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Today in History: July 23, Kerri Strug, with torn ankle ligaments, secures Team USA gold medal
10+ hour, 41+ min ago (110+ words) The Mercury News Today is Thursday, July 23, the 204th day of 2026. There are 161 days left in the year. On July 23, 1996, at the Atlanta Olympics, Kerri Strug made a heroic final vault despite torn ligaments in her left ankle to help secure…...
Kim, Iwai lead Stanford to its 11th NCAA men’s gymnastics championship
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (279+ words) Michigan’s Fred Richard won his second straight all-around individual crown as he took home silver in the floor and parallel bars as he ran away with his third all-around individual national championship with a score of 83.598. Nebraska’s Max Odden (78.698) was…...
Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase goes from sideline to broadcast booth in ‘full-circle’ night
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (758+ words) SAN FRANCISCO — On Monday night, Golden State Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase – the ultra-firey, pace-the-sideline, clap-until-your-hands-hurt competitor – swapped her usual spot near the scorer’s table for a headset and a monitor in the broadcast booth. The intensity that typically ricochets from…...
Chloe Kim says she’s ‘good to go’ for Olympics despite labrum tear in shoulder
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (430+ words) By EDDIE PELLS, Associated Press Snowboarder Chloe Kim says she’s “good to go” for the Milan Cortina Olympics despite tearing the labrum in her shoulder during a training run last week in Switzerland. Now comes a race against the clock…...
Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Echo’ provides thrills, strange animals, one big Cube
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (153+ words) The Mercury News High-flying acrobats, insane puppetry and performers clad in weird animal masks – so many animal masks, from rams to koalas to parrots – you know that Cirque du Soleil is back in town. Does that make sense? Does anything…...
Simone Biles details the 3 plastic surgeries she’s undergone
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (328+ words) Simone Biles is opening up about her decision late last month to go public with her three plastic surgeries — including two “you would never notice.” The 28-year-old Olympic gold medalist told People that she revealed her procedures — a breast augmentation,…...
Getting closer: McKenna Woliczko’s long road back almost complete as college decision nears
11+ mon, 2+ day ago (883+ words) McKenna Woliczko runs on the track at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) Editorâs note: This is the third in a series of stories chronicling Archbishop Mitty basketball…...
Stanford’s Asher Hong rolls to second national title at the U.S. gymnastics championships
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (341+ words) The 21-year-old Hong, part of the five-man team that earned bronze at the Paris Olympics last summer, posted a two-day total of 170.020 to win easily despite a rare miscue on the high bar during the first rotation on Saturday. Not…...