lewis Brinson.
Miami's television broadcast picked up a fan yelling the N-word while Brinson, who is Black, was at the plate in the ninth inning of the ...
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Sunday, 8 August 2021
Ola Kamara continues hot streak, DC United beats Montreal 2-1
Ola Kamara scored in his fifth consecutive game, Andy Najar scored his first MLS goal since 2011, and D.C. United beat Montreal 2-1 on Sunday night.
Kamara's goal in the 54th minute - his sixth in his last five appearances - gave D.C. (8-7-3) a 2-1 lead.
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Jannik Sinner wins Citi Open in three sets for third career title
Jannik Sinner cruised through the Citi Open field this week at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center to the final, where he ran into Mackenzie McDonald and it wasn’t so easy.
Sinner, who hadn’t lost a set through his first four matches, dropped the second set on ...
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Remembering all of the firsts at the Tokyo Olympics
From athletes to countries to events, the Tokyo Olympics featured many impactful firsts.
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Home runs doom Patrick Corbin in Nationals' loss to Braves
ATLANTA — Ozzie Albies and Adam Duvall each hit a two-run homer off Patrick Corbin, Max Fried pitched six strong innings and the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 5-4 on Sunday.
Albies was 3 for his last 26 when he went deep for the 18th time to make it ...
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New Orleans Jazz Fest canceled due to COVID-19 again
NEW ORLEANS — With new COVID-19 cases surging in Louisiana, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival won't be returning this year after all, organizers said Sunday.
The festival, which traditionally is held in the spring, had been scheduled to run Oct. 8-10 and Oct. 15-17 this year after being ...
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Markie Post, 'Night Court' actor,' dies at 70
NEW YORK — Markie Post, who played the public defender in the 1980s sitcom “Night Court” and was a regular presence on television for four decades, has died. She was 70.
Post's manager, Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, said Post died Saturday in Los Angeles after a years-long battle with cancer.
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Wizards see first Summer League game postponed due to coronavirus outbreak
The Washington Wizards had their regular season ravaged by COVID-19. Now, its Summer League schedule has also been gutted by the virus.
The NBA postponed the Wizards’ first Summer League game Sunday when Washington was scheduled to face the Indiana Pacers due to coronavirus issues among the team.
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‘Pops, I didn’t do it’: The heartbreak of Richard Torrez Jr. over the gold medal he didn’t win
The fight had been over for half an hour, and the U.S. super heavyweight boxer wasn't bringing home the gold medal he promised everyone he was going to win when he called his father.
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How local Olympians did in the Tokyo Summer Games
From Katie Ledecky’s dominance in the 1,500-meter freestyle to Kevin Durant’s team-high 29 point performance in the men’s basketball gold medal game, local athletes put on a show in Tokyo.
The D.C. area had more than 20 athletes participating in the games and here’s how they performed on the world ...
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Fewer and fewer cities want to host the Olympics. That should tell the IOC something.
Whatever the numbers, this isn't sustainable, nor has it been for decades. It's time to fix the Olympics.
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Saturday, 7 August 2021
Team USA baseball, a ragtag, charming bunch, comes up just short in quest for gold
With Saturday's 2-0 loss to Japan, Team USA's eclectic baseball squad settled for silver medal as the sport heads into an uncertain Olympic future.
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Erickson suspended from Twitter after calling Olympian Laurel Hubbard a man
Conservative Christian radio host Erick Erickson said Saturday his Twitter account was suspended over a tweet in which he described New Zealand transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard as a man.
The Georgia-based Erickson, formerly the editor-in-chief of RedState, posted on Instagram a screenshot from his Twitter account ...
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Olympic karate finishes with cinematic kick, downer ending
TOKYO (AP) — The final bout of karate's Olympic debut seemed to have everything that makes combat sports so fascinating, right down to an incredible ending that should have made fans hungry for more of a martial art fighting for a place on future Olympic programs.
Instead, the gold medal ...
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Kevin Durant is a USA Basketball constant and an American hero
The NBA star embossed his legacy just by showing up in Tokyo. Then he won his third straight gold medal.
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Durant and US men extend dominance in Olympic basketball
TOKYO (AP) — The American reign over Olympic men's basketball lives on, even though the Tokyo Games took some work to win.
Kevin Durant scored 29 points and joined Carmelo Anthony as the only three-time men’s gold medalists in Olympic history as the U.S. held off France 87-82 on Saturday ...
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Springsteen, US fall to Swedes in jump off, earn silver
TOKYO (AP) — The Springsteen family has gone platinum many times over.
Time to make space for a little silver, too.
Jessica Springsteen and the U.S. equestrian jumping team came up just short of Olympic gold, falling to Sweden in a jump off Saturday night that still left the Americans ...
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Friday, 6 August 2021
Quinn, Canadian soccer player, wins Olympic gold, makes transgender history without uproar
The same people accused of being transphobic for wanting to ban male-born transgender athletes from women’s sports have no problem with Canadian soccer player Quinn.
The 25-year-old midfielder won a gold medal Friday with the Canadian women’s team and was promptly hailed as the first out transgender non-binary athlete to ...
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Gable Steveson, named for wrestling great, completes stunning rally to win gold
Steveson won with two takedowns in the final seconds to become an Olympic champion.
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Meghan McCain makes low-key exit from 'The View'
NEW YORK (AP) – Meghan McCain made a low-key departure from “The View” after four years on Friday, joking that she wanted to apologize to show producer Brian Teta “for making his blood pressure rise as much as I did.”
Her mother, Cindy McCain, and Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema appeared ...
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Minnesota celebrates Olympic champion Sunisa Lee with parade
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The city of St. Paul will host a parade to celebrate Olympic champion Sunisa Lee, who took home the gold medal in the women’s gymnastics all-around, as well as a silver in the team event and a bronze in the uneven bars.
The parade will ...
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With 1.3 billion people and just 33 medals ever, India remains an Olympic mystery
The world's second-largest nation is an Olympic puzzle.
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Americans go for gold in basketball, volleyball, water polo
TOKYO (AP) – The U.S. women's basketball team will be playing for a record seventh gold medal Saturday night when the Americans play Japan at the Tokyo Games.
Track and field competition comes to a close on Day 15 of the Olympics and Allyson Felix, fresh off her record-setting 10th ...
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Good day on beach and courts for US women in Tokyo
TOKYO (AP) — American women had a good day at the beach and on the courts in Tokyo on Friday, with one Olympic gold medal won and a couple more set up for the taking.
The United States beach volleyball team of April Ross and Alix Klineman won gold in ...
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Griner leads US to gold medal game with 79-59 win vs Serbia
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Soon after the U.S. women finished off Serbia to reach the Olympic gold medal game, members of the Japanese military honor guard started practicing for the medal ceremony.
The U.S. already knows that drill.
Brittney Griner had 15 points and 12 rebounds to help the Americans ...
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Belarus Olympic officials stripped of accreditation, sent home
The officials have been accused of trying to force sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya to return home against her will.
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Thursday, 5 August 2021
Lionel Messi will not return to FC Barcelona, club cites 'financial and structural obstacles'
Argentine superstar Lionel Messi will not return to FC Barcelona despite initially agreeing to a new contract, the soccer club announced Thursday.
The Spanish giants cited "financial and structural obstacles" in the announcement.
"FC Barcelona wholeheartedly expresses its gratitude to the player for his contribution to the aggrandisement of the ...
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Tokyo Olympics’ lasting lesson: Sometimes it’s better to let go than push through
The mental health conversations shouldn't end once the cauldron is extinguished.
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Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones drummer set to miss U.S. tour after unexpected, 'successful' procedure
The Rolling Stones plan on performing on stage without longtime drummer Charlie Watts when the group resumes its "No Filter" tour in the U.S. next month, the legendary British rock band announced Thursday.
Mr. Watts, 80, a Stones member since 1963, said he is recovering from a medical procedure and ...
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Toughest Olympics? Decathletes and heptathletes say probably
TOKYO (AP) – Even for the athletes good enough and brave enough to take on the decathlon or the heptathlon at the Olympics, Tokyo was next-level hard.
Injuries took out world champions, world-record holders, gold-medal contenders and more.
By the end of the two days, which covered 10 events for ...
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Trump blames 'Leftist Maniacs' for women soccer team's Olympic bronze medal
Former President Donald Trump ripped into the U.S. Soccer Women’s National Team after they took home a bronze medal, blaming “Leftist Maniacs” for the team not winning gold at the Tokyo Olympics.
The comments, which came in a press release, are the latest shot at the team from the former ...
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U.S. men’s 4x100 relay bungles baton handoff, will miss final
Male sprinters and coaches face more questions after another failure.
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Rafael Nadal wins in D.C debut at Citi Open
In front of a packed stadium at Rock Creek Park, Rafael Nadal topped Jack Sock in three sets in his D.C. debut at the Citi Open on Wednesday night.
The match spanned just over three hours as Nadal, the world No. 3, won 6-2, 4-6, 7-6.
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Olympic women's soccer final rescheduled because of heat
TOKYO (AP) — Concerns from the Canada and Sweden soccer teams about Tokyo's fierce morning heat have resulted in the late rescheduling and relocation of the Olympic women's final.
Rather than kicking off at 11 a.m. local time Friday in Tokyo's Olympic Stadium, the gold-medal match will start at 9 ...
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U.S. women earn bronze medal with 4-3 win over Australia
KASHIMA, Japan (AP) — Megan Rapinoe and Carli Lloyd each scored a pair of goals and the United States won the bronze medal in women's soccer at the Tokyo Olympics with a 4-3 victory over Australia on Thursday.
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Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Washington bans headdresses, face paint at FedEx Field in new fan policies
ASHBURN — The Washington Football Team introduced a new set of guidelines Wednesday for fans attending games at FedEx Field this upcoming season — announcing face masks will be “recommended” for unvaccinated individuals, while banning fans from wearing American Indian-inspired headdresses and face paint.
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How Nastia Liukin helped viewers, and NBC, navigate Simone Biles’s absence
Liukin, a gold-medal-winning gymnast for Team USA in 2008, has been a fixture on NBC, discussing everything from the "twisties" — gymnastics' (much more dangerous) version of the yips — to Biles's status in the competition.
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France advances to semifinals with 67-64 win over Spain
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) – Gabby Williams and her French teammates were all smiles after beating rival Spain and advancing to the semifinals of the women's basketball tournament.
Marine Johannes scored 18 points and Williams hit key free throws late to help France edge Spain 67-64 on Wednesday night.
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Seward plans parade to honor hometown gold medalist swimmer
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Alaskan swimmer Lydia Jacoby, who won a gold medal in the Tokyo Olympic Games, will get a parade in her honor.
Festivities are planned Thursday in her hometown of Seward.
The 17-year-old and her parents will drive in a parade through Seward beginning at 6 p.m. ...
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Andre de Grasse of Canada bests trio of Americans in 200-meter sprint
Entering the men’s 200-meter final in Tokyo on Wednesday, much of the attention was focused on a trio of Americans.
There was Noah Lyles, who won the 2019 World Championships in the event. 22-year-old Kenneth Bednarek and 17-year-old Erriyon Knighton were attracting notice, too. But then came Canada’s Andre de ...
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Sebastian Korda's rapid rise: 'He going to be a great one'
A year ago, Sebastian Korda was ranked No. 220 in the world. After a breakout year, the 21-year-old tennis player is ranked in the top 50 for the first time in his career.
Korda, who won his second-round match against Vasek Pospisil at the Citi Open on Tuesday, is fresh ...
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Denis Kudla advances in Citi Open tennis tournament for second time in career
As his opponent walked off the tennis court, Denis Kudla walked to the middle of the playing surface and gave a fist pump to the crowd. The emotion came after he accomplished something that had eluded him: advancing in the Citi Open.
Kudla knocked off Feliciano Lopez in three sets ...
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Olympic women’s gymnastics once was mostly for teens. That’s changing.
The window between ages 14 and 18 was once seen as the best time to compete at the Olympics, but the average age of medal winners in Tokyo was 20.6, the highest since 1968.
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"Uuuh-aaah!" Sport climbing's Ondra screams his way to top
TOKYO (AP) — Weightlifters are among the most vocal athletes at the Olympics, letting out screams as they lock out at the top of a lift: “ahhhhhh!"
Tennis players have long been known to be grunters, usually with some form of “ha-uh!" or “ha-ooah!"
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Australia faces US in bid for 1st women's soccer medal
KASHIMA, Japan (AP) — Australia's women's soccer team has already made team history at the Tokyo Games.
Now the Matildas want more.
The Australians have reached the medal round for the first time ever at an Olympics. They'll face the United States in Kashima on Thursday for the bronze medal.
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As Japan racks up skateboard medals, the long-stigmatized sport gains a foothold
The country's skateboarding community hopes exposure and success will foster acceptance, but remains wary of a newcomers.
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Tuesday, 3 August 2021
Nationals roster turned over rapidly in two years since World Series
When the final strike whizzed past Michael Brantley, Daniel Hudson threw his glove in celebration. Yan Gomes soon pulled Hudson into a hug. And then the mob scene came, with Max Scherzer, Brian Dozier and others joining a mass of screaming, jumping bodies.
Those four players aren’t with the Washington ...
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Rage Against the Machine, Travis Scott to headline Coachella
Performers scheduled to headline the 2020 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival before it was canceled because of the novel coronavirus are being given top billing on the line-up once again.
Concert promoter and Coachella co-founder Paul Tollett discussed the future of the long-running California music festival in a rare ...
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World record may be broken in shot put on Day 12 of Olympics
TOKYO (AP) – The main action for Day 12 of the Tokyo Games is at Olympic Stadium with live track & field events anchoring Wednesday coverage.
The men’s 200-meters will be decided in morning action streamed on Peacock.
A world record could be set in primetime when defending Olympic champion ...
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Washington Football Team's vaccination rate continues to climb
ASHBURN, Va. — Washington coach Ron Rivera said he was pleased by the number of players who recently stepped forward to get the vaccine — and the percentages appear to back him up.
According to multiple reports, the Washington Football Team now has 84% of players with at least one ...
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Stephanie Barrett, Canadian Olympic archer, triggers clash over transgender transparency
New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard became Monday the first openly transgender women's Olympian to compete based on gender identity, but the key may be "openly."
Canadian archer Stephanie Barrett, who finished her events last week, finds herself at the center of a fracas over whether a transgender athlete's privacy rights ...
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Simone Biles won the Olympics by taking care of her mental health
"I just did this for me," she said, "and me only."
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Sam Shankland shines in defeat at World Cup chess knockout tourney
The Sam Shankland secret is starting to get out.
Long known as one of the best American players, the low-profile California GM is starting to make a name for himself across the pond as well. Shankland captured the Prague Masters tournament in June over a world-class field and just made ...
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U.S. committee defends Raven Saunders' 'respectful' podium protest at Olympics
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has come to the defense of shot putter Raven Saunders' "respectful" podium protest as the International Olympic Committee weighs whether to impose sanctions on the track-and-field star.
Saunders, who placed second in the shot put, crossed her arms above her head in an “X” ...
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Cornelius Lucas activated off COVID-19 reserve list; Deshazor Everett passes physical
ASHBURN — The Washington Football Team got a number of players back for Tuesday’s practice when tackle Cornelius Lucas was activated off the COVID-19 reserve list, safety Deshazor Everett (non-football illness) passed his physical, and defensive lineman Jonathan Allen returned after minor hamstring tightness.
The additions are much welcomed for ...
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Biles returns to competition with a bronze medal and a smile
TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles returned to the competition at the Tokyo Olympics in style, and will leave with another medal.
What color it is really isn't the point. That she delivered a tense, heart-pounding routine on the balance beam and nailed it with a smile meant everything.
Biles looked ...
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Simone Biles sticks landing on balance beam final, wins bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics
Gymnast Simone Biles won a bronze medal on the balance beam Tuesday, her first of the Tokyo Olympics.
The American gymnastics star finished behind gold medalist Guan Chenchen and silver medalist Tang Xijing both of China.
A week after taking herself out of several competitions to focus on her mental ...
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Monday, 2 August 2021
Biles set to return to competition for balance beam final
TOKYO (AP) – Simone Biles will at last return to Olympic competition Tuesday on Day 11 of the Tokyo Games.
The 2016 Olympic champion pulled out of competition a little over a week ago to focus on her mental health, but will return for the balance beam final in what ...
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Review: Stephen King's 'Billy Summers' stars a hitman writer
“Billy Summers,” by Stephen King (Scribner)
Among the many remarkable things about Stephen King is that he has yet to run out of ideas. Or put another way: He’s very good at finding new ways to explore themes that have interested him his entire career.
“Billy Summers” tells the story ...
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Laurel Hubbard, transgender weightlifter, fails to complete lifts in Olympic bid
New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard made history Monday by becoming the first openly transgender athlete to compete in the women’s Olympics based on gender identity, but her bid to win a medal fell flat.
Hubbard, 43, did not finish after failing to lift successfully in her three tries in the ...
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This U.S. women’s soccer core group has been one for the ages. It’s time to pass the baton.
Fully half of this team — nine of 18 — is in its 30s. Had there been any fans in the stands here — American fans — it would have been time for tribute videos on the scoreboards at either end of the stadium.
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Wilson leads US to quarters with 93-82 win over France
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) – The U.S. can do something no other women's basketball team can at the Tokyo Games: bring former WNBA MVPs Tina Charles and Sylvia Fowles off the bench.
The Americans' depth in the post continues to be the difference for the U.S.
“We know that’s the strength ...
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Canada upsets U.S. with 1-0 win in women's soccer
KASHIMA, Japan (AP) — Jessie Fleming scored on a penalty kick in the 74th minute and Canada earned a 1-0 semifinal victory over the United States in the Olympic women’s soccer competition on Monday.
Canada goes on to face the winner of the late semifinal in Yokohama between Sweden and ...
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Simone Biles plans to compete in balance beam final
The U.S. gymnast intends to compete one more time after missing several events to prioritize her mental health.
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In 9.80 seconds, a broad-shouldered, baldheaded Italian man born in Texas shocked the world
The first Olympic men's 100 meters without Usain Bolt since 2004 delivered a surprise winner from Italy who was born in America: Lamont Marcell Jacobs.
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In 9.80 seconds, a baldheaded Italian man born in Texas shocked the world
The first Olympic men's 100 meters without Usain Bolt since 2004 delivered a surprise winner from Italy who was born in America: Lamont Marcell Jacobs.
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Sunday, 1 August 2021
Washington adds Daron Payne to COVID-19 reserve list
Another day, another player sidelined because of the virus.
The Washington Football Team placed defensive tackle Daron Payne on the COVID-19 reserve list Sunday — its seventh player to be put in the league’s protocols. Payne’s addition to the list follows Saturday’s addition of guard Brandon Scherff ...
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'The Rafa effect': Citi Open hopes to inspire future generations of tennis players
Frances Tiafoe remembers attending the Citi Open as a child, admiring the professional players he saw on the tennis courts at Rock Creek Park.
The Hyattsville, Maryland, native watched tennis greats like Juan Martin del Potro and James Blake play on the grounds and he was motivated to ...
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Rapper DaBaby cut from Lollapalooza after homophobic remarks
CHICAGO — Rapper DaBaby was cut Sunday from Lollapalooza's closing lineup following crude and homophobic remarks he made last week at a Miami-area music festival.
The Grammy-nominated artist, whose name is Jonathan Kirk, had been scheduled as a closing act on the final night of the four-day music festival in ...
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Evander Kane denies he gambled on games after wife's claims
San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane denied claims made by his wife, Anna, that he has a gambling addiction and bet on his own games in a pair of statements posted to Twitter on Sunday.
Kane’s wife accused Kane of “throwing games to win money” in a series of posts ...
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MTV relaunch on 40th anniversary returns to 'Moon Person' image
MTV is marking its 40th anniversary with a relaunch of its iconic image of an astronaut on the moon, with an MTV flag planted nearby.
On Sunday, the video channel unveiled a large scale “Moon Person" during a ceremony at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The new ...
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American women take to track with 400 meter hurdles rivalry
TOKYO (AP) – One of the best rivalries on the track moves into the spotlight on Day 10 of the Tokyo Games and takes a step closer to a big finish when United States teammates Sydney McLaughlin and Dalilah Muhammad size each other up in the semifinals of the women's ...
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Ryan Murphy said swim meet was ‘probably not clean.’ Then the ‘not okay’ comments came.
The U.S. swimmer says he "never mentioned specific countries" when he suspected some Olympic swimmers were doping.
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Russia cites Olympics medal haul amid anti-doping scandals
"Scoreboard."
Russian sports officials, stung by charges of widespread performance drug abuse but thrilled by the country's mounting medal haul at the Tokyo Olympics, are employing the familiar American sports taunt against those who would question their athletes.
Stanislav Pozdnyakov, president of the Russian Olympic Committee, was not in ...
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Rojas sets world record to win Olympic women's triple jump
TOKYO (AP) – Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela set a world record with her final attempt Sunday to win the women’s triple jump gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
Rojas already had the gold medal assured when she took the last of her six attempts, finishing with a mark of 15.67 ...
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Olympic champion Sunisa Lee adds bronze on uneven bars
TOKYO (AP) – Sunisa Lee will have her carry-on stuffed with medals when she heads back to the United States.
The 18-year-old Olympic gymnastics champion from Minnesota added a bronze in the uneven bars finals on Sunday. Lee earned a silver in the team competition on Tuesday before grabbing gold ...
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