Virus threat to Olympics casts shadow over marathon trials

30 minutes ago | Saint Louis Today

ATLANTA - The nation's top distance runners carry a new concern into the U.S. Olympic Team Marathon Trials.
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Discovery says it can thrive even if coronavirus fears cancel Tokyo Summer Olympics

3 hours ago | New York Post | 2 articles

A cancellation of the Olympics due to coronavirus fears won't hurt Discovery, the media company behind Food Network, TLC and OWN, it said on Thursday after posting...
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US women's pursuit takes gold at track cycling championships

3 hours ago | Saint Louis Today

BERLIN - Once again, the Americans will head to the Olympics as the gold-medal favorite in the women's team pursuit.
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Media giant Discovery insured against Olympic disruption

3 hours ago | Saint Louis Today

Baseball and basketball played before empty stands. Soccer leagues delayed matches. Clubs left out of Asian competitions or matches were forced to relocate.
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Soccer-Former U.S. Olympic marketing chief named NWSL Commissioner

5 hours ago | National Post | 2 articles

The National Women's Soccer League announced on Thursday that former U.S. Olympic marketing chief Lisa Baird has been named commissioner of the nine-team U.S.-based league.
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Canada pumps nearly 900 billion litres of raw sewage into waterways since 2013

5 hours ago | National Post

OTTAWA - Canada's old-fashioned city sewer systems dumped nearly 900 billion litres of raw sewage into this country's waterways over five years, enough to fill up an...
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US Olympic marketing chief Lisa Baird is NWSL commissioner

6 hours ago | Saint Louis Today | 2 articles

The marketing executive who branded the U.S. Olympic squad “Team USA” will now try to turn American women's soccer players into household names more than once every four years.
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'Prioritizing fairness': World Rugby set to announce 'rugby-specific' transgender rules different to IOC policy

6 hours ago | RT

World Rugby, the governing body of rugby union, is set to introduce "rugby-specific" rules for transgender players which are set to run against the policies previously...
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IOC Must Consider Postponing Or Canceling Tokyo Olympics Due To Coronavirus

6 hours ago | Forbes | 2 articles

IOC President Thomas Bach said Thursday he's "fully committed" to hosting the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, even though the coronavirus continues to wreck havoc internationally.
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Coronavirus outbreak threatens cancellation of Tokyo Olympics, organizers keeping a close eye

7 hours ago | National Post

Organizers of the world's biggest sporting events are counting the cost of the coronavirus outbreak, which is threatening the cancellation of this summer's Olympic Games in...
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Congress approves making lynching a federal hate crime, bill heads to...

The bill comes 120 years after Congress first considered anti-lynching legislation and after dozens of similar efforts were defeated. Read more ...

Obama sends cease-and-desist letter to Republican super PAC over Biden ad

The ad was made by The Committee to Defend the President, a super PAC that works to help President Donald Trump and hurt his Democratic rivals. Read more ...

Actor Steven Seagal charged with failing to disclose payments

The SEC accused the actor of failing to disclose he was promised $250,000 in cash and $750,000 worth of cryptocurrency. Read more ...

Panera Bread launches monthly coffee subscription program that offers...

The unlimited coffee subscription costs just $8.99 a month. Read more ...

Ex-Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh sentenced in book scheme

The veteran politician will serve time in federal prison for using fraudulent book sales to funnel illegal donations to her campaign and evade taxes. Read more ...

Video: Police chief identifies Miller brewery shooting victims

Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales identified the five victims killed Wednesday at Molson Coors. Read more ...

WWE crushes The Fiend at Super ShowDown with Bill Goldberg decision

WWE sure knows how to spoil a good thing. “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt was one of the hottest characters in wrestling, a seemingly unstoppable, otherworldly force. So instead of... Read more ...

Facebook cancels F8 developers conference over coronavirus fears

Facebook says it is canceling F8, its annual conference for developers, as spread of the new coronavirus around the world is hitting companies hard, spurring them to suspend... Read more ...

NBA fines Timberwolves for violating player resting policy

NEW YORK - The NBA fined the Minnesota Timberwolves $25,000 on Thursday for violating the player resting policy with point guard D'Angelo Russell. Read more ...

NHL player who suffered cardiac episode gives first public comments since he...

"It happened in the absolute best place that it could happen because of all the protocols they have in place and how people responded so quickly," St. Louis Blues defenseman... Read more ...