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| Arms churning high, face twisted in pain as he sprinted toward the finish line, Usain Bolt kept glancing at the clock. The win in the Olympic 200 meters was a given, his second gold medal of the Beijing Games assured. This was now about a world record. About racing against history. Showing just what he can do when he goes all out start to finish, Bolt forged the greatest race ever run Wednesday night... |
| The NCAA has penalized the University of New Mexico with three years of probation for academic fraud within the football program. The NCAA infractions committee on Wednesday also imposed scholarship reductions and limited the number of paid visits provided to prospective football players. The committee concluded that two former Lobo assistants improperly helped one player and three recruits in 2004... |
| Trailing in the deciding set against Serbia, the U.S. men's volleyball team took a time out so that coach Hugh McCutcheon could do some micromanaging. It was time to concentrate on the little things and not the possibility of losing. The U.S. men responded to their coach and rallied to beat Serbia in five sets Wednesday night. |
| White Sox slugger Ken Griffey Jr. hit career homer No. 609 against the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday, tying Sammy Sosa for fifth on the career list with a two-run shot against his former team. Griffey connected against knuckleballer R.A. Dickey in the second inning for his first homer since Chicago acquired him from Cincinnati on July 31. |
| Don't doubt this U.S. men's basketball team -- and sure don't challenge them, either. Especially if it's going to make Kobe Bryant flash his NBA MVP form. Bryant scored 25 points in his best game in Beijing, and the men's U.S. Olympic team advanced to the semifinals by beating Australia 116-85 on Wednesday night. |
