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Four on the floor for Simone Biles; Bolt coasts in 200 heat

By JOSH HOFFNER
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Simone Biles closed her Rio Games with more gymnastics gold. Usain Bolt breezed through another sprint as he makes a run at one final Olympic title...
Green and golden? Australia men's hoop team eyeing Rio gold

By TOM WITHERS
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - There's one team that has lived up to high expectations - even surpassed them - at the Rio Games in men's basketball. It's the one with a roster lo...
Newly retired Michael Phelps is on Boomer time with son

By BETH HARRIS
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - He sat quietly, eyes closed, dozing in the shade on a warm afternoon at a beach hotel patio near Barra Olympic Park. It had been an exhausting firs...
Rio organizers acknowledge 'dropping the ball' on planning

By ROB HARRIS
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Once the self-styled "Olympic family" started grumbling, Rio de Janeiro organizers knew they had to make rapid improvements. "You need to provide g...
2-time defending Olympic champion Brazil falls to China in 5

By JANIE McCAULEY
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Faces buried in hands and tears falling, the Brazilian women's volleyball team lost to China in a five-set quarterfinal match on Tuesday. It was an...
Sometimes it's harder work when things don't go right

By DAVID BAUDER
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky made it look easy. But not every Olympic favorite wins, and sometimes the difference is as small as an opponent's lunge,...
Rio police: Scant evidence so far in Lochte robbery probe

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and BETH HARRIS
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Police investigating reports that American swimmer Ryan Lochte and three of his teammates were robbed at gunpoint in a taxi so far have found littl...
Bolt, Bolt, Bolt: a man, and a name, for all seasons

By FRED LIEF
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - Let's take a moment to exult The mighty, wondrous Usain Bolt And marvel at his great result - Best measured less by time than volt And worthy of a Derby colt, His magic ...
Sweden advances to women's Olympic soccer final on penalties

By ANNE M. PETERSON
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The roaring crowd at the Maracana Stadium desperately wanted Lisa Dahlkvist to miss. It didn't bother her at all. Dahlkvist just pretended all thos...
Ready for launch: Olympic Channel set for takeoff after Rio

By STEPHEN WILSON
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - On Sunday night, right after the flame has been extinguished in Rio de Janeiro, another Olympic project will burst out of the starting blocks. It's...

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