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FILE - Nigeria players walk off the court after their loss in the women's basketball preliminary round game against Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 2, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. FIBA-Nigeria, basketball's world governing body, confirmed Thursday, June 2, 2022, that Nigeria has withdrawn its team from the women's World Cup and warned of "potential disciplinary measures" against the country because of government interference. Nigeria's government announced last month that it was withdrawing all its basketball teams from international competitions for two years while it completely restructures the sport. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Udoka, Ujiri angry over Nigerian basketball dysfunction

By Tim Reynolds Jun. 05, 2022 07:48 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri and Boston Celtics coach

FILE - Germany's Georg Hackl waves to the crowd following his fourth and final run in the Men's Singles Luge at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games at Cesana Pariol, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006. Three-time Olympic champion Georg Hackl has left the German luge program to for a job with rival Austria, officially announcing Thursday, April 21, 2022, that he has agreed to a four-year contract that runs through the 2026 Olympics. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
A luge stunner: Hackl leaves Germany for Austrian team

By Tim Reynolds Apr. 21, 2022 09:56 AM EDT
Three-time Olympic champion Georg Hackl has left the German luge program for a job

USA Bobsled coach Mike Kohn resigns, citing family reasons

By Tim Reynolds Apr. 08, 2022 04:54 PM EDT
USA Bobsled coach Mike Kohn has stepped down after four seasons, though he may remain

Kripps joins Canadian sliders who demand culture change

By Tim Reynolds Mar. 22, 2022 04:45 PM EDT
Two-time Olympic bobsled medalist Justin Kripps added his voice Tuesday to the

Johannes Lochner, Florian Bauer, Christopher Weber and Christian Rasp, of Germany, celebrate winning the silver medal in the 4-man at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Friedrich gets 4th Olympic bobsled gold as Germans dominate

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 19, 2022 11:16 PM EST
BEIJING (AP) — Double gold in Pyeongchang, double gold in Beijing.

Elana Meyers Taylor and Sylvia Hoffman, of the United States, celebrate winning the bronze medal in the women's bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
More gold for Germany, more Olympic history by Meyers Taylor

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 19, 2022 09:44 AM EST
BEIJING (AP) — Laura Nolte and Mariama Jamanka added to Germany’s record haul of

Frank Delduca, Carlo Valdes, James Reed and Hakeem Abdul-Saboor, of the United States, start the 4-man heat 1 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Friedrich the leader midway through Olympic 4-man event

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 18, 2022 11:11 PM EST
BEIJING (AP) — Francesco Friedrich’s pursuit of the first Olympic bobsled double

Kaillie Humphries and Kaysha Love, of the United States, slide during the women's bobsleigh heat 1 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Germany leads in women's Olympic bobsled, USA in 3rd

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 18, 2022 09:26 AM EST
BEIJING (AP) — The Germans remain right at home on China’s Olympic sliding track.

Hunter Church of the United States and his team finish during a 4-man bobsleigh training heat at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
In 4-man, US Olympic bobsledder Hunter Church raring to go

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 17, 2022 09:29 PM EST
BEIJING (AP) — There was an unofficial men’s bobsled training session at the Beijing

Francesco Friedrich of Germanyat and his team start during a 4-man bobsled training heat the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Germany's Friedrich says Olympic bobsled track is worn out

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 17, 2022 02:30 AM EST
BEIJING (AP) — Olympic bobsled champion Francesco Friedrich may skip Friday’s final

Frank Delduca of the United States and his team drive their 4-man bobsled during a training heat at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Carlo Valdes set for final Olympic rides with USA Bobsled

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 17, 2022 01:25 AM EST
BEIJING (AP) — Carlo Valdes is already set up for life after bobsled. He owns a

Kaillie Humphries of the United States starts a run during a 2-woman bobsled training at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
For Love and Hoffman, the wait for Olympic bobsled race ends

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 16, 2022 11:13 PM EST
BEIJING (AP) — Depending on how you count, Kaysha Love and Sylvia Hoffman have waited

Elana Meyers Taylor, of the United States, celebrates winning the silver medal in the women's monobob at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
Bobsledding's Meyers Taylor may retire after Olympics

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 16, 2022 12:30 AM EST
BEIJING (AP) — She has raced on at least 15 different bobsled tracks in 11 countries.

FILE- U.S. Steven Holcomb, left, and Carlo Valdes stand on the podium after the last run in the two-man bobsled competition at the Bob and Skeleton World Championships in Winterberg, Germany, Sunday, March 1, 2015. Five years since Holcomb was found dead in his room at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, he is still felt within the program. “I definitely made my peace with him being gone a long time ago,” said Valdes, who used to push for Holcomb. “Now, it’s about how I can help people understand the type of person he was — especially the guys on the team now." (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
At Olympics, Holcomb still an inspiration for USA Bobsled

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 15, 2022 10:41 PM EST
BEIJING (AP) — By now, Steven Holcomb might have been part of the USA Bobsled

Rudy Rinaldi, of Monaco, looks down after the 2-man heat 4 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Monaco gets its best Olympic sport finish, 6th in bobsled

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 15, 2022 10:14 AM EST
BEIJING (AP) — Monaco just got its best finish ever in an Olympics.

Johannes Lochner, Florian Bauer, Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Christoph Hafer and Matthias Sommer, of Germany, celebrate their medal sweep in the 2-man at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Historic sweep for Germany, taking 3 medals in Olympic 2-man

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 15, 2022 09:56 AM EST
BEIJING (AP) — Eins, zwei, drei. In German, that means one, two, three.

Kaillie Humphries, of the United States, left, celebrates with teammate Elana Meyers Taylor, winning the gold medal in the women's monobob at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
After medals, Humphries, Meyers Taylor back on Olympic ice

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 15, 2022 04:14 AM EST
BEIJING (AP) — The Olympic routine for Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor has

Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis, of Germany, slide during the 2-man heat 1 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Germany holds 3 of top 4 spots at Olympic two-man midpoint

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 14, 2022 09:59 AM EST
BEIJING (AP) — There’s never been an instance of one nation sweeping the medals in an

Kaillie Humphries, of the United States, drives during the women's monobob heat 3 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
History for Humphries, who wins Olympic monobob gold for US

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 13, 2022 11:23 PM EST
BEIJING (AP) — Kaillie Humphries crossed the finish line, jumped from her sled and

Francesco Friedrich and Claudia Pechstein, of Germany, lead their team in during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Looking forward, Germany's Friedrich seeks more Olympic gold

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 13, 2022 12:31 AM EST
BEIJING (AP) — There are no rear-view mirrors on a bobsled, which is fitting when