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Brooke Forde overcame two COVID-19 scares, a mid-meet meltdown and a nerve-wracking Olympic Trials experience to qualify for the Tokyo Games.OMAHA — The Reticent Olympian was running toward me, face glowing, and that is a memory I will cherish until I have memories no more.

It is one of the the most familiar images of European Championship history.

IF THERE IS one obsession that binds Europe together it is football. The continent’s annual pan-European knockout club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and Europa League, have produced winners from far and wide.

Editor's note: From rising strikeout totals and unwritten rules debates to connecting with a new generation of fans and a looming labor battle, baseball is at a crossroads.

TOKYO — Thursday was another warmup day for the Olympics, a second day in the spotlight for softball, and a first for men’s soccer. On the diamond, the favored United States, 2-0 winners over Italy on Wednesday, won an even closer game, 1-0, over Canada to remain unbeaten.

Moments after the men charged into his apartment, Caperton Humphrey remembered the baseball bat in his bedroom. If they came at him — and Humphrey believed he saw the imprint of a pistol in one man’s jogging pants — he needed a plan to fight back.

The 20-year-old shortstop will make his debut for the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night and get a chance to show why he’s the sport’s no. 1 overall prospect Ordinal prospect rankings do baseball fans a disservice in a couple of ways.

Parting ways with Stan Van Gundy after just one season is not the biggest problem facing the New Orleans Pelicans.

No list of Olympic athletes could encompass all the stories of human achievement on display at the Summer Games. But if you’re looking for some names to root for (or against) in Tokyo, here are a few to start with.

Quick, who’s the most valuable player in your favorite sport? If you’re a football fan, odds are you thought of a quarterback and not a defensive lineman; in basketball, it’s probably a high-volume shooter, not a rim protector; in baseball, it’s often a slugger, rarely a pitcher.

Peter King is on vacation until July 26, and he lined up some guest writers to fill his Monday spot on Football Morning in America.

The Celtics coach is leaving the sideline to take over for Danny Ainge. Can the first-time executive help fix Boston in ways he couldn’t with X’s and O’s? There have been rumblings for months that Danny Ainge would leave the Celtics.

The greatest center fielder ever was there that magical and historic night at Tiger Stadium 50 years ago for the All-Star Game in Detroit. There was also the all-time leader in RBIs and total bases, the "Hit King" and "Mr. October.

Some 50 players confirmed their interest. But there was no room for Tebow, who didn’t get an invitation.

Peter King is on vacation until July 26, and he lined up some guest writers to fill his Monday spot on Football Morning in America. Today, it’s Michael Holley, a multimedia personality who has experience in daily newspapers, sports talk radio, books, and TV.