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2021 U.S. Olympics

Condie overcomes back surgery to reach Olympic rings

by John Marshall • July 8, 2021 • 0 Comments
United States' Kyra Condie climbs during women's boulder qualification at the climbing World Cup on May 21, 2021, in Salt Lake City. Kyra Condie was told she needed back surgery to fix a severe curvature in her spine and would never be able to climb again. She did have surgery, after getting a second opinion, and has willed herself into becoming one of the world’s elite climbers despite having 10 vertebrae fused together. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kyra Condie lay on the operating table as doctors broke her back and put it back together. They worked through an incision running from her neck nearly the length of her back, removing, rotating, realigning…

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Sports Feature

Kikuyu rough figures to be a brutal test at Torrey Pines

by John Marshall • June 16, 2021 • 0 Comments
Justin Thomas chips onto the third green during a practice round of the U.S. Open Golf Championship, Wednesday, June 16, 2021, at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Take a bale of spinach, soak it in water, mix in some cabbage bits. Throw in some alfalfa stems and wispy wheat tops. Oh, and a catcher’s mitt. Now drop a golf ball down to the…

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Travel

Small island of Kauai dotted with spectacular golf courses

by John Marshall • June 5, 2019 • 0 Comments

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii has some of the most beautiful and memorable golf courses in the world. And the quiet island of Kauai may have the most picturesque courses on the islands — or anywhere else. From Poipu Bay…

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Idaho State’s Haley Harrison still fighting off the darkness

by John Marshall • May 24, 2019 • 0 Comments

The darkness rolls in like an invisible fog, draping over every thought, compounding until the internal agony becomes unbearable. Haley Harrison built a facade to mask its clutches, swallowing the mental torment to avoid any appearance of weakness. A senior…

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Travel

Culinary delights found along the Charlevoix Flavor Trail

by John Marshall • March 20, 2019 • 0 Comments

LA MALBAIE, Quebec (AP) — Danielle Ricard was walking through the woods not far from the shore of the St. Lawrence River when her husband, Jean-Pierre, kicked a patch of mushrooms. It led to an epiphany. Bankruptcies had hit the…

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Sports Feature

Special Olympics celebrates 50 years of inclusiveness

by John Marshall • July 20, 2018 • 0 Comments

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Bases loaded, a gold medal on the line. Manuel Velasco Jr. stands in the batter’s box sniffling, tears streaming down his face. Seconds earlier, the 19-year-old known as Junior was behind the dugout, his coach imploring…

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