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Federal tax documents released Friday give a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the private committee that is bidding to bring the Summer Olympics back to Los Angeles. LA 2024 raised more than $32 million in donations — and spent about half of that — during the fiscal year stretching from August 2015 to the end of July 2016, according to the most-recent tax information available. The committee identified itself as a nonprofit…

For three months, James T. Hodgkinson lived out of a white cargo van in a gentrified neighborhood just miles from where U.S. laws are made. Fellow YMCA patrons saw him there most mornings working on his laptop. One bartender said he spent many evenings quietly sipping cans of Budweiser by himself. The Bernie Sanders supporter told his wife he had an interest in tax policy, and he sold his Harley…

Months removed from sports hernia and hip surgeries, Claude Giroux still didn’t feel like himself. The Philadelphia Flyers’ captain finally got back to normal by the end of the season, roughly nine months after going under the knife. “I thought it’d be quicker, to be honest,” Giroux said. “It’s harder than I thought it would’ve been.” Because of the unnatural motion of skating, hockey is among the most common sports…

GOLF ERIN, Wis. (AP) – The biggest surprise at this U.S. Open was not who was leading, but who was leaving. Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy and Jason Day – the top three players in the world, all of them professing expansive Erin Hills to be perfect for their games – cleaned out their lockers after missing the cut. Joining them with a weekend off – British Open champion Henrik Stenson,…

8.22am EDT08:22 In summary Mike Hytner So, that wasn’t half bad was it? The Super Netball season came to a climax, satisfyingly so, despite something of a boilover in the grand final that robbed the more optimistic neutrals of possible extra-time (maybe even two) and the kind of excitement to rival last year’s epic. There was the small matter of some tarten-clad foreign raiders ransacking the joint in Sydney with…

As Alexis Smith prepared to walk across the stage and collect her diploma at the Sports and Medical Sciences Academy’s commencement Friday night, a man clad in camouflage emerged from behind the curtain. Master Sgt. Phillip Smith of the Air National Guard, who had been planning this graduation surprise since before he left for southwest Asia in April, was given a boisterous standing ovation as he walked across the stage…

The UFC returns to Asia for early morning fights on Saturday with a star-studded fight card from Singapore, headlined by a women’s bantamweight tilt between Holly Holm and Bethe Correia. Holm has lost her last three but is out to prove she still one of the most dangerous fighters in their division. She’ll have a chance to do so against aggressive brawler Correia, who has a great opportunity to climb…

Federal tax documents released Friday give a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the private committee that is bidding to bring the Summer Olympics back to Los Angeles. LA 2024 raised more than $32 million in donations — and spent about half of that — during the fiscal year stretching from August 2015 to the end of July 2016, according to the most-recent tax information available. The committee identified itself as a nonprofit…

The Olympic rings and the golden arches are parting ways. McDonald’s has ended its contract with the Olympic Games. The fast-food giant has sponsored the games for 41 years and was set to do so until 2020. The company’s chief marketing officer said McDonald’s wanted to “focus on different priorities.” McDonald’s has been working to slim down recently. The company says it’s on track to cut costs by $500 million by the end of 2018. SEE…

5.59am EDT05:59 10 mins: Bulley with some strong defence to thwart Bassett this time and the Giants stay within four. And the lead is cut to three soon enough before the Lightning call a time-out, no doubt to regroup in a bid to stave off this resurgent spell from the Giants. Erin Delahunty (@della79) Jamie Lee Price might be the first player to be sent off in this new competition….

x Embed x Share CLOSE The official announcement that Comerica Park will host an International Champions Cup soccer match on July 19 in downtown Detroit, the first-ever soccer match at the ballpark. Video by Kevin Bull, DFP. Birmingham Marian players, coaches and supporters pose with the championship trophy following a 2-1 win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern in the Division 2 state championship game on June 16, 2017.(Photo: Keith…

5.17am EDT05:17 Super Netball: As the heart wrenching story of Kim Green, who will play no part tonight due to a cruel injury, plays out on the screen, here’s Erin, who seems to agree with Laura Geitz. I could do a period of extra-time, to be honest. Erin Delahunty (@della79) The head says Lightning by x2, heart says Giants by x1 in extra-time.The way they play for each other is…

GOLF ERIN, Wis. (AP) – The biggest surprise at this U.S. Open was not who was leading, but who was leaving. Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy and Jason Day – the top three players in the world, all of them professing expansive Erin Hills to be perfect for their games – cleaned out their lockers after missing the cut. Joining them with a weekend off – British Open champion Henrik Stenson,…

An intense love of cricket is shared by these nuclear-armed neighbors, as profoundly as their deep and mutual mistrust. The players from India and Pakistan will be cordial before and after the Champions Trophy final in London on Sunday — for that is customary in cricket’s conventions — but there’ll be tension for hundreds of millions of people tuning in across South Asia, where this rivalry transcends sport. Cricket, bequeathed…

As Alexis Smith prepared to walk across the stage and collect her diploma at the Sports and Medical Sciences Academy’s commencement Friday night, a man clad in camouflage emerged from behind the curtain. Master Sgt. Phillip Smith of the Air National Guard, who had been planning this graduation surprise since before he left for southwest Asia in April, was given a boisterous standing ovation as he walked across the stage…

Alex Avila was the best player available on the Detroit Tigers’ board when it was their turn to select a player in the fifth round of the 2008 amateur draft. His dad suggested the Tigers pick someone else. “I didn’t want people to think it was a favor,” Tigers general manager Al Avila recalled. “I thought he would have a better opportunity if someone else drafted him so he wouldn’t…

NEW YORK/BERLIN McDonald’s Corp (MCD.N) ended its 41-year-old sponsorship of the Olympic Games three years early, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday, reflecting the U.S. fast-food giant’s focus on its core business as well as rising Olympics sponsorship costs and declining TV ratings. McDonald’s deal would have run through the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, and bowing out will likely to save it hundreds of million of dollars if it…

Federal tax documents released Friday give a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the private committee that is bidding to bring the Summer Olympics back to Los Angeles. LA 2024 raised more than $32 million in donations — and spent about half of that — during the fiscal year stretching from August 2015 to the end of July 2016, according to the most-recent tax information available. The committee identified itself as a nonprofit…

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. –  The USA Hockey Friends of Women’s Hockey Fund, which was recently launched by The USA Hockey Foundation in an effort to raise $500,000 annually from corporate and individual donors to support the U.S. Women’s National Team program and the overall furtherance of girls’ and women’s ice hockey in America, is off to a terrific start. “We’re excited about this effort and it’s been great…