Olympics-Boxing-Men's bantamweight quarterfinal results (Reuters) Aug 16 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing men's bantamweight quarterfinal results in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday. Shakur Stevenson (U.S.) beat Erdenebat Tsendbaatar (Mongolia) 3-0 Vladimir Nikitin (Russia) beat Michael Conlan (Ireland) 3-0 … [Read more...]
Price '100 percent'; Giroux's production; NHL arena facts (Puck Headlines)
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Carmelo Anthony visits Rio's favelas during Team USA off day
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Noah Syndergaard is just fine despite recent slump
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Stewart Mandel's 2016 Big Ten predictions – FOXSports.com
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Watch: Man solves a Rubik's Cube faster than Usain Bolt runs the 100
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USF misspells research in pitch to the Big 12 as a research university
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Burnley splash out record fee for Belgian star Steven Defour
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U.S. draws Argentina in men's hoops quarters
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Olympics-Boxing-Men’s light heavyweight semifinal results (Reuters)
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