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AP Source: Coach K returning to US men's team

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski directed his team on Sunday against Louisville.

Mike Krzyzewski had decided to remain coach of the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team.

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Richard Carrion declares IOC presidential bid

Richard Carrion of Puerto Rico entered the IOC presidential race Wednesday, promising to use his business experience to guide the Olympics through the world's troubled financial times and proposing to deploy IOC staff permanently in host cities to help organize the games.
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AP Interview: Rogge cites need for targeted tests

Olympic officials agree that more targeted, out-of-competition testing in high-profile sports is needed to catch the drug cheats who are escaping the net, IOC President Jacques Rogge said Wednesday.
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SAfrican court acquits brother of Oscar Pistorius

One Pistorius brother is free of charges - acquitted Tuesday of culpable homicide in the death of a woman in a road accident. The famous younger brother, Olympian double-amputee Oscar Pistorius, still must face his day in court for shooting and killing his girlfriend.
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Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics

The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business powerhouses.
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Law in Jim Thorpe dispute aims to prevent Native American plunder

It was a sweat lodge ceremony in Texas where Jim Thorpe reached out to his grandson through a medicine man.
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Who is building what in Sochi for 2014 Olympics

The cost of the 2014 Winter Games in the Russian city of Sochi now stands at $51 billion, making it the most expensive Olympics in history. More than half of the bill is being footed by Russian state-controlled companies and business tycoons. A look at what the major players are building in Sochi:
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Coach K return to US team no longer ruled out

Mike Krzyzewski is no longer ruling out a return as coach of the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team.
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Michael Phelps throws water on reports that he'll return to the Olympic pool

He's back . . . unless he's not.
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Commentary: With Raphael Martinetti gone, Olympic wrestling may be in the safe

Even as they were distracted by an Iranian team's hasty departure from the United States regarding supposed security concerns, wrestling's leaders got some good news a day before the international wrestling federation (FILA) has an extraordinary congress that needs to embody all senses of the word...
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Column: Restore wrestling, give others fair shot

Wrestling is heeding the harshest of wakeup calls.