Report: Billy Butler hurt during 'altercation' with Danny Valencia At the plate, the Oakland Athletics have been punchless this season. In the clubhouse, the team apparently has a lot of fight. According to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle, designated hitter Billy Butler missed two games against the Chicago White Sox after being injured during an altercation with teammate … [Read more...]
Final Rio medal count: USA nearly doubles total of closest country
Final Rio medal count: USA nearly doubles total of closest country The U.S. continues to dominate the Summer Games, as the Americans were all over the podium at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Team USA finished with a total of 121 medals -- 51 more than second-place China. That is the largest margin by any country in a non-boycotted Olympics since 1932, when the U.S. beat Italy by 67 medals. The … [Read more...]
Notre Dame dismisses safety, suspends cornerback following arrests
Notre Dame dismisses safety, suspends cornerback following arrests Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) After six of his players were arrested in two separate incidents, Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly has reached a decision concerning their discipline. [Check out Dr. Saturday on Tumblr for entertaining things you won’t see on the blog] First, senior safety Max … [Read more...]
Introducing Team USA's next coach: Gregg Popovich
Introducing Team USA's next coach: Gregg Popovich 6:31 PM ET SAN ANTONIO -- You crave the recipe of his secret sauce. You believe you've identified some of its special ingredients: draft foreign players, shoot corner 3s, emphasize defense, share the ball, victimize trembling sideline reporters. You'd like to believe you've captured the essence of the bearded coach stomping along the sideline … [Read more...]
In grabbing the gold, Team USA Men's Basketball steadied its ship
In grabbing the gold, Team USA Men's Basketball steadied its ship Your browser does not support iframes. Medal count | Olympic schedule | Olympic news You couldn’t be blamed for feeling a little frustrated at Team USA on Sunday, even after it dominated Serbia by 30 points on its way toward a third consecutive gold medal in men’s basketball. Where was this sort of showing in pool play? … [Read more...]
Brazil grabs men’s volleyball gold, with Neymar watching (Yahoo Sports)
Brazil grabs men's volleyball gold, with Neymar watching (Yahoo Sports) With Neymar in a courtside seat cheering his countrymen, Wallace pumped his arms and let out screams from deep in his lungs as Brazil fed off the energy in raucous Maracanazinho arena. Brazil's determined men's volleyball team gave the hosts another sensational gold right next door to where Neymar and Co. did it less … [Read more...]
Neymar kick is gold: Brazil wins 1st Olympic soccer title (Yahoo Sports)
Neymar kick is gold: Brazil wins 1st Olympic soccer title (Yahoo Sports) With a kiss of the ball and an unforgettable kick, Brazil's biggest soccer star gave the Olympic host its biggest moment of the games. Brazil won its first Olympic gold medal in soccer Saturday with a dramatic penalty kick by Neymar to defeat Germany, sending the nation into a frenzy after a 1-1 (5-4 shootout) victory. … [Read more...]
Boxing: Shields wears two golds around her neck (Reuters)
Boxing: Shields wears two golds around her neck (Reuters) By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Claressa Shields brought one gold medal to the ring with her and left with two hanging around her neck after retaining her Olympic middleweight title and making U.S. boxing history on Sunday. Some historians have questioned that tournament's Olympic status. … [Read more...]
Shields becomes 1st American boxer with 2 Olympic golds (Yahoo Sports)
Shields becomes 1st American boxer with 2 Olympic golds (Yahoo Sports) Claressa Shields had Olympic gold around her neck and a secret keepsake in her warmup jacket pocket. ''I'm going to let the world know and they'll never forget that I have two Olympic gold medals,'' she said. Shields had all the answers as she breezed through three unanimous decision victories in the tournament. … [Read more...]
Olympics-Boxing-Men’s flyweight final results (Reuters)
Olympics-Boxing-Men's flyweight final results (Reuters) Aug 21 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing men's flyweight final result in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. Shakhobidin Zoirov (Uzbekistan) beat Misha Aloian (Russia) 3-0 … [Read more...]