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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...
US women hold off scrappy Netherlands team in 5 sets

By JANIE McCAULEY
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - This past year in Istanbul, U.S. assistant coach Jamie Morrison worked right alongside a man he considers among the best volleyball minds in the bu...
Rafaela Silva wins Brazil's 1st gold of Rio Olympics in judo

By MARIA CHENG
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - From the favela to the top of the podium, Rafaela Silva earned Brazil's first gold medal of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. And to celebrate, the 24-y...
Nigeria sports minister apologizes for Olympics travel chaos

By GERALD IMRAY
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Nigeria's sports minister apologized to the Olympic men's soccer team and took responsibility Monday for the travel chaos that resulted in players ...
NBC announcer says he regrets tweet about Biles' parents

By DAVID BAUDER
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - NBC announcer Al Trautwig said Monday he regrets tweeting that the adoptive mother and father of American gymnastics star Simone Biles were not her paren...

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