导出博客文章Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Thursday. A full
Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EDT:- ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. --
Some nine months after spoiling the Jets playoff chances, Rex Ryan and the Bills
play their home open against the AFC East rival. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos.
Starts 8:25 p.m.- CHICAGO -- The Cubs try for their first NL Central title in
eight years when they host the Brewers. A win or a loss by the Cardinals gives
the Cubbies the division crown. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos. Starts 8:05 p.m.-
CINCINNATI -- No. 6 Houston faces Cincinnati in a matchup of schools trying to
get into the Big 12. UPCOMING: Starts at 7:30 p.m.- SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Ara
Parseghian still bristles 50 years later at the belief No. 1 Notre Dame played
for a tie against No. 2 Michigan State in one of the most famous games in
college football history. UPCOMING: 750 words, photos.- GENEVA -- A two-time
Wimbledon singles champion, two Tour de France winners and an Olympic discus
gold medalist had the same answer Thursday to the latest leak by hackers of
confidential medical information: so what? SENT: 700 words, photos.- CHICAGO --
Brad Keselowski is the top seed for NASCARs playoffs, but all eyes are on Kevin
Harvick and Tony Stewart after their dustup last weekend. The dispute could
spill over into Sundays Chase-opening race. UPCOMING: 700 words, photos.
Developing from mid-afternoon interviews.- NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahomas Baker
Mayfield and Ohio States J.T. Barrett meet in a quarterback showdown when the
Sooners play host to the Buckeyes. UPCOMING: 500 words, photos by 5 p.m.UNDATED
-- The dozen NFL players who have joined Colin Kaepernicks national anthem
protests of social injustices have faced consequences ranging from loss of
endorsements to racist comments on social media. But none of them are deterred.
UPCOMING: 750 words, photos by 7 p.m.- EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France -- Teen star
Lydia Ko starts her bid to win a third major when she defends her title at the
Evian Championship. UPCOMING: 600 words, photos.- PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Tom
Coughlin and Graeme McDowell have next to nothing in common except an Irish
heritage and the highest achievement in their sport. Only when McDowells latest
restaurant opened did they realize they were on the same page in charitable
giving. SENT: 700 words, photos.- TORONTO -- Unlike the Olympics, the World Cup
of Hockey doesnt feature any cupcake opponents for the top contenders. UPCOMING:
700 words, photos by 6 p.m.
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since 19-year-old American swimmer Lilly King earned international renown for
the finger wag heard round the world, and the Indiana University sophomore has
some now-it-can-be-told stories about why things went down as controversially as
they did at the Rio Olympics. Many of the tales are comical -- even surprising
-- but not all of them are fun. Yet King still sees no need to apologize for the
debate she created. She still insists she wouldnt change a thing.King said
everywhere she goes now, fans still approach her to say: Can we take a picture
with you? Can you do the finger wag with us? And Im like: Um, I guess. But I won
a gold medal. Can we maybe talk about that?King laughed.Its funny the things you
unintentionally come to own and then cant get past, she added.In Kings mind,
facets of her 100-meter breaststroke showdown against reigning world champion
Yulia Efimova of Russia during the opening two days of the Rio swimming
competition were blown out of proportion and misunderstood. She said the public
posturing she did, the outward displays of confidence and the pointed remarks
aimed at Efimova on the way to what became an emotional final are all part of
high-stakes racing.At times, she still wonders what part of that people dont
get.I didnt set out to do something to her, I was doing it for me, King said.She
also insisted she was definitely not, as some critics suggested, a young
first-time Olympian flying off the handle in the heat of the moment in Rio.
Rather, King said, she made a cold-eyed assessment of her best chance to win the
race months before she even got to Rio, and this was the calculation she made:
Though she entered the Olympics with the fastest time in the event this year,
the 24-year-old Efimova was the defending world champ, and she had beaten King
by nearly three-tenths of a second the last time they raced, in December, a
defeat King had been chewing on for months because, It wasnt super close.King
ultimately came to believe that if she was going to win this time, training her
butt off as usual off might not be enough.In my opinion, said King, [Efimova] is
much faster than I am. Im very good at the mental game. I knew I was going to
have to play that card in Rio. So I did.I knew that I had to get inside her
head.There were other roadblocks for Efimova outside the pool. Efimova and four
other Russian swimmers who tested positive for meldonium earlier in the year
werent reinstated and cleared to swim in Rio until literally the day before she
raced. Many swimming fans at Rios Olympic Aquatics Stadium knew that story, and
how Efimova was just a year removed from serving a 16-month ban for a different
failed test (that one for DHEA). In Rio, she was booed every time she raced.But
King wasnt content to drop it there. She made a point to try to catch Efimovas
eye at the warmdown pool, on the pool deck -- anywhere she could. And Efimova
kept avoiding her.After posting the fastest time in the first qualifying round,
King wagged her index finger in the air to signify she was No. 1. When Efimova
mimicked her later that day after winning her evening semifinal, an NBC camera
caught King in the ready room, where swimmers wait for her next race, watching
Efimovas gesture on TV and wagging no, no back. Then, King went out and won the
second semifinal and shook her finger again -- this time for everyone to
see.What King didnt know was NBC had a small live camera discreetly placed in
the ready room, so she was surprised when she was asked about gesture at the TV
in her post-semifinal interview with NBC.I thought, Oh crap. Well its out there
now, King said with a laugh.Denying the gestures had been aimed at Efimova was
impossible. So King didnt try.You wave your finger No. 1 and youve been caught
drug cheating? she told NBCs Michele Tafoya. Im not a fan.Efimova didnt stop to
speak with reporters after her semifinal, but King stopped in the mixed zone.
She was asked about the NBC interview and defended her remarks and gestures with
an answer that became the money quote:Im not this sweet little girl -- thats not
who I am, King said. If I do need to stir it up to put a little fire under my
butt or anybody else, then thats what Im going to do.The hype was really on
after that.The sweet little girl quote was repeated in the media echo chamber in
the run-up to the final the next night. In the first 18 hours, Kings Twitter
following jumped by more than 10,000. The race became a must-see event.King was
both praised and blamed for reviving the Cold War tensions between the United
States and Russia. That was kind of silly, she now laughs. I mean, I wasnt even
born the first time the Cold War existed, and that was never even remotely my
intention.King was cast as the clean sport advocate in a good-versus-evil
showdown, and a handful of other swimmers, including Michael Phelps, even
seconded her frustration with the system. But while King said she genuinely does
have strong opinions about athletes competing again after failed drug tests --
There are so many people in the Olympics that have been caught doping, so many
people missing out on medals because of those people, I shouldnt even have to
say, Cheating is bad. You shouldnt have to cheat -- once again, King cannot tell
a lie. At that precise moment in Rio, her goal was to win the gold medal. Not
necessarily sstyle herself as a crusader or make sure Efimova was brought to
justice.ddddddddddddOnce King did beat Efimova, she was also cheered as an
ultimate competitor who invited pressure by calling out her more decorated rival
-- and then dramatically delivered. That part is something King doesnt mind. Her
Indiana swimming coach, Ray Looze, said just before they got word in Rio that
Efimova was cleared to swim, American star Katie Ledecky came up to him and
said, Just so you know, Lilly has been talking all week long about how she hopes
they let her into the meet. She wants to race her. Shes excited to race her.
Later, Indiana football coach Kevin Wilson remained so impressed he invited King
to speak to his team on embracing competitive challenges when she returned to
campus this fall.Nobody tells you when you win a gold medal you suddenly become
a motivational speaker, King joked. But I do believe Im good under pressure and
that I win because Im mentally stronger than the others.After the race, people
thought Kings father, Mark, was just being funny when he told Time magazine it
was bizarre to think his daughter could actually be a gold medalist because, If
you run into someone who says, When I was 8, I was kicking Lilly Kings butt,
theyre probably telling you the truth.(Laughing now, Lilly said, I told him,
Daaad! Did you really have to put that out there? And he said, What? I was just
trying to humanize you!)But the late-bloomer characterization is nothing King
doesnt say about herself. And yet, though King truly -- and probably accurately
-- thought she had succeeded in crawling inside Efimovas head by their final,
she still had to swim the race. Looze said he didnt dare tell King this until
afterward, but he confided to Russell Mark, one of USA Swimmings high
performance consultants, that he was worried Efimova might go by King in the
races last 20 meters. Mark said, You should be. So the two of them hunkered down
to hopefully figure something out, again not telling King.Looze said they
watched film of Efimova all the way back to 2011. They were looking for
something to confirm their hope that Efimova, who has the better finishing kick,
could be broken if King took a risk and went out even faster than usual. And we
finally saw it had been done, Looze said.When Looze sat King down before her
final, he told her he wanted her to swim the first 50 meters in a sizzling 30.2
seconds or so. Her first question was, Then what? I said, Then you gotta go all
out and she said, That is going all out. What if I die?I said, You are gonna
die. Youre both gonna die. But then its a street fight. And who wins that?King
nodded. I can do that, she said.It worked to perfection. Months later, King
still believes the way shes been criticized for her gamesmanship against Efimova
is a double standard.You see TV showing the Phelps face, or what the guys do in
the ready room all the time, how they hang on the lane lines or splash after a
race, but just cause Im a girl and I did it, I get a little grief? she
asked.Fellow Olympian Cody Miller, who trains with King at Indiana and won a
bronze medal in Rio, agrees. He said mind games and talk have been a bigger part
of mens swimming than womens swimming for decades, and Kings lust for it just
suits Lillys personality. She trains with guys. Shes wicked fast. Theres just a
confidence, a swag that some people throw off. And shes got it.Looze went even
further than that.Noting how King and Ledecky, a six-time Olympic medalist who
is also 19, train with men, study film of mens strokes and how they race, Looze
said, Theres a new breed of female athlete. And Lilly is a part of that.Yes, she
was called out for practicing bad sportsmanship in Rio for psych jobs that men
have done for decades. But one thing about Lilly King, she owns what she does,
and Lillys not going care. To her, its part of competition. And if you can beat
someone before the race even starts? More power to you.So shes like, Ehhh, call
me what you want. Im going to do my thing.Kings sudden fame has led to some
funny moments since Rio. She said when she went to vote in the November
elections at Indianas football stadium on campus, a poll worker looked at her
for a while and finally told her, You know....You look so familiar to me. King
replied, Thats probably because youve been looking at that all day -- then
pointed to a large photo of herself on the wall among IUs other notable athletes
and said, Thats me.Even now, there are certainly people who doubt King really
rattled Efimova into losing. They say King just swam faster than the Russian
that day.Last month, when King was at a New York banquet to pick up a USA
Swimming award for Breakout Performance of the Year, she was asked to look ahead
to the next big world meet on the schedule: this past weeks short-course world
championships. She said her next goal was to set world records, and she did just
that -- helping the womens 200-meter medley relay team break the short-course
world record in 1:43.27.King also swam her third-fastest time in the 100-yard
breaststroke at the USA-College Challenge, surprising even herself. Efimova
withdrew from worlds, ruining any chance for their possible Olympic
rematch.Smiling, King said, What do you want me to say?
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