List of Sports articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 An $11,000 Charitable Donation Is Saving One U.S. Swimmer From Brazilian Prison
Jimmy Feigen is paying a Brazilian charity $11,000 to avoid facing charges for making up a robbery story to police.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Rio Gas Station May Be the Real Victim in U.S. Olympic Swimmer Scandal
Brazilian police say that Lochte fabricated the robbery story after he and other U.S. swimmers vandalized a gas station.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Was American Swimmer Ryan Lochte Really Robbed in Rio?
A Brazilian judge issued an order preventing Lochte and another U.S. swimmer from leaving the country.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Olympic Spirit Is Unbridled, Rabid Nationalism
The Games succeed because they indulge precisely what they claim to transcend – the world's basest instinct for tribalism.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Kenyan Sprint Coach Used Athlete’s Badge for Free Breakfast, Then Took Doping Test for Him.
This Kenyan coach borrowed his athlete's ID to get free breakfast, then took a doping test for him too.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Olympics Are Back and Tensions Between Russia and Ukraine Are Heating Up
Putin called Ukraine terrorists, while Poroshenko called the Russians "cynical and insane."
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 This Turkish NBA Star’s Family Cut Ties with Him Over His Support for Gulen
Enes Kanter's family has disowned him over the NBA player's support for Fethullah Gulen.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Russian State TV: By Using Cupping Therapy, Michael Phelps Basically Doped
Russian state television compared doping with performance enhancing drugs to using cupping treatments.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why China’s Internet Millions Suddenly Hate One Australian Swimmer
The Olympian called a Chinese competitor a ‘drug cheat.’ Online outrage promptly ensued.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Relaxed Uniform Regulations Let Egyptian Volleyball Players Compete Against Bikini-Clad Germans
Egypt sent their first-ever women's beach volleyball team to the Olympics this year, and they were allowed to compete fully clad.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 We Already Knew Rio Was a Mess, and Then These Terrible Things Happened
Brazil's Olympics have been off to a messy start, and it seems like they're only getting worse.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Russia’s Ministry of Doping Tells Us About Putin
Vitaly Mutko may be responsible for one of the worst scandals in Olympic history. Here’s why he still has his job — for now.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 North Korean Envoy to Olympics Was ‘Re-Educated’ on a Farm Last Year
The man overseeing the North Korean delegation was not in Kim Jong Un's good graces last year.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Everything Bad About the Rio Olympics Was Much Worse in Ancient Greece
Hygiene was a disaster, patriotism was out of control — and doping involved animal testicles and black magic.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Running Out of People to Purge, Erdogan Targets Turkish Soccer Referees
Ninety-four soccer officials, including referees, have been purged in the wake of a coup attempt in Turkey.
