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FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008 file photo, United States' relay swimmer Klete Keller reacts after a men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay heat during the swimming competitions at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, File)
(AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, File)
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January 13, 2021 - 5:35 pm

Olympian Keller Charged With Taking Part in US Capitol Riot

Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Klete Keller was charged Wednesday with participating in a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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August 11, 2018 - 10:52 am

Team U.S.A. In Women's World Softball Championship Final

By JIM ARMSTRONG , AP Sports Writer MAKUHARI, Japan (AP) — Pitcher Rachel Garcia drove in the winning run in the eighth inning Saturday to lift the United States to a 4-3 win over Japan and into the final of the women's world softball championship. With a runner on third base, Garcia hit a line...
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June 14, 2018 - 6:10 pm

Gold Medalist Donovan Dies

By DOUG FEINBERG , AP Basketball Writer Anne Donovan, the Basketball Hall of Famer who won a national championship at Old Dominion, two Olympic gold medals as a player and another as a coach, died Wednesday of heart failure. She was 56. Donovan's family confirmed the death in a statement. "While it...
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May 23, 2018 - 2:23 pm

Olympic Abuse Hearing

By EDDIE PELLS , AP National Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers used an emotionally charged House subcommittee hearing to get answers about what they portrayed as the U.S. Olympic Committee's slow-moving, underfunded response to a steadily widening sex-abuse scandal in Olympic sports. CEO Shellie...
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