Rio Olympics 2016: Day 8 schedule, events, how to watch, live stream It's the Day 8 of the 2016 Rio Olympics, and action continues with plenty of exciting medal events. In the morning, Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin hit the track for the first time in the 100-meter prelims. Later in the evening, the world's fastest woman will be named following the women's 100-meter final. Michael Phelps will also … [Read more...]

A-Rod contributes double, takes final bows in emotional Yankees farewell The final chapter of Alex Rodriguez’s New York Yankees career was officially written Friday night in front of a soldout crowd at Yankee Stadium. Rodriguez, who will now be released from his player’s contract, went out on the highest of highs given his unusual circumstances, contributing an RBI double in four at-bats. … [Read more...]

'New York Post' misses the mark with headline on A-Rod's farewell The New York Post has a thing where it goes above and beyond anything a reasonable person would do with headlines. A lot of the time, people might say they crossed a line. This time it looks like they threw up on the line and trampled all over it. In light of there being a storm during the pregame ceremony honoring … [Read more...]

A-Rod contributes double, takes his final bows in emotional Yankees farewell The final chapter of Alex Rodriguez’s New York Yankees career was officially written Friday night in front of a soldout crowd at Yankee Stadium. Rodriguez, who will now be released from his player’s contract, went out on the highest of highs given his unusual circumstances, contributing an RBI double in four … [Read more...]

Rio Olympics: America reacts as swimmer Katie Ledecky nearly laps her competition There was absolutely no drama heading into the women's 800-meter freestyle final. Pretty much everyone -- including her competitors -- knew that that Katie Ledecky was going to win. The 2012 Olympic champion in this event was not about to cede her crown and, of course, she didn't. However, when you watch an athlete … [Read more...]

Rio Olympics: Michael Phelps beaten by Singaporean he met as a 13-year-old When Joseph Schooling first met Michael Phelps, he was just 13 years old -- a kid meeting the swimmer he idolized. Neither could have known at the time that the same young boy would go head-to-head with his idol in the pool years later. And not only would they go head-to-head, the boy would win. Schooling beat his … [Read more...]

LOOK: RG3 has wild first play, gets lit up after 49-yard bomb to Pryor Ironically enough, Robert Griffin III's first play with the Cleveland Browns looked a lot like his entire career in Washington: A flash of brilliance followed by a small injury. After watching the Browns defense for the first six minutes of the game on Friday, RG3 and the Browns offense finally hit the field against the … [Read more...]

Yasiel Puig joins his new Triple-A teammates in hunting Pokemon Gotta catch ’em all, Yasiel Puig (AP) Since partying with his Triple-A teammates and posting the exploits on Snapchat wasn’t to the liking of Yasiel Puig’s employer, the Los Angeles Dodgers, maybe they’ll care more for his newest hobby. Puig said he joined his Oklahoma City Dodgers teammates in hunting Pokémon on Thursday night. … [Read more...]

Graduate transfer hand-wringing screams of coaches' competitive fear It took a non-descript backup defensive back to usher in the latest tidal wave of student-athlete welfare. On this silly graduate transfer issue, Alabama didn't go to war over an NFL-bound left tackle or wide receiver with Olympic speed. Well, mostly because a Cam Robinson or Calvin Ridley probably aren't looking to … [Read more...]

Derek Jeter on A-Rod's retirement: ‘It will be difficult for him' The countdown is on for Alex Rodriguez’s final game with the New York Yankees, after which he says he’ll retire from baseball. A-Rod didn’t get the season-long send-off like we’ve seen for Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera. He got a week and one final home game. There will be an on-field ceremony to honor A-Rod before … [Read more...]