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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 16 (UPI) -- Michael Phelps suffered his first defeat in a year Saturday when world record-holder Aaron Peirsol won the 100-meter backstroke.
Peirsol won the race in 53.32 seconds, less than a half second better than Phelps (53.79), who a night earlier returned to competitive swimming for the first time since last summer. Phelps had won the 200-meter freestyle and 100-meter butterfly in the Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix.
It was the first time Phelps lost a race since May 17 of last year, when he was beaten by Peirsol in the 200 meter backstroke at Santa Clara, Calif.
Phelps, who won a single-Games record eight gold medals in Beijing, will race Sunday in the 100-meter freestyle.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 2 (UPI) --
Javier Lopez snuffed out a Chicago comeback bid in the ninth inning Friday to give the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 victory over the Cubs.
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HOLLYWOOD, June 2 (UPI) --
Rising U.S. television personality Dan Savage has signed on with the top-tier talent agency CAA, The Hollywood Reporter said.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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UPI horoscopes for Saturday, June 2, 2012.
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