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Breaking new ground: Break dancing debuts as sport at 2024 Paris Olympics
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Breaking new ground: Break dancing debuts as sport at 2024 Paris Olympics
Break dancing, also known as breaking, is set to make its debut at the 2024 Paris Olympics, marking a significant milestone for the sport and the Olympic movement.
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Calvin Davis, Olympian, Dorchester High grad, 51
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Calvin Davis, Olympian, Dorchester High grad, 51
Boston has paid its last respects to Calvin Davis, one of the finest athletes the state has produced, who left this world at the comparatively young age of 51. He leaves a legacy that brings pride and distinction to his family and friends.
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Above and beyond: The life of Phil Reavis Sr.
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Editorial
Above and beyond: The life of Phil Reavis Sr.
This week’s editorial is a personal one for me, because it’s the story of Philip Reavis Sr., who is more like an uncle than a family friend, and his son Philip Reavis Jr., who is my brother from another mother. To tell the story properly, I have to go back to the beginning.
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Biles was right to sit it out
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Editorial
Biles was right to sit it out
Be assured that Simone Biles is not ready for the psychiatrist’s couch. Twisties will come or go as called for in their own realm.
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Rafer Johnson, Olympic champion
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Rafer Johnson, Olympic champion
Rafer Johnson, the world decathlon champion who carried the Stars and Stripes at the opening of the 1960 Rome Olympics and became a lifelong Kennedy family friend and Special Olympics ambassador, died at age 86 on Dec. 2 at his home in Los Angeles.
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