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The debate over whether medals have been prized over morals in Olympic sport has been escalated by the revelation that talented young women training with a view to sporting glory now allege they were sexually abused in pursuit of their dream. British Canoeing and the police are currently investigating the claims. These were sportswomen who put their trust in a coach who they claim took advantage of them in the…

9:13 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment OAKLAND, Calif. — LeBron James is thrilled that the International Olympic Committee has approved a plan to add 3-on-3 basketball, but you won’t be seeing him represent Team USA in Tokyo in 2020. “I think it’s great for basketball,” James said Sunday. “For us to be able to add another category to the Olympics, another basketball category, I think…

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9:13 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment OAKLAND, Calif. — LeBron James is thrilled that the International Olympic Committee has approved a plan to add 3-on-3 basketball, but you won’t be seeing him represent Team USA in Tokyo in 2020. “I think it’s great for basketball,” James said Sunday. “For us to be able to add another category to the Olympics, another basketball category, I think…

9:46 PM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment OAKLAND, Calif. — LeBron James is thrilled the International Olympic Committee has approved a plan to add 3-on-3 basketball but you won’t be seeing him represent Team USA in Tokyo in 2020. “I think it’s great for basketball,” James said Sunday. “For us to be able to add another category to the Olympics, another basketball category, I think it’s…

Mexico and the U.S. battled to a 1-1 draw Sunday in their quadrennial World Cup qualifier before a sell-out crowd at Estadio Azteca. And while it was a result that satisfied neither side, nor did it disappoint either team. For the U.S., the tie kept the team unbeaten in seven games under coach Bruce Arena and kept the Americans unbeaten in Mexico City since 2009. It also gave the U.S….

Ryan Blaney was stationed in victory lane with a headset on as a guest pit reporter just the day before at Pocono Raceway. But to get there again, on his own in the No. 21 Ford, he’d have to zip past a pair of hardened NASCAR champions with just 10 laps left. Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch may not be ready yet to officially pass the torch to the next…

The first question here is, “How will the U.S. line up?” The feeling here is that if the Americans run out in the same formation they used against Trinidad and Tobago three days earlier – a 4-4-2 with Christian Pulisic at the top of a midfield diamond – they will be destroyed by the Mexican attack. Does Coach Bruce Arena go with another version of the 4-4-2, inserting the more defensively…

What do you think a pair of game-worn Michael Jordan shoes would sell for? A couple thousand bucks? Maybe five figures if they were special?  How about $190,373? That’s what a pair of Jordan’s kicks from the 1984 Olympics sold for at auction, setting a new record for the highest price paid for game-worn shoes. Via ESPN: A pair of Michael Jordan’s shoes were sold at auction for the highest…

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x Embed x Share CLOSE Teenage American soccer phenom Christian Pulisic came through for Team USA again on Thursday. USA TODAY Sports The U.S. has not won a meaningful match at Estadio Azteca, coming as close as tying twice.(Photo: Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports) MEXICO CITY — Everything changes whenever the United States men’s soccer team prepares to visit Mexico, its fiercest rival, but nothing more so than the way the…

A Special Olympics Illinois athlete suffered a medical emergency while competing in the State Summer Games and passed away on Saturday, the organization announced. The athlete suffered a medical emergency during a swimming competition at the event, which took place in Normal. Lifeguards and EMT’s, who were already on scene in accordance with event protocols, immediately came to the athlete’s aid, according to a press release issued by Special Olympics…

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Mili Hernandez, front, second from left, and her teammates take a picture after cutting their hair short at Norris Middle School. The young girls cut their hair to support their short-haired teammate Mili Hernandez, who drew attention after her team was disqualified from a weekend soccer tournament. (Matt Dixon/The World-Herald) Mili Hernandez has short but poignant answers for the myriad questions she’s been receiving this week about her hair. Why…

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RELATED: Race results | Series standings | Detailed breakdown LONG POND, Pa. — With a dramatic last-lap pass — the first of the season in the NASCAR XFINITY Series — Brad Keselowski won Saturday’s Pocono Green 250 at Pocono Raceway, ending a 46-race drought for the No. 22 Team Penske Ford. Keselowski swept the stages in the 100-lap event but couldn’t get past leader Kyle Larson until he reached the Long Pond straightaway…

Dear Mexico, Landon Donovan would like to apologize. Although the greatest player in U.S. soccer history grew up in Southern California, where he learned Spanish by playing against Mexican American kids, he says he had little understanding of the importance Mexicans place on the U.S.-Mexico rivalry. So when, as an 18-year-old, he scored the goal that beat Mexico in his first international cap, he figured, how big can these games…

The RBC Canadian Open is, last time I checked, still a golf tournament, but it will have a twist of hockey when it is played at the end of July this year. That’s because the event will include a par-3 hole enclosed in hockey boards, bleachers and a Zamboni. The 7th at Glen Abbey Golf Club will be set up as a golf hole in a hockey arena, which is…

Timothy Peters found his Chevy upside down a lap away from finishing tonight’s NASCAR truck series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Despite rolling his vehicle, he walked away from the wreck. Christopher Bell ended up taking the checkered flag, though nobody saw it because it happened under caution and everyone was, obviously, looking at Peters’s destroyed truck. Advertisement [FS1]