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Hoang holds on against Wu, rowdy crowd to take air gun gold

By JOHN MARSHALL
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Hoang Xuan Vinh heard the cheers. The Brazilian fans wanted a Brazilian to win Olympic gold and let Felipe Almeida Wu know it with every shot. They...
Melo: Team must move on after reports of brothel visit

The Associated Press
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Carmelo Anthony says his US men's basketball teammates need to accept responsibility and move on after reports that three players visited a legal b...
Camaraderie is key for volunteer headed to 6th Olympics

The Associated Press
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - STATELINE, Nev. (AP) - A Lake Tahoe woman who is headed to Rio to experience her sixth Olympics went to her first Summer Games 20 years ago to watch the athletic competi...
Olympic viewing: NBC's ratings drop, chaotic bike race

By DAVID BAUDER
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - An estimated 26.5 million people watched NBC's coverage of the Olympic opening ceremony, a sharp 35 percent drop from the record-setting viewership of th...
Australia rallies, beats host Brazil 84-66 in Olympic opener

The Associated Press
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Liz Cambage scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, and Australia rallied from a 12-point deficit in the first half and beat host Brazil 84-66 Sa...
Hungary's Szasz wins gold in women's epee

By LUKE MEREDITH
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - In a day of fencing upsets, Hungary's Emese Szasz rallied to win the gold medal in women's epee Saturday at the Carioca Arena 3. Szasz, ranked seve...
Americans solid 2nd to China in gymnastics preliminaries

By WILL GRAVES
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - In the midst of arguably their finest team performance in a quadrennium, a familiar nemesis provided the U.S. men's gymnastics team with a reminder...
US women's water polo coach leaves team after brother dies

By JAY COHEN
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - U.S. women's water polo coach Adam Krikorian met with his team before practice on Thursday morning. One of his two older brothers had died, and he ...
Rio's poor watch Olympic opening from rooftops of slum

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - In the hills that hug Maracana Stadium, many Brazilians saw the flash and glitz of the opening ceremony for the Olympics from rooftops with exposed...
Fans like dunks, but Griner eyeing Olympic shot block mark

By DOUG FEINBERG
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brittney Griner would love to be the second woman to dunk in the Olympics, though it's not the piece of history she really hopes to get. That indiv...

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