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Stepanova: If something happens to us, it's not an accident

By EDDIE PELLS
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The runner who blew the whistle on the doping scandal in Russia fears for her safety and has switched residences after hackers breached a database ...
Some Olympic athletes find grass is greener far from home

By JIM LITKE
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - For Sale: One elite athlete, lightly used. Will swap citizenship, move to your country and even marry to compete for your Olympic team if the price...
Rio holds its breath, then winds roar across Olympic courses

By BERNIE WILSON
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The Olympic wind gods held their breath, and then exhaled all at once. First there was too little wind, and then too much. Almost as if someone had...
US teen advances in Olympic 400 hurdles despite cold, nerves

By PAT GRAHAM
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The American teenager was talking as if her time in Rio was done - the competition was just too intimidating, the Olympic atmosphere was too overwh...
Germany tops US 2-1 in women's field hockey quarterfinals

By CLIFF BRUNT
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Germany is a step closer to claiming another medal in women's Olympic field hockey. The U.S. once again will leave empty-handed. The Germans held o...
US, Hungary advance to women's semifinal

By JAY COHEN
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - For all the talk about the team's potent attack, the No. 1 priority for the U.S. women's water polo team is defense. For three quarters on Monday, ...
Viviani wins gold for Italy, Cavendish adds to British haul

By DAVE SKRETTA
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Elia Viviani slammed hard into the wooden surface of the Olympic velodrome and thought, just for a fleeting moment, that perhaps his chances of win...
Go USA! Go Coach? For US basketball fans, Olympics a change

By BRIAN MAHONEY
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - You love them now, right America? Mike Krzyzewski and Geno Auriemma may have their haters in college basketball, but this is the Olympics. This is ...
Study finds women competitors dominate NBC's prime time

By DAVID BAUDER
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - During the first half of the Olympics, women have dominated the screen on NBC in the evening. Through Saturday night, 58.5 percent of the competition tim...
Brazil is a step closer to gold, but Sweden comes first

By ANNE M. PETERSON
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The Brazilians are a step away from a shot at Olympic gold, and nothing could make the host nation's fans happier. Women's soccer has not tradition...

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