LONDON (AP) — One final time, Usain Bolt peered down the last 50 meters of his lane and saw sprinter upon sprinter running footsteps ahead of him. One final time, the World’s Fastest Man furiously pumped the arms and legs on his gangly 6-foot-5 frame, desperately trying to reel in all those would-be winners as […]
Author Archives: Eddie Pells
AP National Writer
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Usain Bolt is Down to His Last, Blazing Curtain Call
Muhammad Ali stood alone on many fronts, but Joe Frazier, George Foreman and a few others still stood toe-to-toe with him in the ring. Jack Nicklaus contended with Arnold Palmer on the front end of his career and Tom Watson on the back end. Usain Bolt? Nobody has been a match for him, on or […]
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Tomlinson, Warner, Davis Part of 7-Man Hall of Fame Class
HOUSTON (AP) — The running backs were known simply by their initials: LT and TD. The quarterback served as ringmaster for “The Greatest Show on Turf.” FILE – In this Dec. 25, 2009, file photo, San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson (21) gets past Tennessee Titans defenders William Hayes (95) and Kyle Vanden Bosch […]
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Anchor Leg: Bolt Gets Gold No. 9 with Another Runaway Win
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Usain Bolt kneeled down and gave the track one final kiss, then flattened his hand, reached down and slapped the white number “3” painted at the starting line. Three Olympics, three races at each, three gold medals every time. Jamaica’s Usain Bolt celebrates winning the gold medal in the men’s […]
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Relay Rerun: Bobble Leads to Strange Day for US Women 4X100
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — All by themselves on the massive track, the four U.S. women took their positions in Lane 2. Tianna Bartoletta kneeled into the blocks and waited for the starter’s pistol. It sounded and away she went — alone — in a first-of-its-kind Olympic relay race against the clock. The Americans won […]
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Bolt Shines Bright, Wins Another Gold in Olympic 100
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Usain Bolt became the first person to win three straight Olympic 100-meter titles, blowing down the straightaway in 9.81 seconds for his seventh overall Olympic gold. Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, left, and United States’ Justin Gatlin compete in the men’s 100-meter final during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics […]
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Serena Williams Moves into U.S. Open Finals
NEW YORK (AP Updated 9/6/2013) — NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams was cruising along in the U.S. Open semifinals, serving up another bagel, when, out of nowhere, a competitive tennis match broke out. Didn’t last long. The defending champion won the first seven games of Friday’s match, then actually fell down a break early […]
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10 Things to Know for the NCAA Tournament
A look at the NCAA men’s tournament, the 68-team free-for-all that begins Tuesday and ends three weeks from now at the Final Four in Atlanta: 1. WHO’S NUMBER 1? Well, we won’t know who the NCAA champion is until the Final Four is over on April 8. But the four No. 1 seeds heading into […]
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Venus Wins First Match at US Open; Sister Serena up Next
NEW YORK (AP) — Venus Williams takes these tournaments one match at a time. Not a bad plan for a player who’s played only one match since Wimbledon. Williams returned to tennis on the big stage Monday, winning her first match at the U.S. Open after a two-month break she needed to fight off a […]