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• Indiana Pacers's Roy Hibbert to play for Team USA, need release from Jamaican national team

  Between injuries to Dwight Howard, LaMarcus Aldridge and Chris Bosh, and the implosion of Lamar Odom, the U.S. national basketball team that will compete in this summer's 2012 London Olympics looks like it could be suffering from a perilous dearth of big men. The current.....

• Census: Minorities now surpass whites in US births

  WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.  New 2011 census estimates highlight sweeping changes in the nation's racial makeup and the prolonged impact of a weak economy, which is now resulting in fewer Hispanics entering the U.S....

• Obama's brave but risky evolutionary trip on gay marriage

  A recent CBS/NYT poll has shown that 67 per cent of respondents were of the view that President Obama endorsed gay marriage because of political reasons.  The implication is twofold. If he did it for political reasons, it must have been with a positive political outcome in mind. The second implication, and one connected at the hip with the first, is that he, a politician, is being insincere. Almost all national polls taken since Obama's gay endorsement have shown the GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney ahead of Obama but still within the sample margin of error....

• Jamaican claiming to be US citizen sentenced to 27 months

  A Jamaican man was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release last week after pleading guilty to falsely claiming US citizenship and illegally re-entering the US.  He has been identified as Andre Mark Walters. Walters was arrested by the Yuma Sector Border Patrol in Arizona yesterday.   He was held after a Border Patrol canine team became suspicious of a vehicle driven by Walters at a checkpoint on Interstate 10.....

Sports

• Justin Gatlin 9.93 100m Daegu Championships Meeting Daegu 2012

  

  Justin Gatlin 9.93 100m Colorful Daegu Championships Meeting Daegu 2012 in daegu, South,korea

• US Sprinters are talking again!

  Doha, Qatar - Allyson Felix’s reaction to beating her all her Jamaican rivals at the opening Samsung Diamond League meeting in Doha (11 May), and over her less favoured distance of 100 metres to boot, was probably the most succinct expression of how the United States sprinters felt after an evening of conspicuous success: "It’s pretty cool."

  Felix had already made her feelings obvious as she punched the air after crossing the line ahead of the World and Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell-Brown in a personal best of 10.92sec. That unexpected US triumph was mirrored in ....

• Oh no, Asafa! - Sprinter blames jetlag for loss to resurgent Gatlin

  DOHA, Qatar (CMC) — Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell blamed jetlag for his loss to resurgent American star Justin Gatlin after he conceded an early-race lead to finish second in the 100 metres at the season-opening Diamond League meet here yesterday.
  The 29-year-old, who has never won a major title, had a fantastic start and seemed to have the race won after 75 metres at the Qatar Sports Club......

• Jamaica Invitational Champions Continue Streak at Cayman Invitational

  Cayman – Champions of the recently concluded Jamaica Invitational who competed in the Cayman Islands today continued their winning streak. Though the performances were not better than those posted at the Jamaica Invitational, The champions nevertheless, prevailed.

  Novlene Williams-Mills JAM – who ran an impressive 49.99 at the Jamaica Invitational to outdo rival Sanya Richards-Ross, has now added victory #2 with a 50.35, ahead of Canada’s Jenna Martin 51.69, and USA’s Keshia Baker 51.73.

  Carmelita Jeter USA – who defended her Jamaica Invitational title of last year and ran a Meet Record in 10.81

   

PYV Exclusive

• Kirani James 44.72 400m Opener and David Oliver and Aries Merit close finish in 110mH

  Kirani James 44.72 in  400m Outdoor Season Opener and David Oliver and Aries Merit close finish in 110mH  in daegu Championship meeting.Also Kellie Wells vs Dawn Harper blanket finish in  women 100mH

• Video of Carmelita Jeter wins100m at Daegu Championships Meeting 2012

  Video of Carmelita Jeter wins100m at Daegu Championships Meeting 2012

  A track and field meeting held in Daegu, South Korea

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• Usain Bolt dumped his girlfriend to focus on London Olympics

  Usain Bolt ended his six-month relationship with a Slovakian fashion designer in order to focus on the upcoming Summer Olympics.

  News reports suggest Bolt's breakup with Lubica Slovak, 28, was because of his desire to repeat his double-gold/world-record Olympic Usain Bolt ended his six-month relationship with a Slovakian fashion designer in order to focus on the upcoming Summer Olympics.

• Results From Diamond League Doha 2012 Track & Field meet

  Results From Diamond League Doha 2012 Track & Field meet

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