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Biles, Phelps power their way to more gold in Rio

By ARNIE STAPLETON
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Michael Phelps and Simone Biles powered their way to more gold medals with rousing routs at the Rio Games on Thursday. Sauntering to the sounds of ...
Brazilian da Silva tees off into Olympic history

By DOUG FERGUSON
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - In more than two decades as a pro, Adilson da Silva never felt nerves like this on the first tee. Thursday wasn't any tournament. It was the offici...
The Fijian way: The people's team delivers 1st Olympic gold

By JOHN PYE
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Osea Kolinisau didn't want merely to win Fiji's first ever Olympic gold medal, he was determined to do it by showing the world how rugby sevens sho...
Australia rallies, beats Japan 92-86 in women's basketball

The Associated Press
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Liz Cambage scored 37 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Australia rallied from 16 points down in the fourth quarter to beat Japan 92-86 and clinch ...
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...

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