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FILE = Sha'Carri Richardson, of the United States celebrates anchoring her team to gold ahead of Shericka Jackson, of Jamaica in the Women's 4x100-meters relay final during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. When all the other fastest runners and best jumpers and throwers of 2024 line up for the Olympic track and field meet, little of what they've done on the road to Paris will mean much. What will matter is how they respond to pressure when the spotlight is on.(AP Photo/Denes Erdos, File)

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Stars Richardson and Lyles among the track athletes looking for their first gold medals in Paris
By EDDIE PELLS - AP National Writer
Wed,07/10/24-11:09AM , 744 Reads
There are big races, and then there are the Olympics.
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Gabby Thomas celebrates after winning the women's 200-meter final during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials Saturday, June 29, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Sha'Carri Richardson finishes 4th, won't have spot in 200 meters at Olympics
By EDDIE PELLS - AP National Writer
Sat,06/29/24-7:40PM , 638 Reads
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sha'Carri Richardson got passed on the outside down the stretch and finished fourth in the 200-meter final at U.S. track trials Saturday, meaning she'll only have one chance for an individual Olympic gold medal next month in Paris.
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A living room of the Olympic village is pictured, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a move that undercuts organizers' plans to cut carbon emissions. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

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US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan
By EDDIE PELLS - AP National Writer
Fri,06/21/24-1:27PM , 102 Reads
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a move that undercuts organizers' plans to cut carbon emissions.
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Book Richardson, director of the New York Gauchos boy's basketball program, speaks with his players in the locker room at the Gaucho Gym, Monday, March 11, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)

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Black coaches were 'low-hanging fruit' in FBI college hoops case that wrecked careers, then fizzled
By EDDIE PELLS - AP National Writer
Tue,04/02/24-11:21AM , 171 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Book Richardson doesn’t sleep much past 5:30 a.m. anymore.

That was around the time seven years ago that FBI agents pounded on his door, barged in, handcuffed him and dragged him away while his 16-year-old son, E.J., looked on helplessly.
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