FILE - This is a Thursday, June 16, 2016 file photo of IOC evaluation commission chairman and FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann speaks during a signing ceremony for a strategic partnership between FIBA and Wanda Group in Beijing. Los Angeles and Paris await their Olympic inspectors this week already seen as winning options for the 2024 Summer Games. Both cities host three-day visits by an International Olympic Committee panel, whose chairman does not doubt their sports staging skills. “Either way, we will have fantastic Olympic Games,” IOC evaluation commission chairman Patrick Baumann told The Associated Press.on Monday May 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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Military parade celebrates Army’s 250th
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Ovi scores goal 890, Caps lose to Sabres 8-5
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Hegseth joins veterans, generals to mark 80th anniversary of battle of Iwo Jima
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