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Sports News - UCLA basketball coach Mick Cronin ejects own player vs. Michigan State - Feb. 18 (UPI) -- UCLA basketball coach Mick Cronin sent one of his own players to the locker room, ejecting Steven Jamerson II during a loss to Michigan State.

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Sports News -- Heavy snow postpones Winter Olympics snowboard, ski competitions -- Snowfall triggered a postponement of activities Tuesday at the 2026 Winter Olympics, including snowboarding and skiing events in Livigno, Italy.

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Sports News -- Heise, brother of U.S. hockey Olympian, helps Iowa State beat Houston -- Nate Heise, the brother of U.S. women's hockey star Taylor Heise, helped Iowa State top Houston just hours after his sister scored in the Olympics.

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Sports News -- Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor wins gold, ties U.S. Olympic record -- Elana Meyers Taylor edged Laura Nolte by four-hundredths of a second in Monday's women's monobob, earning an elusive maiden Olympic gold medal.

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Sports News -- USA crushes Sweden to reach women's hockey gold medal game -- Team USA started slow, but attacked in the second period, obliterating Sweden to reach the 2026 Winter Olympics gold medal match Monday in Milan.

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NFL -- Miami Dolphins release All-Pro wide receiver Tyreek Hill -- The Miami Dolphins released All-Pro wide receiver Tyreek Hill, a league source told UPI on Monday. Hill spent four seasons with the Dolphins.

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Sports News -- Forever Young captures Saudi Cup in weekend horse racing -- Forever Young won the Saudi Cup for the second time while a Bob Baffert-trained horse finished second for the fourth time in weekend horse racing.

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Sports News -- Winner Tyler Reddick 'leans on instinct' in chaotic Daytona 500 finish -- Tyler Reddick said he leaned on instinct amid chaos on the final lap of the 2026 Dayton 500, avoiding crashes for his first win in eight tries.

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Sports News -- Dutch speed skater Femke Kok sets Olympic 500-meter record to win gold -- Dutch skater Femke Kok set an Olympic record in the women's 500 meters on Sunday and won the Netherlands' first gold medal in the distance in the process.

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Sports News -- Norway's Johannes Klaebo wins men's relay gold for record 9th medal -- Norway won the men's 4x7.5km cross-country relay in Italy on Sunday, netting Johannes Klaebo a winter Olympic record ninth medal.

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Sports News -- U.S. men rout Germany 5-1, reach the Olympic quarterfinals -- The American men, led by Captain Auston Matthews and his three-point performance, beat Germany 5-1 on Sunday, advancing to the quarterfinal round of Olympic play in Milan.

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Sports News -- Coyne Schofield, U.S. women crush Italy to reach Olympic hockey semis -- Kendall Coyne Schofield scored twice to lead Team USA to a 6-0 shutout of Italy on Friday in a 2026 Winter Olympics hockey quarterfinal.

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Sports News -- Ilia Malinin: Overconfidence led to missed figure skating podium -- American figure skater Ilia Malinin said overconfidence led to a poor performance and missed podium for the men's singles favorite Friday in Milan.

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NFL -- NFL wins grievance vs. union, prohibits public team report cards -- The NFL won a grievance regarding the NFLPA's annual report cards, prohibiting their release from the players' union, the league confirmed Friday.

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Sports News -- Canadian medalist McMorris cleared for Olympics snowboard slopestyle -- Olympic snowboarder Mark McMorris, who the missed big air competition due to a concussion, was cleared for slopestyle festivities, Canada said Friday.

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NFL great Mike Singletary wants consistent dominance from 2026 Bears

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Italy denies USA of Olympic gold in men's speed skating team event

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Japanese teenager Ami Nakai scores big in women's figure skating opener

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MLBPA executive director Tony Clark expected to resign

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Ronda Rousey to return to UFC for Netflix bout against Gina Carano

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Winter Olympics: Team USA's Chloe Kim wins silver in snowboard halfpipe

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