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Mississippi State hires New Mexico State's Chris Jans as coach

Associated Press

Mississippi State announced the hire on its athletic department’s website but did not provide details.
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Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis star, denies sexual assault by government leader

Emily Feng

In a carefully-managed interview with a French magazine, Peng also said she was retiring from tennis and said her private life should not be brought up in politics or sport.

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A Beijing Olympic luge racer honors his cousin who died at the Vancouver Games

Brian Mann

Twelve years after Nodar Kumaritashvili died in a luge crash at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, his cousin Saba is racing in Beijing. "I wasn't afraid. I wanted to be in the Olympics to race."
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High winds derail men's downhill ski final at the Winter Olympics

Jaclyn Diaz

Referees postponed the men's downhill alpine ski event after officials decided high winds at the Yanqing course posed a safety risk. This comes after multiple days of practice cancellations.
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The U.S. wins its first medal at the Beijing Olympics in women's snowboarding

Jaclyn Diaz

American snowboarder Julia Marino took silver in the women's snowboard slopestyle final on Sunday, coming in second after New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski-Synnott.
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Speedskaters at the Winter Olympics are adapting to a new venue and its special ice

Jaclyn Diaz

Beijing repurposed some of the sites used in the 2008 Summer Games. The National Speed Skating Oval is the city's only new ice-sport venue built for the Winter Games.