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Miller's head-first dive at the finish line beats Felix

By EDDIE PELLS
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - For beating Allyson Felix, Shaunae Miller gets a gold medal. Maybe they should give her a cape, too. It took a head-first dive, Superwoman-style, f...
The Lopez family still pursuing Olympic taekwondo quests

By TIM REYNOLDS
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The key to the men's 80-kilogram taekwondo competition at the Rio Games may be Liliana Marie Rogowski. She's 1, and isn't exactly competitive yet. ...
Phelps, Ledecky, Biles grace Sports Illustrated cover

The Associated Press
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - American gold medal winners Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles are featured on the cover of this week's Sports Illustrated. The magazin...
Braz da Silva beats Lavillenie, wins Olympic gold for Brazil

By RAF CASERT
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Thiago Braz da Silva's surprising pole vault victory ensured Brazil's first gold medal in the Olympic Stadium, sparking euphoric celebrations. It a...
Special summer: USA's Irving could win NBA title, Rio gold

By TOM WITHERS
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - When he wakes up in the morning, Kyrie Irving first looks at the scar stretching across his left knee, an enduring symbol of his journey over the p...
'Missing Kidney' wins Brazil's first canoeing medal

By KARL RITTER
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - He was scalded at 3, kidnapped two years later, and lost a kidney when he fell from a tree at 10. To say Isaquias Queiroz had a rough start in life...
US-Argentina again in men's basketball, only now in quarters

By BRIAN MAHONEY
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - In the last three Olympics it was a semifinal matchup, the penultimate step on the winner's climb to the gold-medal podium. Now the U.S. men's bask...
Money May in the house: Mayweather roots for Stevenson

By DAN GELSTON
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - His focus seemingly unflappable, Shakur Stevenson was briefly distracted when he heard a familiar voice as he walked out for his Olympic bout. "Aug...
Biles wins floor exercise for record-tying 4th Olympic gold

By WILL GRAVES
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The Simone Show went out in style. And gold. Again. Simone Biles put the finishing touches on one of the greatest Olympics by a gymnast, capturing ...
2 US women volleyballers stung by London are thriving Rio

By JANIE McCAULEY
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - So stung by a devastating defeat to Brazil in the championship match of the London Games four years ago, silver medalists Foluke Akinradewo and Jor...

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