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It's up to hockey players to decide if they want to use the brightly colored tape, the NHL now says. The move comes days after an Arizona Coyotes player flouted the league's controversial ban.
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Five sports were added to the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Flag football and squash will make their Olympics debut.
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The self-coached 23-year-old runner from Kenya beat two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge's previous world record by 34 seconds at the Chicago Marathon.
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His role in the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry of the early 2000s turned Wakefield into a fan favorite whose impact went far beyond his numbers.
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Simone Biles, 26, is now the only U.S. woman ever chosen for six World Championships. The star gymnast is heading back to Antwerp, where she competed in her first Worlds in 2013.
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Michigan State suspended football coach Mel Tucker without pay after allegations in a report that he sexually harassed activist and rape survivor Brenda Tracy during a phone call last year.
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Gauff surged to her first major championship by coming back to defeat Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the U.S. Open final on Saturday, delighting a raucous crowd that was loud from start to finish.
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Sheffield Park might once again have a full basketball court where kids, teens and adults can shoot hoops after the previous court was converted into pickleball courts, angering some neighbors.
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Spain's soccer federation named Montse Tomé as head coach of the women's national team, the first woman in the role. She was assistant coach to Jorge Vilda, who was dismissed on Tuesday.
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The final race of the NASCAR Cup Series takes place on Saturday in Daytona — Florida's hottest month of the year. For the pit crews and the trainers who support them, preparation boils down to steamy afternoons at practice facilities just north of Charlotte.