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Purdue Sports Purdue alumnus David Boudia and incoming NLI signee Steele Johnson teamed up to earn USA Diving’s spot in synchronized 10-meter at this summer’s FINA Diving World Cup after winning the event Sunday at the Synchronized Diving Trials. The World Cup, to be held July 15-20 in Shanghai, is the top international meet of the…

NBC Sports This three-time Olympic men’s gymnast once described himself as a cross between Dennis Rodman and Michael Jordan. Blaine Wilson had a one-of-a-kind personality and a performance record rivaled by few others in USA Gymnastics history. The pierced, tattooed and motorcycle-riding Ohioan preceded the Hamm twins, Jonathan Horton and Danell Leyva and John Orozco as the rock of U.S. men’s…

Fox 19 The post-Olympic whirlwind tour for Lawrenceburg, Ind. native Nick Goepper continued Thursday as he visited the White House with the U.S. Winter Olympic and Paralympic teams. Goepper won the bronze medal in slopestyle skiing in February at the 2014 Sochi Games. Goepper tweeted several photographs from his visit to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. In…

Lake Placid News Remsen native Erin Hamlin was named as the best female Olympian on Wednesday as part of the Best of U.S. awards program that recognizes outstanding performances from the Olympic and Paralympic Games, as determined by fan vote. “I’m pretty much in awe,” said Hamlin, a luge athlete who trains and lives part-time…