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USA Basketball slates camp for Olympic hopefuls in Las Vegas

The men’s national team will train at UNLV’s Mendenhall Center from July 27-31 and play an intrasquad game at the Thomas & Mack Center Aug. 1 as it prepares to participate in the FIBA World Cup basketball tournament in Spain at the end of August.

Olympic swimmers drop in on local kids’ practice

Three-time gold medalist Rebecca Soni and world-record holder Ariana Kukors “crashed” Las Vegas Swim Club practice Tuesday. The kids seemed to enjoy their visit.

Pistorius shot gun out of car and at cafe, friend testifies

A friend of Oscar Pistorius testified in the Olympian’s murder trial Tuesday that the athlete twice fired guns for which the double-amputee is charged with firearms violations.

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9 reasons Putin is glad the Olympics are over

It seems as if most of the news coming out of Sochi over the past two weeks has been the stuff that has probably given Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin a bit of a headache. Here are 9 reasons he’s probably glad to have the Games behind him.

Going for gold: Olympic ad winners and losers

The pressure to win during the 2014 Sochi Olympics is nearly as intense for marketers as it is for the athletes themselves.

 
9 reasons we found ourselves talking about the Olympics

Many of the most talked about parts of the Sochi Olympics had nothing to do with athletics. Here are 9 reasons we found ourselves talking about the Games this year that don’t involve the medal count.

Olympic mascots ranked from most- to least-horrifying

Most Olympic mascots are just not that good. So, rather than choose the worst of the worst, we decided to rank the mascots from worst to best.

U.S. loses hockey game, gains a citizen

After Canada defeated Team USA 1-0 in the men’s Olympic hockey semifinals today, most American hockey fans had only one question.

U.S. women lose, Canadian hockey fan drinks alone

He said his name was Adrian Ace, from Toronto, and he was dressed as a maple leaf. He was celebrating Canada’s thrilling come-from-behind victory over the U.S. women’s hockey team in the gold medal hockey game and he had a story to tell.

10 sports that should be added to the Winter Olympics

The Sochi Olympics are the biggest Winter Games in history, with 98 events in 15 disciplines. Somehow some of the best sports have still been left out, though. Here are 10 sports that we need to see added to the Winter Olympics.

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