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Mike Gavin / NBC Los Angeles:
Allyson Felix Wins Final Gold with US Women's 4x400m Relay Team at Tokyo Olympics  —  The U.S. cruised to victory, giving Felix a record-breaking 11th Olympic medal  —  Some get a gold watch when retiring.  Allyson Felix got one final gold medal.  —  In what was the final race …
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James Best / NBC Chicago:
U.S. Men's 4x400m Relay Wins First Gold Medal at Tokyo Olympics  —  The U.S. men's 4x400m relay team earned the first men's track gold medal in track and field at the Tokyo Olympics.  —  The U.S. men's 4x400m relay team gave America one of the best feel-good stories of the Tokyo Olympics.
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Rick Hummel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals' Flaherty: 'I'm going to pitch in Pittsburgh'  —  Cardinals ace Jack Flaherty returned from his four-inning, 75-pitch outing at Class AA Springfield on Friday and, asked what he took away from it, said, “I feel healthy.”  —  Manager Mike Shildt, when asked if was possible or probable …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals notebook: Molina welcomes upcoming talks with Cardinals about 2022 contract, says extension ‘would be awesome’
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Joseph Michalitsianos / NBC Connecticut:
Team USA Women's Water Polo Beats ROC to Advance to Gold Medal Match  —  The nervy back-and-forth game stayed close until the U.S. took over at the end of the game  —  The U.S. women's water polo team rallied from a three-point deficit to trounce the Russian Olympic Committee in a 15-11 victory.
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Pat Graham / Associated Press:
Seidel earns marathon bronze, predicted medal in 4th grade  —  SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — Maybe the person most surprised by the bronze medal in the women's Olympic marathon was the bronze medalist herself, Molly Seidel.  —  Even if a medal was something she did set as a goal all the way back in fourth grade.
Joon Lee / ESPN:
Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees unveil throwback uniforms for ‘Field of Dreams’ game  —  They have built it, and they will come.  Now, they'll be dressed for the occasion.  —  Ahead of the “Field of Dreams” game in Iowa on Aug. 12, the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox unveiled their uniforms …
Bryan Murphy / NBC Boston:
USA's Gable Steveson Comes From Behind in Final Seconds to Win Wrestling Gold  —  Steveson won in dramatic fashion, securing a last-second takedown to defeat Geno Petriashvili 10-8  —  American wrestler Gable Steveson was seconds away from losing to Georgia's Geno Petriashvili.
Jonathan Abrams / New York Times:
Andre Iguodala Plans to End His Career With Golden State  —  Iguodala said he plans to return on a one-year deal after a detour to the Miami Heat.  “The opportunity to end it here was just something special,” he said.  —  Andre Iguodala found himself in recent months in discussions …
Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
Kiley McDaniel's midseason top 50 MLB prospects  —  There have been a lot of graduations since my preseason top 100 list, along with a number of recent trades, the draft and a number of notable prospects who have played regular-season games for the first time in two years.
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Mets bats quiet again in loss to Marlins, setting up huge series with Phillies  —  The pressure and the stakes will be at a boiling point this weekend.  —  The Mets will travel to Philadelphia to open a critical three-game series against a division rival having lost two consecutive series.
NBC Chicago:
Track and Field: Crouser and Kovacs Win Gold and Silver for Team USA in Shot Put  —  Holloway finished second in the shocking men's 110m hurdles  —  On Day 13 of the Tokyo Olympics, track and field was filled with excitement, between upsets and athletes advancing in search of making Olympic history.
Discussion: Yahoo! Sports>>MLB
Bryan Murphy / NBC4 Washington:
American Richard Torrez Jr. to Fight for Super Heavyweight Gold  —  The 22-year-old boxer defeated Kazakhstan's Kamshybek Kunkabayev in his semifinal bout  —  United States' men's super heavyweight boxer RIchard Torrez Jr. will fight for the gold medal after winning his semifinal bout.
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