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Gray skies and green water at the Rio de Janeiro Games

By ARNIE STAPLETON
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Skies and pools both darkened Wednesday as the sun-splashed Olympics in Rio de Janeiro gave way to gray clouds and murky green waters. The Rio Game...
Phelps leaves Lochte in his wake one last time at Olympics

By PAUL NEWBERRY
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Michael Phelps waggled four fingers, recognizing another historic achievement. Now, he's the first swimmer ever to win the same event at four strai...
Boisterous Brazilian fans rewrite rules of Olympic etiquette

By MAURICIO SAVARESE
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Forget the snarling traffic and unexpected rainstorms. Foreign spectators and athletes at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro have something else to get...
Star Belgian sailor takes sick after racing on polluted bay

By BERNIE WILSON
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A Belgian woman who won a 2012 bronze medal has become sick, the first Olympic competitor to fall ill after sailing the polluted waters of Guanabar...
History finally sinks in for Mallory Pugh

By ANNE M. PETERSON
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - While she's just 18 and the youngest soccer player at the Olympics for the U.S., Mallory Pugh displays the confidence of a seasoned veteran. The ...
Tweet, tweet: US hoop team hearing whistles in Rio Games

By TOM WITHERS
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - When the U.S. Olympic team's charter bus pulled up outside Flamengo Club before practice, police officers closed off the street and one of the moto...
Spaniard finally wins women's kayak gold, on 3rd attempt

By FOSTER NIUMATA
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Just seconds into her first heat in canoe slalom, Maialen Chourraut thought her Olympics were over. She missed a gate entirely in the women's kayak...
After explosion, Spain basketball gets 1st win of Olympics

By BRIAN MAHONEY
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Spain got its first victory of the Olympics, and almost nobody saw the beginning of it. The men's basketball silver medalists in the last two Olymp...
Several of UConn's greats assemble 1 final time at Rio Games

By DOUG FEINBERG
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Sue Bird took a moment to pause and look around the U.S. women's basketball practice court. Standing in one corner doing interviews was assistant J...
Crimean swimmer aims for gold in Rio after turbulent times

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - While Andriy Hovorov hasn't been home for almost three years, he is representing his native region of Crimea quite well in Rio. Hovorov raced for U...

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