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Gable Steveson won't defend his Olympic gold medal in wrestling
Former Gophers and Apple Valley wrestling standout Gable Steveson qualified for this weekend's U.S. Olympic trials but did not enter the event.
Former Apple Valley standout Mark Hall retires from wrestling after Olympic trial defeat
Mark Hall won six Minnesota high school wrestling titles at Apple Valley before going on to a standout college career at Penn State, where he also wrestled competitively for the final time.
Olympic wrestling trials: How to watch, what to know, Minnesota ties
The meet to determine which wrestlers will represent the United States at the Paris Olympics will go on Friday and Saturday at Penn State.
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Al Shaver, voice of the North Stars, dies at 96
U football continues strong activity in transfer portal with QB addition
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Reusse: There's no doubt Finch is the right coach for the Wolves
Chris Finch is a finalist for NBA Coach of the Year, but he brings more to the table than just victories, including lessons learned in faraway places.
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Minnesota state senator's burglary arrest puts private family drama in the election year spotlight
Public waits to learn more after state Sen. Nicole Mitchell was arrested in a relative's home.
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Arizona House advances a repeal of the state's near-total abortion ban to the Senate
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Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
About 1 in 4 US adults 50 and older who aren't yet retired expect to never retire, AARP study finds
Columbia University cites progress with Gaza war protesters after encampment arrests
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Rush hour chaos in London as 5 military horses run amok after getting spooked during exercise
Teenage girl arrested after a student and 2 teachers were stabbed at a school in Wales
Ex-leader of Northern Ireland's biggest unionist party faces sex offense charges dating to 1985
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Olympian Kristi Yamaguchi is 'tickled pink' to inspire a Barbie doll
Like many little girls, a young Kristi Yamaguchi loved playing with Barbie. With a schedule packed with ice skating practices, her Barbie dolls became her ''best friends.''
Paris main airport unveils new baggage handling system ahead of the 2024 Olympics
Officials at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport on Tuesday unveiled a new security baggage system and a dedicated baggage handling area ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Paris mayor is confident that water quality will allow Olympic swimming in the River Seine
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said she was confident water quality in the River Seine will be up to Olympic standards this summer — and that she'll be able to prove it by swimming there, possibly alongside President Emmanuel Macron.
Police clear out a migrant camp in central Paris. Activists say it's a pre-Olympics sweep
French police evicted migrants from a makeshift camp in Paris a few steps away from the River Seine on Tuesday, the latest operation in what aid groups call a campaign of ''social cleansing'' ahead of the Summer Olympics.
WADA stands by decision to clear Chinese swimmers for Tokyo Olympics, citing contaminated samples
The World Anti-Doping Agency said after reviewing various media reports that it stands by its decision to clear 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned heart medication before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Fencing mom Arianna Errigo and high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi named Italy's Olympic flagbearers
A fencing mother of twins and a high-jumping symbol of Italy's success at the Tokyo Olympics will be the country's flagbearers at the Paris Games opening ceremony.
Caitlin Clark's early play in WNBA will be her tryout for a roster spot on US Olympic women's team
Caitlin Clark's early play in WNBA will serve as her tryout for a spot on the U.S. Olympic women's basketball team.
Chinese doping case sparks unusually harsh spat between global and US drug-fighting agencies
Revelations of positive doping tests for nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers that went unpunished sparked an intense flurry of accusations and legal threats between the World Anti-Doping Agency and the head of the U.S. drug-fighting organization, who has long been one of WADA's fiercest critics.
WADA confirms it cleared Chinese swimmers to compete at Tokyo Games citing contaminated samples
The world's top anti-doping regulator says 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for a banned heart medication because it agreed with Chinese authorities and ruled that their samples had been contaminated.
Olympic torch makes Acropolis overnight stop a week before handover to Paris organizers
The flame that will burn at the Olympics is spending the night at the ancient Acropolis in Athens, a week before its handover to Paris 2024 organizers.