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Olympics

Phelps is touting the benefit of cupping _ but does it work?

By JON KRAWCZYNSKI
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Michael Phelps woke up on the morning of the first race of his fifth Olympic Games with some soreness in his right shoulder. At 31 years old, the s...
Australian women win 1st gold medal for Olympic rugby sevens

By JOHN PYE
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The first Olympic rugby gold medal in 92 years has gone to a group of Australian women that includes a mechanic, an elite former sprinter and a 21-...
American cyclists beginning to rue 4th place finishes

By DAVE SKRETTA
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - One long-held truism of the Olympics is there are no medals for fourth place, only the crushing disappointment of coming oh-so-close to a life-chan...
Volleyball replay challenge system at Olympics for 1st time

By JIMMY GOLEN
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - It's match point at the Copacabana beach volleyball venue, and a spike catches the line for the winning point. Or does it? While one side celebrate...
Column: In fight against doping, disabled lead the way

By TIM DAHLBERG
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Maybe it's time we started paying more attention to the Paralympics. Not only are their athletes courageous, so are their leaders. They did what Ol...
Italy's Campriani calms fears to earn air rifle goal

By JOHN MARSHALL
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Niccolo Campriani saw his lead drop to less than a point heading into the finals. One miscue or great shot by Ukraine's Serhiy Kulish and the gold ...
Computers, technology help US track and field go for gold

By EDDIE PELLS
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The seeds for many of the 25, maybe 30, medals the U.S. track team hopes to win in Rio de Janeiro were planted at a training center in California w...
Australia men's basketball has 'something special'; US next

By BRIAN MAHONEY
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Down Under is on top in Olympic men's basketball. Now Australia is looking forward to its shot at the U.S. for the chance to stay there. "We're goi...
Argentina's handball team rescues del Potro, then loses

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Argentina's handball team rescued tennis player Juan Martin del Potro from an elevator, but couldn't rescue themselves from an opening-match loss t...
Olympic cycling course leaves riders bloodied, broken

By DAVE SKRETTA
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - After a series of spills in the men's Olympic road race left cyclists with broken bones and bloody road rash, it seemed as if the women's race Sund...

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