Olympics-Cycling-Trott dominant as she hammers omnium field (Reuters) Britain's Trott romped to victory in the women's track cycling omnium on the Rio boards on Tuesday, leaving her rivals trailing in her tyre tracks and scrapping for podium places. In winning the multi-discipline, two-day event and beating American veteran Sarah Hammer by a massive 24-point margin, she matched her feat at … [Read more...]
Olympics-Boxing-Conceicao secures golden first for Brazil (Reuters)
Olympics-Boxing-Conceicao secures golden first for Brazil (Reuters) * Conceicao is Brazil's first Olympic boxing champion * Oumiha wins France's first boxing medal since 2008 (Adds quotes) By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Lightweight Robson Conceicao won Brazil's first ever Olympic boxing gold medal on Tuesday, with a raucous home crowd roaring him on to a unanimous … [Read more...]
Cycling: Britain’s Kenny wins keirin gold to take haul to six (Reuters)
Cycling: Britain's Kenny wins keirin gold to take haul to six (Reuters) By Stephen Eisenhammer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Britain's Jason Kenny won the men's track cycling keirin on Tuesday, taking his gold medal haul to six and equaling Chris Hoy's record for the country's most Olympic titles. In a race that was controversially restarted twice without disqualifying any riders, Kenny … [Read more...]
Cardinals coach Bruce Arians taken to San Diego hospital with stomach pain
Cardinals coach Bruce Arians taken to San Diego hospital with stomach pain Arizona Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians did not join his team during joint practices with the San Diego Chargers on Tuesday night after experiencing stomach pain earlier in the day. According to a Cardinals spokesman, Arians was taken to a hospital in the San Diego area. Update tonight from San Diego re: Cardinals … [Read more...]
2016 Rio Olympics results: Simone Biles, USA gymnastics win more medals on Day 11
2016 Rio Olympics results: Simone Biles, USA gymnastics win more medals on Day 11 Just a day after slipping on the balance beam and "only" winning bronze, Simone Biles bounced back to end her Olympics on a high note. She took home gold -- her fourth of the Olympics -- in the floor exercise, while teammate Aly Raisman won silver. Biles will leave Rio with five medals, while Raisman picks up three … [Read more...]
College Football Predictions: 16 Bold Picks For 2016 Season – – Campus Insiders
College Football Predictions: 16 Bold Picks For 2016 Season - - Campus Insiders With the fall camp underway across the nation, we make several bold college football predictions for the upcoming 2016 season. It wouldn’t be the eve of a new season without some college football predictions.After spending the last seven months of the offseason digesting all nuggets of information, from coaching … [Read more...]
Dana White: 'Jon Jones did not take the drug everyone thought he took'
Dana White: 'Jon Jones did not take the drug everyone thought he took' (Getty)In a recent post on Instagram, Jon Jones said that he would be returning to the Octagon “really soon” despite facing a potential suspension for failing a drug test that ended up having him removed from the UFC 200 main event in July. “I’m sure you guys are curious about what’s going on with this USADA … [Read more...]
Honey Badger returns to practice after being activated from the PUP list
Honey Badger returns to practice after being activated from the PUP list The Cardinals have the heart of their defense back on the field. The team activated Tyrann Mathieu from the physically unable to perform list on Tuesday, the Cardinals announced on their website. He returned to practice after posting the following message to his Twitter account: But this time it won't take me to long to … [Read more...]
Braves call up Dansby Swanson as Shelby Miller dwells in minors
Braves call up Dansby Swanson as Shelby Miller dwells in minors Dansby Swanson will join the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday. (AP) The Dansby Swanson era has begun. The Atlanta Braves announced their plan to call-up Swanson on Wednesday for his major-league debut, meaning his path from No. 1 pick in the 2015 MLB Draft to big leaguer took just over 14 months. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball … [Read more...]
WATCH: Chase Utley gets standing ovation in return to Philly
WATCH: Chase Utley gets standing ovation in return to Philly By no means is this surprising, but it's still newsworthy. Long-time Phillies second baseman Chase Utley returned as a member of an opposing team for the first time on Tuesday, and the reception he got from the Phillies fans and players had to have been pretty satisfying. I love the Ryan Howard shot along with Utley saluting multiple … [Read more...]