OLYMPICS With Simone Biles out, ROC wins women’s team gymnastics TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles says she will regroup Wednesday before deciding whether to defend her Olympic title in the all-around gymnastics final on Thursday. Biles withdrew from Tuesday’s team final, after deciding following a shaky vault that she wasn’t in the right headspace to compete. Biles said later that…
OLYMPICS With Simone Biles out, ROC wins women’s team gymnastics TOKYO (AP) — The Russian Olympic Committee has won the gold medal in women’s gymnastics after U.S. star Simone Biles had to drop out with a medical issue. The ROC posted a team score of 169.528, ahead of the U.S. in second place at 166.096. The gold came a day…
TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic: MEDAL ALERT The German dressage team won its ninth gold medal in the past 10 Olympics by beating the United States and Britain for the second straight time. Isabell Werth earned her seventh gold and…
OLYMPICS Russian team wins gold after Biles leaves with medical issue TOKYO (AP) — The Russian Olympic Committee has won the gold medal in women’s gymnastics after U.S. star Simone Biles exited with a medical issue. The Russian athletes posted a team score of 169.528, ahead of the U.S. in second place at 166.096. The gold is the first for…
OLYMPICS Biles out of competition with apparent injury TOKYO (AP) — Reigning Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles is out of the team finals after apparently sustaining an injury during a vault. The 24-year-old U.S. star huddled with a trainer after landing her vault. She then left the competition floor with the team doctor. Biles returned several minutes later with her…
OLYMPICS Alaskan swimmer wins gold TOKYO (AP) — US swimmer Lydia Jacoby had already made Olympic history by becoming the first Alaskan ever to make the US swim team. She’s now a gold medalist, winning the women’s 100 meter breaststroke at the Tokyo Games. The 17-year-old high schooler knocked off teammate and defending Olympic champion Lilly King, who finished third….
OLYMPICS Alaskan swimmer wins gold TOKYO (AP) — US swimmer Lydia Jacoby had already made Olympic history by becoming the first Alaskan ever to make the US swim team. She’s now a gold medalist, winning the women’s 100 meter breaststroke at the Tokyo Games. The 17-year-old high schooler knocked off teammate and defending Olympic champion Lilly King, who finished third….
OLYMPICS Alaskan swimmer wins gold TOKYO (AP) — US swimmer Lydia Jacoby had already made Olympic history by becoming the first Alaskan ever to make the US swim team. She’s now a gold medalist, winning the women’s 100 meter breaststroke at the Tokyo Games. The 17-year-old high schooler knocked off teammate and defending Olympic champion Lilly King, who finished third….
OLYMPICS Alaskan swimmer wins gold TOKYO (AP) — US swimmer Lydia Jacoby had already made Olympic history by becoming the first Alaskan ever to make the US swim team. She’s now a gold medalist, winning the women’s 100 meter breaststroke at the Tokyo Games. The 17-year-old high schooler knocked off teammate and defending Olympic champion Lilly King, who finished third….
COLLEGE FOOTBALL-BIG 12/SEC Texas, Oklahoma ready to bolt Big 12 UNDATED (AP) — The Big 12 Conference will be losing Texas and Oklahoma. The question now is when. The Longhorns and Sooners have taken the first formal step toward moving to the Southeastern Conference by notifying the Big 12 they would not be renewing an agreement that binds the league’s…
