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NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley Selling His Memorabilia To Build Affordable Housing In His Alabama Hometown

Charles Barkley knows what he really values from his remarkable NBA career NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley has had a remarkable career. He has plenty of trophies and memorabilia to show for it. Apparently, the memories are enough. Barkley is selling off some of his most valuable hardware. He’s raising money to build affordable housing in his hometown of Leeds, Alabama. He talked about it on WJOX, a radio station in Birmingham. The topic comes up around 2:10. Barkley

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US Olympic gold medalist Joe Jacobi has a new friend in Chloe Smith, the 6-year-old girl who found his stolen gold medall.
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Stolen Gold Medal Leads To Unlikely Friendship

The Olympic gold medal Joe Jacobi won at the Barcelona Olympics in kayaking has brought him a lot of joy since 1992. No wonder he was devastated when it was stolen from his car a few weeks ago. Little did Joe realize, that incident, that loss was about to bring him a wonderful gift and a friendship he never expected. Six-year-old Chloe Smith thinks the story is pretty special, too. Another fine story of friendship from CBS News’ Steve Hartman.

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US swimmer, Simone Manuel, makes history as the first African American woman to earn an individual gold medal in a swim event. She also has a perfect nickname. Swimone.
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Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Manuel Has The Best Nickname In Sports!

America fell in love with Olympic swimmer Simone Manuel Thursday night when she tied for the gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle. Her time of 52.70 tied her with 16-year-old Canadian Penny Oleksiak, the pair sharing a new Olympic record and both receiving a gold medal. That makes her the first African American woman to win a gold medal in an individual swimming event. She clearly was excited and overtaken with emotion as her accomplishment sunk in (no pun intended.)

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Gold medal swimmer, Lilly King, of the USA is winning gold and calling out drug cheats who she believes shouldn't be allowed to compete in The Olympics.
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American Gold Medal Swimmer Lilly King Calls Out Drug Cheats When Olympic Officials Won’t

American Gold Medal Swimmer Lilly King is proving to be a champion in more ways than just the shiny hardware she can now wear proudly around her neck. King has been outspoken on drug cheats being allowed to compete in the Olympics. USA Today’s Christine Brennan has been doing a wonderful job of covering the controversy. She reports this particular spat centers around King and her rival, Russia’s Yulia Efimova. The Russian the 2012 bronze medalist and world champion who

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Penn State's Darrell Hill will compete for the USA in shot put at the Rio Olympics. Thanks to an Uber passenger, his dad, Ellis Hill, will get to go and see him compete.
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Uber Passenger Makes It Possible For Driver To See His Son Compete In Rio

Turns out there is so much more to Uber than getting a ride. Many people remain skeptical of Uber, and while they all hope that they’ll never require the legal services of an Uber accident lawyer, it is quite amazing the great things that can come from an app like Uber that pits strangers together in a ridesharing scenario. One very grateful Uber driver is finding that out. The Washington Post reports driver Ellis Hill found that out as he

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Olympic-bound swimmer, Ammara PInto, is swimming through her grief, and representing her country of Malawi.
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How This Teenager From A Tiny African Nation Is Swimming Through Personal Pain

Swimming events at the upcoming Rio Olympics will no doubt be some of the most popular of the entire games. USA, Russia, Poland, Australia–they all have strong contenders heading into the games. But one of the best stories might be about a teenager from the small African nation of Malawi. Save your surfing over to a geography site. It’s also home to an incredibly inspiring teenager with an electric smile. Amy Montalvo of OnePass Productions has the story of Amarra

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