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ATLANTA — Megan Rapinoe knelt during the national anthem prior to the United States women’s national team game on Sunday. This gesture of continued social protest leaves her at odds with the stated expectations of her coach and U.S. Soccer for the second time in four days. A U.S. Soccer spokesperson confirmed before Sunday’s game that no punishment was levied on Rapinoe as a result of kneeling against Thailand. But…

RIO DE JANEIRO –  Man’s best friends and their owners have embraced the Olympic spirit by taking part in Brazil’s first Dog Olympic Games. Dogs of all breeds, ages and sizes competed for medals in diving, jumping, swimming and running at Toto’s Park Club in the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca. A 9-month-old beagle named Mima took home the gold medal in aquatic jumping. Mima’s…

ATLANTA — Midfielder Megan Rapinoe again knelt during the national anthem before a U.S. women’s national team match against the Netherlands on Sunday night. CBSN Soccer star kneels during anthem in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe took a knee during the national anthem at one of her games, in support of quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s recent pr… Rapinoe has been kneeling in solidarity with San Francisco 49ers…

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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. – The next act in Tim Tebow’s professional sports career will officially begin Monday morning. The former quarterback is now in Port St. Lucie at the New York Mets’ minor league complex as part of the team’s instructional league for the next few weeks. There’s expected to be plenty of fanfare when Tebow takes the field with his new teammates. The anticipated attention to the Mets’…

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Dusty Baker debuted his Baker Family Wines last year, just about the time he returned to baseball, with the Nationals. (John Amis/AP) Baker’s two-acre California vineyard is managed by his friend Chik Brenneman. (Carole Martinson/Baker Family Wines) Dusty Baker missed the harvest at his vineyard this year. The Washington Nationals manager was in hot pursuit of a National League East Division championship when the syrah grapes ripened in his two-acre…

Jersey City Police Officer Frank Scarpa keeps a watchful eye on runners near the start of the Newport Half Marathon in Jersey City, N.J., Sept. 18, 2016.(Photo: Kevin R. Wexler, USA TODAY NETWORK) EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Alexa Fiumarelli, 21 of Woodland Park, said she was nervous about going to MetLife Stadium on Sunday. On Saturday night she was in Hoboken with her brother when she heard a loud boom coming…

The sixth time Keith Richards almost died, it was the strychnine that did it. It had been cut into his dope, in what William Burroughs called a “hot shot”. It left Richards paralysed but awake, being prodded by his worried friends. “I could listen to everyone,” Richards said, “and they were like, ‘He’s dead, he’s dead!’ Waving their fingers and pushing me about.” Of all the pills, powders, uppers and…

Man’s best friends and their owners have embraced the Olympic spirit by taking part in Brazil’s first Dog Olympic Games. Dogs of all breeds, ages and sizes competed for medals in diving, jumping, swimming and running at Toto’s Park Club in the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Barra da Tijuca. A 9-month-old beagle named Mima took home the gold medal in aquatic jumping. Mima’s owner, Aura Stella, said, “I didn’t…

The 2016 World Cup of Hockey begins on Saturday, and hockey fans around the world are approaching the event with enthusiasm, curiosity and considerable prayer that there’s no human cost for this exhibition tournament. What would make the World Cup of Hockey successful? We asked our panel of experts that very thing. What would make the World Cup successful in your estimation? Put the answers in the comments! Greg Wyshynski,…

Weather has played havoc with the NASCAR schedule this year, but it won’t be a factor in today’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 400 from Chicagoland Speedway. According to weather.com, there is a zero – zero! – percent chance of rain all day at the 1.5-mile track in Joliet, Ill. That means the opening race in the 2016 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup will go on as scheduled at 2:30…

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Dusty Baker debuted his Baker Family Wines last year, just about the time he returned to baseball, with the Nationals. (John Amis/AP) Baker’s two-acre California vineyard is managed by his friend Chik Brenneman. (Carole Martinson/Baker Family Wines) Dusty Baker missed the harvest at his vineyard this year. The Washington Nationals manager was in hot pursuit of a National League East Division championship when the syrah grapes ripened in his two-acre…

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BOSTON (AP) Xander Bogaerts homered, doubled twice and drove in three runs, and Mookie Betts hit a tying single before scoring the go-ahead run in Boston’s third straight win over New York. Hanley Ramirez also had three hits for the AL East-leading Red Sox (84-64), who improved to three games ahead of Toronto and Baltimore New York (77-70) wasted 3-0 and 5-2 leads and lost for the sixth time in…

Enlarge this image Fall sports season is kicking off — and we’ve got some good reads to go with it. Getty Images/Mint Images RF hide caption toggle caption Getty Images/Mint Images RF Fall sports season is kicking off — and we’ve got some good reads to go with it. Getty Images/Mint Images RF Election year or not, nothing says fall like football and basketball — and while politics may dominate…