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athletics

[ath-let-iks] / æθˈlɛt ɪks /


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Denzer Guzman hits a tiebreaking single with two outs in the seventh inning to help lift the Angels to a 5-2 win over the Athletics.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

The Angels have plenty of gaps entering Saturday’s matchup with the Athletics.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026

Badain is president of the Athletics, the Major League Baseball team building a new stadium on the Strip, scheduled to open in 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

A judge at the Old Bailey has fined UK Athletics £350,000 with £44,000 in costs after hearing how a paralympic athlete died when equipment fell on him at a training ground in east London.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

She drives over to the campus gym, and I follow her inside the building and down a hallway lined with plaques that list members of the Hempstead College Athletics Hall of Fame.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison




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