Olympics-Cycling-Tears flow as Meares makes Olympic exit (Reuters) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Australian track cycling great Anna Meares usually leaves scorch marks on velodrome boards. Meares won her sixth Olympic medal in Saturday's keirin final, a bronze, making her the first Australian to win an individual medal at four Games. While she has yet to officially … [Read more...]
Olympics-Boxing-Clash of heads decides welterweight final lineup (Reuters)
Olympics-Boxing-Clash of heads decides welterweight final lineup (Reuters) * Semifinal stopped after clash of heads * Kazakh goes through to final with Uzbek * Bronze medals for Morocco and France (Recasts after second semi-final) By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's Daniyar Yeleussinov won through to the Olympic welterweight final and a guaranteed silver … [Read more...]
Team USA faces Argentina to headline men's basketball quarterfinals
Team USA faces Argentina to headline men's basketball quarterfinals Kevin Durant and Team USA will look to find top form in the elimination round. (AP/Eric Gay) Medal count | Olympic schedule | Olympic news The preliminary round of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament in Rio de Janeiro has come to an end. In many ways, the past 10 days have taught us very little – the United States … [Read more...]
Lakers' Young: Relationship with Russell on mend
Lakers' Young: Relationship with Russell on mend 2:51 AM ET ESPN.com news services Nick Young has found the high road and the humor in his controversy-filled spring and romance-less summer. Five months after Los Angeles Lakers teammate D'Angelo Russell posted a video of him talking about picking up girls -- and two months after his public breakup with pop star girlfriend Iggy Azalea -- … [Read more...]
David Rudisha retains Olympic title in 800, cements legacy (Yahoo Sports)
David Rudisha retains Olympic title in 800, cements legacy (Yahoo Sports) David Rudisha glanced to his left twice as he came round the final bend, waiting for the challenge to come. Rudisha won in 1 minute, 42.15 seconds from Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi, who ran a national record time of 1:42.61 to add an 800 silver here to his gold in the 1,500 at the last Olympics. Clayton Murphy powered … [Read more...]
Olympics-Cycling-Trott in command of women’s omnium (Reuters)
Olympics-Cycling-Trott in command of women's omnium (Reuters) RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Defending champion Laura Trott took command of the women's track cycling omnium event at the Rio Games on Monday to close in on the fourth Olympic gold medal of her career. The 24-year-old finished second in the scratch race before winning the individual pursuit and elimination events. With three … [Read more...]
Hunter Pence trips over the bullpen mound, somehow makes falling catch
Hunter Pence trips over the bullpen mound, somehow makes falling catch The falling catch is a relative of the diving catch, right? Like the clumsy, accident-prone member of the family who everyone still loves. After all, it gets the job done just the same. An out is an out, even if less aesthetically impressive. I bring this up, obviously, because it just happened in AT&T Park. One of … [Read more...]
Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Choo Cut Short
Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Choo Cut Short Follow @Rotoworld_BB and @RyanPBoyer on Twitter. Shin-Soo Choo probably wishes he could hit the reset button on the 2016 season. Choo suffered what looks likely to be a season-ending injury Monday, as a hit by pitch resulted in a fractured left forearm. He’ll be placed on the disabled list prior to Tuesday’s contest in what will be his fourth trip … [Read more...]
Rio rain wreaks havoc with hurdles, pole vault, discus
Rio rain wreaks havoc with hurdles, pole vault, discus Your browser does not support iframes. Medal count | Olympic schedule | Olympic news Rain hit Rio hard Monday evening, forcing three different track and field events – 110-meter hurdles, pole vault and discus – to scramble to adapt to the torrential downpour. Events were halted for about 25 minutes, and when they resumed, logistical … [Read more...]
Vote: Harder to guard — Curry or Iverson?
Vote: Harder to guard -- Curry or Iverson? 12:02 AM ET Years before Stephen Curry became virtually unguardable, another point guard wowed fans and opponents alike with his moves and scoring ability. That would be Allen Iverson. So on Monday's edition of SportsNation, the hosts asked a simple question: Curry has won the last two NBA MVP awards, averaging a league-high 30.1 points per game last … [Read more...]