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BMX racing grows up, blazes trail for Olympic action sports

By GENARO C. ARMAS
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - BMX racing is growing up at the Summer Olympics. It's that extreme sport where cyclists pedal on bikes over a roughly quarter mile-long course fill...
France bounces back to win show jumping gold; US second

By DANIELLA MATAR
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - France bounced back from a difficult week to claim its second team title in equestrian at the Rio Games, beating the United States to a gold medal ...
Runner who helped hurts knee and won't return at Olympics

By PAT GRAHAM
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The 5,000-meter runner whose act of friendship captured the Olympic spirit will not return to the track in Rio after tearing ligaments in her knee....
Column: Chill, Brazil. You're still soccer's gold standard

By JIM LITKE
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Fans wearing the familiar gold-and-green-trimmed shirts of Brazil's national team were still streaming up the ramp and into the Maracana Stadium wh...
Neymar, Brazil come out blazing in Olympic soccer semifinals

By JON KRAWCZYNSKI
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Maybe Neymar and his teammates can make the Olympics a success for Brazil after all. Brazil's celebrated men's soccer team rolled to a 6-0 win over...
Ginobili, Argentina's 'Golden Generation' take Olympic bow

By TOM WITHERS
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Manu Ginobili's emotions were jumbled as he tried to put his Olympic journey into words. Long after his last game inside the rings ended, the baldi...
US men's volleyball reaches Rio semis with 4th straight win

By JANIE McCAULEY
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - John Speraw ran along the sideline about as close as he could to actually being in the action, cheering Aaron Russell to make a save while crashing...
Australia rocks Lithuania 90-64, moves into men's semifinals

The Associated Press
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Australia moved closer to its first Olympic medal in men's basketball by clobbering long-time nemesis Lithuania 90-64 on Wednesday in the quarterfi...
No Bolt vs. Gatlin II at Olympics, American misses 200 final

By GERALD IMRAY
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Bolt vs. Gatlin II at the Olympics is off. That's because of a tough break for Justin Gatlin, whose right ankle injury flared up only minutes befor...
US women's basketball captain Sue Bird has knee sprain

By DOUG FEINBERG
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Sue Bird and the U.S. women's basketball team received some good news Wednesday when an MRI revealed that the team captain and point guard just had...

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