Missy Franklin's Olympics end with a disappointing thud ... so what gives? United States’ Missy Franklin reacts after placing last in a women’s 200-meter freestyle semifinal. (AP) Medal count | Olympic schedule | Olympic news RIO DE JANEIRO – Missy Franklin’s Olympics ended Thursday night. Not with a podium trip and applause and a medal around her neck, the recurring scene from 2012. … [Read more...]
Champions Leicester fire Premier League starting gun
Champions Leicester fire Premier League starting gun London (AFP) – Three months and six days after their glittering coronation as Premier League champions, Claudio Ranieri’s Leicester City launch the new season with a trip to promoted Hull City on Saturday. The novelty of their 5,000-1 triumph is still to wear off, but Leicester are already looking to the future. Midfield lynchpin N’Golo Kante … [Read more...]
NFL Preseason Blitz: Carson Wentz has rocky debut
NFL Preseason Blitz: Carson Wentz has rocky debut Philadelphia Eagles fans couldn’t even get to halftime of the preseason opener before the first “We want Wentz!” chant. You can’t blame them for being excited about quarterback Carson Wentz, the second pick of the NFL draft. He’s the Eagles’ future, and Thursday night was the fans’ first look at him in game action. Wentz gave the fans enough … [Read more...]
Rio Olympics: Russian Efimova asks why Phelps shouldn't be banned
Rio Olympics: Russian Efimova asks why Phelps shouldn't be banned Yulia Efimova, who became one of the most well-known Russian Olympians among American fans thanks to outspoken, finger-wagging rival Lilly King, has been taking a lot of heat this week. Amid winning two silver medals, including in the 100-meter breast stroke against King and the 200-meter breaststroke Thursday, Efimova … [Read more...]
Oregon coach Mark Helfrich invites Larry David to join coaching staff (Video)
Oregon coach Mark Helfrich invites Larry David to join coaching staff (Video) (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Larry David knows comedy, but does he know football? He thinks he does. The creator and star of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm (and co-creator of some show called Seinfeld) said this week during an appearance on The Dan Patrick Show that he believes he could be an offensive … [Read more...]
Boxing: Hernandez poised to end U.S. medal drought (Reuters)
Boxing: Hernandez poised to end U.S. medal drought (Reuters) The U.S. men's boxing team will be assured of its first Olympic medal since 2008 when Nico Miguel Hernandez faces Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan in the semi-final of the light-flyweight competition on Friday. The rules of Olympic boxing guarantee that the losing semi-finalists both receive a bronze medal, meaning that whatever … [Read more...]
The Fijian way: The people’s team delivers 1st Olympic gold (Yahoo Sports)
The Fijian way: The people's team delivers 1st Olympic gold (Yahoo Sports) Osea Kolinisau didn't want merely to win Fiji's first ever Olympic gold medal, he was determined to do it by showing the world how rugby sevens should be played. With his prime minister among the Fijians in the crowd, and knowing 900,000 more back in the Pacific expected nothing less than a gold medal, he kicked off … [Read more...]
Quarterback battles, Cam's error and everything else from Day 1 of the preseason
Quarterback battles, Cam's error and everything else from Day 1 of the preseason The NFL's preseason schedule got off to a delayed start thanks to the Hall of Fame Game getting canceled on Sunday, so the first night of football in nearly seven months was a little more action-packed than we're used to. Preseason pigskin isn't always of the highest quality, but one thing you're always … [Read more...]
Geno Auriemma: ‘We live in that Trumpian era where it’s OK to be sexist and degrade people that are good’
Geno Auriemma: ‘We live in that Trumpian era where it’s OK to be sexist and degrade people that are good’ (Getty Images) Medal count | Olympic schedule | Olympic news Don’t ask Geno Auriemma to apologize for the excellence of his teams. After a 26-point win over Serbia in Rio Wednesday, the U.S. women’s basketball coach was once again asked about those who think the continued dominance of … [Read more...]
Jimmy Garoppolo has ups and downs in preseason opener
Jimmy Garoppolo has ups and downs in preseason opener Jimmy Garoppolo (AP) Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo still has three more preseason games to go before he starts a game that counts for the New England Patriots. It looked like he’ll need the extra work before the regular season. Garoppolo, who will start the first four games of this season for the suspended Tom Brady, was decent but far from … [Read more...]