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Chinese teen swimmer Ye Shiwen has fallen victim to accusations that her powerhouse accomplishment in the London Games is due to performance-enhancing drugs. Sixteen-year-old Ye crushed the world record in the 400 individual medley with...

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The Olympics never fail to provide scandal and the sport of badminton at the London Games are no exception. After eight players were disqualified after intentionally trying to lose, China’s Yu Yang posted a retirement...

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If you follow any MLB teams on Facebook, you might have noticed something was a bit amiss Thursday. The New York Yankees team page announced Derek Jeter would be out of the lineup for the...

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Penske Racing has released driver AJ Allmendinger from their team and NASCAR has indefinitely suspended him from competing in the 2012 Sprint Cup Series after he was found to have failed a drug test. On...

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The pride of women’s U.S. gymnastics, also known as the Fab Five, lived up to their moniker Tuesday as they won gold in the artistic gymnastics team competition. The quintet of teenagers (Needham’s Aly Raisman...

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Michael Phelps is 27 years old, has gone to four Olympic games and won 19 Olympic medals. Phelps swam in three Pan Pacific Championships and won 16 medals. He swam in six World Championships, winning...

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2012 MLB trade deadline

July 31, 2012

As the 2012 season trade deadline came and went this afternoon, we saw some notable deals finalized. 1) Red Sox/D-Backs: The Red Sox have added another lefty to their bullpen, acquiring Craig Breslow from the...

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It’s not unusual for an Olympic athlete to get a case of the butterflies. Nervousness can make the stomach flip and twitch. But when Olympic shooter Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi felt the kicks in her...

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Technology these days allows for instant streaming and viewing of just about anything from TV shows, to sports, to movies. Technology has answered viewers’ demands instantaneously, and now the expectation of viewers is that they...

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Tennessee Titans wide receiver O.J. Murdock died Monday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. Murdock was 25 years old. According to police, the wide receiver was found in his car in front of...

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