Colorado Times: 08/03/14

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Air Force Academy investigating athletic programs

The Air Force Academy said Sunday it has launched an investigation of its athletic department and is demanding more accountability from coaches after the Colorado Springs Gazette reported allegations of lax oversight and athlete misconduct.

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Alabama's Kiffin enjoying behind-the-scenes work

Lane Kiffin's job description these days is much more about the playbook than the podium.

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Lake Erie's water woes began building a decade ago

The toxins that contaminated the drinking water supply of 400,000 people in northwest Ohio didn't just suddenly appear.

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Stanford-bound swimmer Katie Ledecky has more than Olympics on her mind

The most dominant distance swimmer of her generation serves meals to the homeless once a month. Maryland teenager Katie Ledecky also collects, assembles and repairs bicycles for developing countries instead of attending classes every other week during the school year.

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Trek Factory Racing calls up three trainees for Tour of Utah

Do you like this? Tweet Bissell Development Team riders Clement Chévrier and Ryan Eastman will ride as trainees for Trek Factory Racing this week at the Tour of Utah , which starts Monday in Cedar City. The team will also field Alex Kirsch from the Leopard Development team as a trainee in the race.

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Back pain knocks Woods out of Bridgestone

Tiger Woods was stricken with more back pain Sunday and withdrew after eight holes at the Bridgestone Invitational. He struggled to even take off his golf shoes before being driven away to an uncertain future.

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Air Force Academy investigating athletic programs

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The Air Force Academy said Sunday it has launched an investigation of its athletic department and is demanding more accountability from coaches after the Colorado Spring

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Health briefs: Tobacco Free Group starts in August

The Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association is forming a Tobacco Free Group for those who are interested in quitting tobacco for good. The group will meet in the private conference room at the VNA office in Steamboat Springs, 940 Central Park Drive, Suite 101, on Mondays from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 11 to Sept. 15. Call Suzy at 970-871-7627 to register for the group. There is no charge to ...

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Brothers who walked 40 miles throw 1st Tiger pitch

DETROIT (AP) - Two Michigan brothers who completed a 40-mile walk have teamed up again to throw out the first pitch at a Tigers game. Fourteen-year-old Hunter Gandee held his 7-year-old brother Braden in his arms on the mound at Comerica Park on Sunday afternoon as Braden tossed ...

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Israel withdraws most troops from Gaza

Israel withdrew most of its ground troops from the Gaza Strip on Sunday in an apparent winding down of the nearly monthlong operation against Hamas that has left more than 1,800 Palestinians and 60 Israelis dead.

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Alabama's Kiffin enjoying behind-the-scenes work

Lane Kiffin's job description these days is much more about the playbook than the podium.

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Cooper rejoins Dream in limited coaching role

Coach Michael Cooper is rejoining the Atlanta Dream in a limited role for Sunday's game against the New York Liberty, 10 days after he underwent surgery for tongue cancer.

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Braden Gandee, 7, held by his brother Hunter is seen after tossing out the ceremonial first pitch before an interleague baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Colorado Rockies, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, in Detroit.

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Brothers who walked 40 miles throw 1st Tiger pitch

Trek Factory Racing calls up two trainees for Tour of Utah

NFL sideline tech inches forward, still no video

NFL teams used to take Polaroid pictures of plays from atop the stadium during games then send them down to the field on a rope.

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Tigers scored in all eight offensive innings in 11-5 win against Rockies

First time it's happened in MLB since 2006.

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Air Force Academy investigating athletic programs over misconduct allegations

Spurrier sings praises of East Carolina at Big Ten’s expense

The SEC will soon require all members of the conference to schedule at least one school from another power conference the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 or Pac-12 – each season. The ACC has a similar requirement and the Big Ten is moving in that direction as well. For some schools in the SEC and…

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Air Force Academy investigating athletic programs

Texas opens camp with dismissals, suspensions

New Texas coach Charlie Strong opened his first Longhorns training camp with a tough message for his players: break the rules and there will be consequences.

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Cooper rejoins Dream in limited coaching role

Coach Michael Cooper is rejoining the Atlanta Dream in a limited role for Sunday's game against the New York Liberty, 10 days after he underwent surgery for tongue cancer.

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Colorado Fire Officials Warn About Teens Taking The ‘Fire Challenge’

It's called "the fire challenge" and Colorado fire officials are warning that the internet trend is extremely dangerous.

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Air Force Academy investigating athletic programs

Cell phone book club vision excites school librarian Njabulo Tazibona in Zimbabwe: How he can make it reality

While U.S. librarians mull over LibraryCity's proposal for cell phone book clubs , an African librarian already is gung ho about the possibilities if he can win over his stakeholders.

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Xinhua: China earthquake death toll rises to 367

China's official Xinhua News Agency says the death toll from a strong earthquake in southern Yunnan province has risen to 367.

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Back pain knocks Woods out of Bridgestone

Tiger Woods suffered more back pain Sunday and withdrew after eight holes at the Bridgestone Invitational, struggling to even take off his golf shoes before being driven away to an uncertain future.

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Air Force Academy investigating athletic programs

Air Force Academy investigates athletic programs amid allegations of misconduct, lax oversight

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Air Force Academy said Sunday it has launched an investigation of its athletic department and is demanding more accountability from coaches after the Colorado Springs Gazette reported allegations of lax oversight and athlete misconduct.

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Texas opens camp with dismissals, suspensions

New Texas coach Charlie Strong opened his first Longhorns training camp with a tough message for his players: break the rules and there will be consequences.

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Back pain knocks Woods out of Bridgestone

Strong quake kills 367 in southern China

A strong earthquake in southern China's Yunnan province toppled thousands of homes on Sunday, killing at least 367 people and injuring more than 1,800.

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Israel withdraws most troops from Gaza

NFL sideline tech inches forward, still no video

NEW YORK (AP) — NFL teams used to take Polaroid pictures of plays from atop the stadium during games then send them down to the field on a rope. Technology improved so that an automated camera could deliver the images to a printer on the sideline, creating that familiar sight of a quarterback staring at a sheet of paper to figure out what went wrong on an interception. The NFL signed a ...

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Runnells family impacted by water issues in Toledo

The wife and daughter of Tom Runnells, the Rockies' bench coach, spent Colorado's three-game series in Detroit with Tom. The timing worked out as their hometown of Toledo is in the midst of a water crisis that caused Ohio Governor John Kasich to declare a state of emergency.

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Rosario meets his childhood hero Pudge in Detroit

Perhaps nobody at Comerica Park was happier to see legendary catcher Ivan Rodriguez on Saturday than Colorado backstop Wilin Rosario.

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