RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — For those fans who don't have Olympic tickets, or are around downtown Rio de Janeiro and don't want to trudge out to the Olympic Park in suburban Rio, the NBA is providing an alternative.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — For those fans who don't have Olympic tickets, or are around downtown Rio de Janeiro and don't want to trudge out to the Olympic Park in suburban Rio, the NBA is providing an alternative.
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Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns has unanimously won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award, the league announced Monday.
The lawyer for the 18-year-old man accused of kicking a security guard in the head at a youth festival has told media outside court on Tuesday his client is sorry for his actions.
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The Philadelphia 76ers have teamed up with StubHub to become the first team among major sports leagues to sell a sponsorship patch on their jerseys.
One of Kate Middleton’s favorite designers, London-based Emilia Wickstead, has teamed up with MatchesFashion.com for her debut capsule collection. The budding designer has created chic floral patterned dresses for the Spring/Summer 2016 collection. The new collection is part of the e-retailer’s current series of Digital Trunk Shows.
Record-keepers are sharpening their quills to update their Sydney temperature data.
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Quarterback Zach Mettenberger was waived by the Tennessee Titans.
Minnesota is the first state to require that foster parents be taught strategies for helping kids with the disorders
Why has the state merged so many councils? And will the new councils be better than the old?
Washington to renew law underpinning penalties on country amid warnings over excessive use of policy
A bushfire is burning next to the Barton Highway near the ACT border, firefighters say.
The father of one of 16 boys sexually abused by actor Jeremy Kewley says he and other families are "gutted" the man who caused so much devastation will spend less than two years in jail.
Republicans call governor’s latest plan for road funding a tax increase.
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Thirty-three drivers are officially entered in the 100th Indianapolis 500.
Some 1,500 NATO servicemen will participate in the Very High Readiness exercises in Poland.
Many executives say leaving the EU will benefit economy and help democracy
One presidential candidate will offer a genuine jolt to its stalled economy, writes Anne Dias
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Marcos Stupenengo, a freelance correspondent working for TV Azteca, got an interview with Donald Trump — initially. He had no trouble when he asked to come to Trump Tower in New York on Monday to interview the bombastic presumptive Republican nominee.
But as he waited to conduct the interview, Stupenengo received a call, and began speaking in Spanish. That's when the Trump campaign informed him they had no interest in taking part in an interview with him, according to a source with knowledge of the incident. Читать дальше...
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Center Steven Adams converted an errant pass by teammate Russell Westbrook into two critical free throws with 1:01 to go Monday night.