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Jovic, Dieng highlight international prospects in NBA draft
LONDON (AP) — Nikola Jovic of Serbia and Ousmane Dieng of France are among the top international prospects in Thursday night’s NBA draft. Both are 6-foot-10 and only recently turned 19 years old. They each [Read More…]
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Tokyo closes books on delayed Games; $13 billion price tag
TOKYO (AP) — The final price tag for last year’s COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics has been put at $13 billion (1.4 trillion Japanese yen). The Tokyo organizing committee announced the final cost before the body is [Read More…]
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DWU Cheer and Dance team signs two student-athletes for first-ever competitive team
Dakota Wesleyan head cheer and dance coach Anne Huber signed her first two student-athletes, Sarah Sebert and Olivia Huber, both of Mitchell, to National Letters of Intent (NLI) over the Thanksgiving break, officially kicking off [Read More…]
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Sunisa Lee takes gold in women’s gymnastics final
TOKYO (AP) — An American finished atop the podium in the women’s Olympic gymnastics all-around, just like always. Sunisa Lee became the fifth straight American woman to claim the Olympic title on Thursday, edging Rebeca [Read More…]
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‘OK not to be OK’: Mental health takes top role at Olympics
TOKYO (AP) — For decades, they were told to shake it off or toughen up — to set aside the doubt, or the demons, and focus on the task at hand: winning. Dominating. Getting it [Read More…]
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US star Simone Biles exits; ROC wins women’s gymnastics
TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles came to Tokyo as the star of the U.S. Olympic movement and perhaps the games themselves. It all came to a stunning halt in the women’s gymnastics final on Tuesday [Read More…]
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US women win 50th straight Olympic game, beat Nigeria 81-72
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — The U.S. women won, as usual. It just wasn’t in the dominant fashion that the Americans are accustomed to. The winning streak for the world’s top-ranked team is now 50 games [Read More…]
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Doing It For The A: Alaska’s first Olympic swimmer wins gold
TOKYO (AP) — When you’re a swimmer from Alaska, there are some misguided stereotypes that must be laughed off. Lydia Jacoby has surely heard them all before. “She practically swims in iced-over lakes,” teammate Gunnar [Read More…]
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Olympic champ Biles out of team finals
TOKYO (AP) — Reigning Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles is out of the team finals after apparently sustaining an injury during the vault. The 24-year-old U.S. star, considered to be the greatest gymnast of all [Read More…]
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Mitchell taps Ryker Kreutzfeldt as boys basketball head coach
Ryker Kreutzfeldt has been hired as the Head Boys Basketball Coach for the Mitchell School District. Coach Kreutzfeldt is a Mitchell High School and Dakota Wesleyan University graduate and has been a member of the [Read More…]