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In this Saturday Aug. 25, 2018 photo, President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Sebastian Coe waits at the medal ceremony for the men's marathon during the athletics competition at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. Coe says China and Japan are the two most improved countries in athletics over the last six or seven years.(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Ready, set, go. Coe expects Asian track and field to boom

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2018, file photo, Oakland Athletics' Khris Davis, right, is congratulated by Matt Chapman after hitting a solo home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif. Davis has certainly contemplated the idea of hitting 50 home runs. The Oakland slugger knows it is right within reach at the pace he is on after two straight 40-homer years in his first two seasons with the Athletics. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Slugging Khris Davis is big reason A’s are chasing playoffs

By JANIE McCAULEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2012, file photo, Ohio State NCAA college football head coach Urban Meyer leads the team in singing Carmen Ohio after beating Miami of Ohio 56-10, in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State suspended coach Urban Meyer for three games on Wednesday night, Aug. 22, 2018, for mishandling repeated professional and behavioral problems of an assistant coach, with investigators finding Meyer protected his protege for years through domestic violence allegations, a drug problem and poor job performance. The superstar coach's treatment of his now-fired assistant was also clouded by his abiding devotion to the legacy of former Ohio State coach Earle Bruce, the grandfather of former wide receivers coach Zach Smith and an early coaching mentor for Meyer. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

Column: Urban Liar is a perfect symbol for college athletics

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

Supporters of New Mexico athletics attend the university Board of Regents meeting Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, in Albuquerque, N.M. (Jim Thompson/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

UNM regents vote to uphold contested athletics cuts

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

The Latest: UNM regents vote again to cut sports

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Travel chaos at African championships as athletes stranded

By GERALD IMRAY and SAM OLUKOYA - Associated Press

Kansas fires AD, saying progress in some areas ‘elusive’

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Audit finds mismanagement in Washington State athletics

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS - Associated Press

Former SIU coach Jerry Kill to head athletics department

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Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Sean Manaea throws to a Boston Red Sox batter during the first inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, April 21, 2018. (AP Photo/John Hefti)

A’s lefty Manaea pitches no-hitter vs streaking Red Sox

By GIDEON RUBIN - Associated Press

Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani, of Japan, watches his two-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday, April 4, 2018, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Ohtani homers again, Cozart lifts Angels over Indians in 13

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In this Feb. 7, 2018, photo, administrator Brian Darcy shows off the trophy case at the Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind in Gooding, Idaho. &quot;(When) budgets cut, in every school, athletics is the first thing to go,&quot; said Brian Darcy, the IESDB administrator. &quot;It was for us, too.&quot; Through enthusiastic messaging and government backing, ISDB avoided closure. (Pat Sutphin/The Times-News via AP)

Sports important to students of deaf and blind school

By VICTOR FLORES - Associated Press

A video screen shows a tribute to Roger Bannister at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Britain, Sunday, March 4, 2018. Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, died March 3. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Tributes to Roger Bannister, who has died at age 88

By DANIELLA MATAR - Associated Press

Virginia names Carla Williams as new athletic director

By HANK KURZ Jr. - Associated Press

Jamaica's sprinter Usain Bolt grimaces during a press conference prior Golden Spike Athletic meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Monday, June 26, 2017. Bolt will compete in the 100 meters at the Golden Spike on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Bolt curious about who will replace him as fastest man

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 9, 2016 file photo, former Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva speaks to the media in Moscow, Russia. The IAAF says Russia is making &quot;little progress&quot; cleaning up its doping culture to secure its reinstatement into athletics. In a report on Thursday April 13, 2017, the athletics governing body criticizes Russia's decision to make pole vault great Yelena Isinbayeva the head of the country's scandalized anti-doping agency. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

IAAF: ‘Little progress’ by Russia to secure athletics return

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Mack Beggs, left, a transgender wrestler from Euless Trinity High School, stands with his coach Travis Clark during a quarterfinal match against Mya Engert, of Amarillo Tascosa, during the State Wrestling Tournament, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, in Cypress, Texas. Beggs was born a girl and is transitioning to male but wrestles in the girls division. ( Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Transgender boy 2 wins away from girls state wrestling title

By KRISTIE RIEKEN - Associated Press

2015 world high jump champion Maria Kuchina attends the Russian winter indoor track-and-field championship in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Russian athletes and officials fear the country could miss another major track and field competition because the IAAF is slow in approving a partial lifting of its doping ban. With the European indoor championships just 10 days away, the IAAF hasn't issued any rulings on 44 applications from Russians such as the 2015 world high jump champion Maria Kuchina. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russians fear missing European indoors over doping reviews

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

Dogs with A Cause program promotes students to read

By DEREK J. AMAYA - Associated Press