2016 Rio Olympics golf: Leaderboard, live blog, Round 2 updates, Friday highlights The first round of Olympic golf in 112 years is now in the books and golfers at the 2016 Rio Olympics now have 18 holes to look back on in hopes of making improvements to vie for the first medals to be handed out since 1904. Both Henrik Stenson and Justin Rose are hoping to ride solid Thursdays to the top of the … [Read more...]

Rio Olympics: Russian Yulia 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...]

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...]

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...]

Rio Olympics results: Michael Phelps, Simone Biles win more gold on Day 6 An exciting Day 6 for the Americans began as expected, with Simone Biles and Aly Raisman taking gold and silver, respectively, in the women's gymnastics all-around competition. The U.S. also received gold in judo, and swimming provided its usual allotment of medals. Follow our live blog for updates on the night's events. … [Read more...]

Video: A-Rod, please don't turn into baseball's Brett Favre The A-Rod week-long retirement tour already hasn’t been the happy-happy-joy-joy type of event you might have expected. Sunday’s announcement seemed nice enough — with A-Rod crying and the Yankees promising him an advisory gig and a chance to leave with some dignity. Ever since then, things have been existing in one level of … [Read more...]

Terry Collins unleashes huge rant after flailing Mets get swept The New York Mets’ most recent loss, Thursday’s 9-0 drubbing at the hands of the Arizona Diamondbacks, triggered something in manager Terry Collins. After his team had left the field, he made his way to the press room and unleashed some harsh words about the state of the Mets. The only thing missing from that rant is a mic … [Read more...]

WATCH: Mark Sanchez drops it in for his first preseason touchdown The first drive of Mark Sanchez's Broncos (preseason) career couldn't have ended any better, even if it got off to a bit of a strange start. The Broncos began their preseason slate with a game against the Chicago Bears on Thursday night, and they got the ball to start the game. After a 26-yard kickoff return, Sanchez dropped back … [Read more...]

Podcast: Curt Schilling on A-Rod, Tim Tebow and his new broadcast gig This is The StewPod, our baseball podcast with a dash of pop culture. If you dig the show, please subscribe and review us on iTunes. Curt Schilling is a man with no shortage of opinions. And this week baseball has been ripe with things to have an opinion about, including Alex Rodriguez’s retirement and Tim Tebow’s attempt … [Read more...]

Waiver Wired: Waiver Wired: Joe Must-Own? Hopefully you didn’t panic if you missed out on the huge group of new closers coming out of last week’s trade deadline. We saw even more changes this week, with Marlins closer A.J. Ramos hitting the disabled list due to a finger fracture and Rockies rookie Carlos Estevez pitching his way out of the job. We might also be seeing a switch in Cincinnati, as … [Read more...]