Air Force has matching 'sharktooth' uniforms to match helmet (Video) Air Force flag carriers run before the NCAA Mountain West Championship football game against San Diego State Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) Air Force has matching uniforms to go with its awesome “Sharktooth” alternate helmets. [Check out Dr. Saturday on Tumblr for entertaining things … [Read more...]

American braves tough Rio conditions to join mix for Olympic golf gold Gerina Piller enters the final round tied for second. (Getty Images) By Stephanie Myles, Yahoo Canada RIO DE JANEIRO — The Olympic golf course morphed from docile lamb into ferocious lion overnight, much to the dismay of the shot makers but to the delight of the scramblers. The brutish wind on Friday was Gerina Piller’s … [Read more...]

You will yell like a shot-put hurler after watching this video Your browser does not support iframes. Medal count | Olympic schedule | Olympic news The men’s Olympic shot put weighs 7.26 kilograms, or about 16 pounds, or about the weight of two gallons of milk, so, yeah, it takes a bit of effort to hurl one. So you’ll love watching this NBC compilation of these Olympic shot put competitors … [Read more...]

Mexico finally gets a medal at a very frustrating Olympics Misael Uriel Rodriguez (Getty Images) It’s almost fitting that Mexico has won its only medal of the Rio Games as the result of a loss. Middleweight Misael Rodriguez dropped Thursday’s semifinal bout to Uzbekistan’s Bektemir Melikuziev, securing a bronze medal since there are no third-place matches at the Olympics. Despite the … [Read more...]

2016 Rio Olympics daily viewer's guide - Day 14 (August 19) On tap today: Usain Bolt’s final race takes place tonight, U.S. men’s basketball looks for a trip to the gold medal game and the women of the U.S. 4×100-meter team look to recover from a shaky qualifying round to repeat as Olympic champs. Add in an American diver and wrestler looking to repeat and another women’s team looking to … [Read more...]

Lewis makes charge as Park takes one-shot lead in Olympic women's golf Stacy Lewis made a big charge on Day 2 in Rio. (Getty Images) Going into the final 36 holes of the women’s Olympic golf tournament, we’re set for a showdown of the sport’s accelerating generations. Seven-time major winner Inbee Park leads on the Olympic Golf Course at 10-under 132 after shooting a second-consecutive … [Read more...]

Three-Point Stance: Is Funchess over Benjamin crazy talk? Funchess over Benjamin is a hot take that may actually have some merit. (Getty) Falling just short of collecting their first Lombardi Trophy in franchise history, the Carolina Panthers were a firestorm of fantasy fun last season. Cam Newton, Greg Olsen and Jonathan Stewart were starting lineup mainstays. Ted Ginn Jr. and Devin … [Read more...]

Rio mystery solved: Why does decathlete Ashton Eaton wear a gladiator helmet? Ashton Eaton has been wearing interesting-looking headgear during the decathlon competition. (AP) Medal count | Olympic schedule | Olympic news If you’ve been keeping up with the decathlon action in Rio, you might have noticed leader and defending Olympic champion Ashton Eaton rocking a bright blue, medieval-style … [Read more...]

2016 Rio Olympics daily viewer's guide - Day 13 (August 18) On tap today: The greatest athlete on earth will be crowned, U.S. women’s basketball will look to continue its Olympic dynasty and the fastest man on earth looks to take his legacy to unreachable heights. Day 13 of the Olympics promises to be an exciting affair. Morning slots: For the early birds, women’s golf continues with the … [Read more...]

Rio 2016 official on Lochte scandal: ‘Let’s give these kids a break’ (Getty) Medal count | Olympic schedule | Olympic news RIO DE JANEIRO – When news broke that Ryan Lochte and three other U.S. Olympic swimmers had been robbed at gunpoint early Sunday morning, the spokesman for Rio 2016 offered a full-throated apology. “We regret the violence has got so close to the athletes,” Mario Andrada … [Read more...]