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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Swimming star Lilly King is holding her ground on doping.She wants cheaters out of the pool -- and out of international sports.On Friday, A little more than two weeks after the 19-year-old won the first of two Olympic gold medals, King embraced her new role as the unofficial spokeswoman for clean athletes everywhere.I dont think its necessarily a bad thing, she said during a news conference at Indiana University. If youre going to be the poster child for anything, I think thats a good thing. But I think if I feel the need to have the final word on something thats doping-related, then I guess Im fine with speaking out about that.I know Im right on every single thing about this, she added later.King arrived in Rio as a first-time Olympian and one of Americas rising young swimmers.While she wound up claiming gold in the 100-meter breaststroke and on the 400 medley relay team, it was what took place on the pool deck that turned her into a polarizing figure.After a television camera captured King wagging her finger at Russias Yulia Efimova in the 100 breast semifinals, King won her heat, climbed out of the pool and in a television interview explained she was no fan of athletes caught drug cheating.The comments were directed at Efimova, who took the silver in the 100 breast and then beat King in the 200 breast.Before returning home, Efimova called King immature and criticized her rival for creating a war on the Olympic stage.King didnt back down then and refused to do so again Friday.Actually, I had no intention of planning to speak out. ... That was really just me being myself, she said. I didnt really think I was saying anything horrible, I was just kind of speaking my mind.Other American swimmers and Indiana coach Ray Looze, who was on the coaching staff in Rio, immediately backed King.Their position hasnt changed, either.She was speaking her mind, saying what everyone else was thinking, said Cody Miller, who attended Indiana and also brought home two medals. There are people who were missing out on swimming in the Olympics because of people who didnt deserve to be there.Even with the Olympic Games over, King cant escape the controversy.Shes become a target of critics on social media, especially from Russia. King said the comments come from Russia and are quite interesting even though she can only read about half because shes not fluent in Russian.Others are a little more disconcerting.It is a little frustrating sometimes, like when I post a picture of me and my friend on Instagram and theyre saying things like `You dont deserve your gold medal, she said.But now that King is back on home soil, preparing for her sophomore season at Indiana, the hardest part will be getting ready for dual meets that lack the intensity of international competition.And at least she is surrounded by fans who largely agree with her opinion that the sports world needs to be cleaned up.The support has been great, especially from the people back home, King said. Theres something about people who are probably my parents age about the U.S.-Russia thing, which I didnt even really think about. But the support has been absolutely unreal.The other big swimming controversy -- Ryan Lochtes tale about an alleged robbery -- also has caused a stir on campus.King called it sad that Lochte stole the spotlight from the greatest American swim team in history.Looze, meanwhile, was upset that the evolving story overshadowed the second week of the Olympics. And when Looze returned to Bloomington, Indiana, he also had to engage in damage control.I have a Brazilian on my (Indiana) team and another Brazilian coming in and I had to apologize to both of them last night, Looze said. I told them its not representative of our country. Shaquille ONeal Jersey . -- Kyrie Irvings last-minute 3-pointer helped seal another victory for Cleveland -- and the Cavaliers longest winning streak since LeBron James left. 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Duffy (1-0) took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and beat Justin Verlander and Detroit 2-1 on a combined two-hitter in the first game of a day-night doubleheader. Duffy was called up from Triple-A Omaha to make his second big league start of the season, and didnt allow a hit until Miguel Cabreras hard-hit, two out single in the sixth. "I was glad that they finally got one, honestly, because I just wanted to pitch," said Duffy, who underwent Tommy John surgery. "I wanted to protect this arm." Manager Ned Yost wasnt about to push his pitcher. "Even if he didnt give up a hit in the sixth, that was probably going to be his last inning anyway, because we had him for 100 pitches (he threw 96)," Yost said. "He didnt have the pitches for the seventh, eighth and ninth innings. "We just wanted five innings out of him and he gave us one more than we expected." Kelvin Herrera replaced Duff in the seventh and retired the side in order. Aaron Crow worked the eighth and surrendered Santiagos pinch-hit home run leading off the inning. Crow got the next three batters. Greg Holland pitched the ninth for his 33rd save. Eric Hosmer homered for the Royals. Ramon Santiago hit a pinch hit home run for the Tigers. "Would have liked to have been able to accomplish two things, win and keep the bullpen fresh," Verlander. "Just didnt happen that way. Felt like I threw the ball well. Just their guys pitched extremely well, which is theyve done all year." He allowed two runs on seven hits in eight innings. He struck out five and didnt walk a batter. Verlander gave up Hosmers 13th home run of the season, leading off the fourth, which gave the Royals a 1-0 lead. The left-handed hitting first baseman ddrilled Verlanders pitch to the opposite field and into the left-field stands beyond the Tigers bullpen.dddddddddddd "Just trying to stay to the middle and not pull off anything," Hosmer said. Verlander said Hosmer took advantage of a hanging curve. "Yeah, it was a hanger. You dont see hanging curveballs hit the opposite field too often though. That was impressive," he said. "It wasnt like it was a question about it getting out. I didnt even watch it. Strong kid." Kansas City made it 2-0 on consecutive doubles leading off the seventh by Justin Maxwell and Bonifacio. Phil Coke and Al Alburquerque pitched the ninth for Detroit, combining to retire the Royals 1-2-3. NOTE: Tigers manager Jim Leyland said it was likely that neither closer Joaquin Benoit nor late-inning reliever Bruce Rondon would be available for either games of Fridays games because of how often theyve been used in the past few games. . Royals manager Ned Yost said third baseman Mike Moustakas, who has been out since leaving Mondays game with a tight calf, would do some work on the field on Friday to assess his progress. . Tigers regular DH Victor Martinez and first baseman Prince Fielder switched places for the first game. Fielder served as the DH and Martinez played first. . Detroit shortstop Jose Iglesias, as he squared to attempt a bunt, was hit in the groin area by a Danny Duffy pitch leading off the third inning. Iglesias hobbled toward first base before collapsing in foul territory. He remained in the game after being attended to by trainer Kevin Rand and after he recovered. . The Royals Billy Butler continued his mastery of Verlander. Butler was 2-for-3 to run his career mark against the Tigers star to 27-for-62 (. 435). . The scheduled starters for Fridays night portion of the doubleheader are James Shields (7-8, 3.33) for Kansas City against rookie lefthander Jose Alvarez (1-2, 5.03), who was called up from Triple-A Toledo to make the start in the twin bill. ' ' '