The Latest: 25 gold medals in 13 sports up for grabs in Rio
(Photo: The Associated Press)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the Olympics being held in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):8:45 a.m.Brazil's government has declared a day of official mourning for a Rio Olympics police officer who died after being shot in the head making a wrong turn into a Rio slum.Interim President Michel Temer's decree honoring Helio Vieira was published Friday.Vieira, one of 85,000 security forces providing security for the games, had been sent to Rio from the northern stat..>> view originalPitch breaks Holliday's thumb; mistake-prone Cards lose in 11
CHICAGO • What happened midway through the game would catch up to the Cardinals by the 11th inning, and what happened late could cost them for the rest of the season.A series of misplays and mistakes allowed the Cubs to rally from an early deficit, take a lead, lose a lead, and then win, 4-3, in extra innings Thursday at Wrigley Field. The loss stung because all but one of the Cubs’ runs received an assist from a Cardinal, but the game really hurt because it leaves the Cardinals without No. 3 h..>> view originalHere's how Jimmy Garoppolo played in the Patriots' preseason opener
The Patriots were Jimmy Garoppolo’s team on Thursday night for a preseason matchup against the New Orleans Saints. He led the team onto the field out of the tunnel at Gillette Stadium on a night where Tom Brady was excused from the game. Garoppolo went 11 of 18 for 168 yards, and left the game after the first half. He also took two sacks for 20 yards. After a slow start, he completed 8 of 11 passes for 135 yards in the second quarter. He connected with tight end Martellus Bennett on hi..>> view originalWith Manuel's gold, a liberating page in Olympics history has turned
RIO DE JANEIRO -- For 16 years, through Olympics in Sydney, Athens, Beijing, London and Rio, African-Americans swam under a microscope for their country.Questions about oddity and identity weighed them down as they tried to outrace history and the competition. Finally, on Thursday night, Simone Manuel's gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle turned a liberating page for black swimmers.Trailing by an ominous half-second at the turn, Manuel used a furious closing charge to finish tied with Penny Ol..>> view originalHarrison lands judo gold, then takes down MMA
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Kayla Harrison does not intend to become the next Ronda Rousey. At least not now.Harrison, 26, became the first American -- female or male -- to win two gold medals in judo Thursday and said she plans to retire from competing in the sport. But at the moment, she does not plan to follow Rousey, a bronze medalist in judo at the 2008 Olympics."It's just so different from judo," Harrison said. "It's such a different atmosphere from the Olympic stage. ... After a match in judo, you ..>> view originalMichael Phelps Breaks 2000-Year-Old Record For Individual Olympic Titles
When he was 15, Michael Phelps dreamed about one day winning a gold medal in the Olympics. With his Thursday night victory in the 200-meter individual medley at the Rio Olympics, Phelps now has 22 of them (and perhaps counting). Enough golds to further cement his status as the most-decorated Olympian of all time and ― somehow even more impressively ― enough individual victories to break a more than 2,000-year-old Olympic record, set by Leonidas of Rhodes in 152 B.C. It’s safe to say that 15-yea..>> view originalThe 1st time I met Yankees' Alex Rodriguez he dazzled with his impeccable memory
NEW YORK —The first time I ever saw Alex Rodriguez play baseball was in 1998. I was 12. Wearing a Rodriguez jersey -- that is, an Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez jersey, the catcher for the Texas Rangers, my favorite player at the time -- I sat along the third base line at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, for that season's All-Star Game, maybe five rows from the field. I did not deserve to be sitting in those seats. My friend's mom got us tickets, and I wasn't about to ask any more questions. (Side n..>> view originalAussie Fraser leads in return of Olympic golf
RIO DE JANEIRO - On a day of firsts for Olympic golf, Marcus Fraser of Australia had the one that mattered - the first-round lead. Fraser ran off four straight birdies before the wind arrived and kept right on going until he had an 8-under 63, giving him a three-shot lead over British Open champion Henrik Stenson of Sweden and Graham DeLaet of Canada. Better yet? He set an Olympic record Thursday, though that was hardly a surprise considering golf had not been part of the Olympics since 1904. ''..>> view originalOlympics: What color is Ryan Lochte's hair?
The swimmer's hair has turned the same color as some pools in Rio. USA TODAY SportsConor Dwyer (USA) , Townley Haas (USA) , Ryan Lochte (USA) and Michael Phelps (USA) celebrate after winning the men's 4x200m freestyle relay final in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games at Olympic Aquatics Stadium.(Photo: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports) RIO DE JANEIRO – They are odd the Olympics, in that they make us think and discuss odd things that we would usually barely consider.Take Ryan Lochte’s hai..>> view originalWhy LeBron James and the Cavs want this three-year, $100 million deal
CLEVELAND, Ohio – LeBron James has for years been heralded as the NBA's best player, and now he'll be paid like him. James and the Cavs agreed to a three-year, $100 million deal on Thursday, ending a free agency for James that was void of any drama as to where he might land. He was always going to return to Cleveland to defend the 2016 championship – the franchise's first and the first for a major pro sports team in 52 years. The primary question was, for how long would James sign, and, second..>> view original
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