"Awesome Hour" on the track as US captures 6 Olympic medals (Yahoo Sports) Tianna Bartoletta kicked off her country's whirlwind run of medals on the night. In a span of about 60 minutes Wednesday night, U.S. athletes hauled in a bevy of medals: Bartoletta and Brittney Reese went 1-2 in the long jump, Tori Bowie captured a bronze in the 200 and Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin … [Read more...]

Part horse race, part roller coaster: Welcome to BMX (The Associated Press) Imagine a horse race that starts on a ramp about three stories high, then winds down a quarter-mile track with as many bumps and twists as a roller-coaster ride. ''You're in this starting gate and it's being let out of the gates and everybody goes,'' U.S. rider Alise Post said. ''It's really a big kind of a roller … [Read more...]

Move over Bolt, Thompson already has an Olympic double (Yahoo Sports) Elaine Thompson is the latest. After completing a sprint double at the Olympics with an overpowering performance in the 200 meters on Wednesday, Thompson is now one small step ahead of Bolt, who will try to clinch his double on Thursday. Thompson's latest victory made her the first woman to win the 100 and 200 at the … [Read more...]

No Bolt vs. Gatlin II at Olympics, American misses 200 final (Yahoo Sports) Bolt vs. Gatlin II at the Olympics is off. Gatlin tweaked his ankle in training way back at the beginning of the season but, ironically, really aggravated the problem about a week later doing a TV commercial for the Olympics. It returned in Rio de Janeiro and dampened his hopes of a gold. … [Read more...]

US men's volleyball reaches Rio semis with 4th straight win (Yahoo Sports) John Speraw ran along the sideline about as close as he could to actually being in the action, cheering Aaron Russell to make a save while crashing into the barrier some 20 feet behind the end line. ''I was willing him to get that ball,'' the U.S. coach said. Moments later, Micah Christenson pulled off a nearly … [Read more...]

IndyCar drivers will honor police when they resume at Texas (The Associated Press) IndyCar drivers will have ''Back The Blue'' decals on their cars and wear caps representing local police and national law enforcement agencies when they resume the rain-interrupted race at Texas Motor Speedway on Aug. 27. Just weeks after the June 12 postponement, five law enforcement officers were shot and … [Read more...]

US routs Argentina 105-78, moves into men's basketball semis (Yahoo Sports) In front of a chanting, flag-waving crowd of Argentines who came to throw a raucous farewell party for their Golden Generation, the Americans delivered their most complete performance in Rio. ''What a remarkable run by Argentina and so we knew we had to match that energy tonight. Turning a slow start into an early … [Read more...]

Parker says goodbye to Olympics after France loses to Spain (Yahoo Sports) Before going their separate ways, Tony Parker and Paul Gasol met near mid-court and the new teammates shared a warm embrace following Spain's lopsided win. Nearly written off after two losses to open the Rio Games, Spain is back in the men's basketball semifinals for the third straight time following a 92-67 rout of … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Men's welterweight final results (Reuters) Aug 17 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing men's welterweight final result in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. Daniyar Yeleussinov (Kazakhstan) beat Shakhram Giyasov (Uzbekistan) 3-0 … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Kazakhstan's Yeleussinov wins welterweight gold (Reuters) * Yeleussinov extends Kazakh winning welter streak * Uzbekistan's Giyasov takes silver * Bronzes for Morocco and France (Adds detail) By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's Daniyar Yeleussinov beat Uzbekistan's Shakhram Giyasov on points to win Olympic welterweight gold on Wednesday and … [Read more...]