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Fred Sirieix expressed his pride in his daughter competing at the Olympics. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage) Fred Sirieix has expressed is "so proud" over his daughter competing in the Tokyo Olympics. Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, who won BBC Young Sports Personality of the…
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In seemingly less time than Sha’Carri Richardson’s world-stopping, 100m triumph at the US trials, the matter of her Olympic-disqualifying suspension for a positive marijuana test has transformed routine sports talk fodder into a full-blown ethical debate for a divided nation. In her…
Nebraska will open up Fall Camp on Friday, as players report on Thursday. We start your Monday off with the Weekly Rundown column.
Jim Delany welcomed Nebraska into the Big Ten in June of 2010. (Associated Press)
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