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Sports on TV for Wednesday, Aug. 14 08/13/2024 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, Aug. 14 GOLF 6 p.m. GOLF — USGA: U.S. Amateur, Round of 64, Hazeltine National Golf Club and Chaska Town Course, Chaska, Minn. HORSE RACING 1 p.m. FS2 — NYRA: Saratoga Live LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 p.m. ESPN — Little Le Why seeding for the expanded College Football Playoff isn't as simple as counting from 1 to 12 08/13/2024 09:10am • The College Football Playoff expands from four to 12 teams this season, a massive change that will profoundly impact the sport and how success is defined. The system is also kind of quirky. The second-best team in the country by the selection committee's rankings could conceivably be the fifth seed. Dutch beach volleyball player convicted of rape says he considered quitting the Olympics 08/13/2024 09:05am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, who was convicted of raping a 12-year-old British girl in 2016, said Tuesday that he considered quitting the Paris Olympics amid the controversy surrounding his participation. Van de Velde and his partner Matthew Imme Public spat highlights cracks in Netanyahu's coalition as Israel braces for feared Iran attack 08/13/2024 07:16am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Cracks are widening in a public tiff between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his moderate defense minister, the latest spat showing growing discontent with Netanyahu’s handling of the war at a sensitive time. Israel is bracing for potential Iranian retaliation afte Trump and Musk talk about assassination attempt and deportations during glitchy chat on X 08/13/2024 07:16am • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump recounted his assassination attempt in vivid detail and promised the largest deportation in U.S. history during a high-profile return to the social media platform formerly known as Twitter — a conversation that was plagued by technical glitches. “If I had not turne Ed Sheeran's favorite team Ipswich among promoted trio looking to survive in the Premier League 08/13/2024 07:08am • One of them delivered an underdog story for the ages, winning the title at preseason odds of 5,000-1 in 2016. Another was a mainstay in the league for 11 years on the back of its famous conveyor belt of young talent. The other's back story in England's top division is from pretty much a generation a Will the attacks on Walz's military service stick like they did to Kerry 20 years ago? 08/13/2024 07:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) — In some corners of the Democratic Party, last week felt like déjà vu. The party's vice-presidential nominee’s military record was under assault from Republicans — attacks reminiscent of those leveled two decades earlier on Sen. John Kerry during his run for the White House. Why Trump's and Harris' proposals to end federal taxes on tips would be difficult to enact 08/13/2024 06:52am • Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris agree on one thing, at least: Both say they want to eliminate federal taxes on workers’ tips. But experts say there’s a reason Congress hasn’t made such a change already. It would be complicated, not to mention enormously costly to Russian artist released in swap builds a new life in Germany, now free to marry her partner 08/13/2024 06:39am • KOBLENZ, Germany (AP) — Sasha Skochilenko and Sofya Subbotina are planning to get married. That wasn't an option in their native Russia, but it's possible now that they live in Germany, which recognizes same-sex weddings. “We don’t know how or in which city we will do it, but that’s the plan Liberty aims to defend C-USA title as favorite in Year 2, though challenges loom from several teams 08/13/2024 06:10am • Liberty not only proved with coach Jamey Chadwell that it could win as a new arrival to Conference USA last season, but take that success to another level. An unprecedented 13-0 regular season that included the league championship, its first in FBS. A high-profile New Year's Six appearance in the Fi LL Flooring files for Chapter 11, with closing sales at its Woodbridge store 08/13/2024 05:20am • Richmond, Virginia-based discount flooring chain LL Flooring, formerly known as Lumber Liquidators, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will close 94 of its existing 300 stores as part of the reorganization. Stores closing include LL Flooring in Woodbridge, Virginia, along with locations in E Bogaerts has RBI single, Merrell makes game-saving catch in 9th as Padres beat Pirates 2-1 08/13/2024 01:29am • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Xander Bogaerts had an RBI single in the seventh inning, Jackson Merrell made a game-saving diving catch in the ninth inning, and Joe Musgrove had a solid return from the 60-day injured list as the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Monday night. The Padres won fo In one region of Senegal, girls can become wrestlers — and win. But only until marriage 08/13/2024 01:15am • MLOMP, Senegal (AP) — It’s almost dusk, and the West African heat is finally faltering. In Mlomp, a village in southern Senegal, dozens of teenagers in colorful jerseys are throwing each other to the ground to the rhythm of Afrobeats against a backdrop of palm trees. It's a common sight across S Indians wanting their money back for undelivered Teslas shows how drastically the EV market changed 08/13/2024 01:06am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — In April 2016, Elon Musk invited Indians to preorder the upcoming Tesla Model 3. Vishal Gondal was one of the first to sign up, paying a $1,000 deposit for a car that never arrived. The founder and CEO of a health-tech startup called GOQii in India’s financial capital Mumb Drop in winds offers hope as firefighters battle huge wildfire on fringes of Athens. 1 person dead 08/13/2024 12:35am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A major wildfire raged across the northern suburbs of Athens on Monday, leaving at least one person dead and triggering multiple evacuations as swirling winds hampered the efforts of hundreds of firefighters and dozens of water-dropping planes. The fire department said shortl