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London Olympics

South Africa's Caster Semenya, left, on her way to win the 800 meter race at an athletics meeting in Haldesleben, Germany, Sunday July 15, 2012. (AP Photo/dapd/Jens Schlueter)

Semenya to carry South Africa's flag at Olympics

Emoke Bebiak, Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Caster Semenya will carry South Africa's flag at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics...
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Kids learn how to swim at Michael Phelps Foundation

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MIAMI - When you think of Michael Phelps, you probably think of gold medal moments in the Olympics...
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Benches are seen outside the basketball arena during previews ahead of the London Olympic Games at Olympic Park on July 16, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

UK's largest black paper barred from Olympics

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - Black Britons have expressed outrage that Britain's longest severing and biggest black newspaper, The Voice, has been denied accreditation to the Olympic Stadium...
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Kobe may retire in 2 years

Jonathan Radford
theGRIO REPORT - In a rare sit-down interview with Yahoo! Sports’ Graham Bensinger, Kobe Bryant talks about his 16-year NBA Career...
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All 2012 Olympic medalists to be drug tested

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
theGRIO REPROT = London 2012 will be the most aggressive Olympic year in order to weed out drug users....
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Michael Jordan (Washington Wizards) #23 of the Eastern Conference All-Stars talks with Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers) #8 of the Western Conference All-Stars at the 2003 NBA All-Star Game on February 9, 2003 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Kobe on beef with Jordan: 'He knows I'm a bad mother f**ker'

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Kobe is not letting Jordan get the last word on the USA basketball team. Kobe responded to Jordan with, 'So what? He knows I'm a bad motherf**ker. I'm not really tripping',,,
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LeBron or Kobe's team in London?

Carrie Healey
Will Lebron step up as leader of the Team USA's 2012 Men's Basketball Team, or will Kobe's reign continue?
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Hurdles champion 'bothered' by lack of press

Carrie Healey
LOS ANGELES - Dawn Harper is returning to the London Games to defend her gold medal ('08, Beijing) in the 100-meter hurdles...
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Ex-Olympian: Slave 'genes' aid black runners

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Gold medalist and former world-class sprinter Michael Johnson has chimed in on why he thinks so many black athletes dominate track and field's sprint races...
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Ezekiel Kemboi of Kenya celebrates claiming gold in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase final during day six of the 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Daegu Stadium on September 1, 2011 in Daegu, South Korea. (Photo by Mark Dadswell/Getty Images)

Kenyan Olympic track champion charged for stabbing

Associated Press
ELDORET, Kenya (AP) - Police charged steeplechase world champion and former Olympic gold medalist Ezekiel Kemboi with assault on Thursday after a woman he drove home was stabbed in the chest...
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