AP Spotlight 'Mommy Rocket' Fraser-Pryce about to blast off for the final time EDDIE PELLS Associated Press Sep 9, 2025 Sep 9, 2025 Updated Mar 15, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save TOKYO — It certainly wasn't Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's greatest race.kAmqFE :? 86EE:?8 E@ E96 4@C6 @7 H9@ D96 :D 2?5 9@H E@ 567:?6 E96 >@DE 564@C2E65 76>2=6 `__\>6E6C DAC:?E6C E@ 6G6C AFE @? DA:<6D[ E92E C246 62C=:6C E9:D J62C 282:?DE @E96C A2C6?ED 2E 96C D@?VD DA@CED 52J 2E D49@@= D2JD 2 =@E]k^AmkAmuC2D6C\!CJ46 362E 2== E9@D6 A2C6?ED :? 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MLB preview: Who can challenge two-time World Series champion Dodgers? Here's a look, division by division, at the Major League Baseball season that is set to begin later this week.
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Que Tucker to retire as NCHSAA Commissioner effective Oct. 1 CHAPEL HILL — After more than three decades of service to education-based athletics in North Carolina, Que Tucker has announced she will retir…
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South Rowan nips Central Cabarrus to claim Cannon Baller title The Central Cabarrus Vikings made the championship game in the F&M Bank Cannon Ballers Invitational High School Baseball tournament, thank…