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DeAndre Jordan has never won an NBA title, but he has a very good shot at taking home a gold medal with Team USA in Rio. He says he’d rather have the latter. “I think they’re above NBA rings,” Jordan told ESPN’s Marc …
Authorities in Rio say they have not had much luck in finding out who robbed Ryan Lochte and three of his Team USA teammates at gunpoint over the weekend, and the swimmers themselves were apparently not that helpful in the investigation. A Rio police …
The 2016 Summer Olympics Games in Rio have provided some spectacular and historic moments thus far. There have been Olympic records shattered, world records set, new heroes born, and countries that have never before won a medal stepping into the …
Nearly one third of the volunteers who signed on to work the Summer Olympics in Rio have quit because of the alleged mistreatment they have experienced over the past two weeks. Two volunteers — now former volunteers — recently told CBC …
Two weeks ago, most of us had no idea who Simone Biles was. That’s how quickly an Olympic hero can become a household name, and Biles has already reached those heights. With four gold medals and one bronze at the Rio Olympics, Biles is already …
At 22, Aly Raisman is the oldest member of the women’s gymnastics team and considered fairly old for the sport. But her age did not keep Raisman from having tremendous success at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Raisman won the silver in the …
We typically don’t go with inappropriate headlines here at LBS, but this one was just too good to pass up. Japanese pole vaulter Hiroki Ogita was unable to clear the 5.3m mark after his friend got in the way during one of his runs on Monday: . …
For the first time in her Olympic career, Kerri Walsh Jennings will not be winning the gold. The team of Walsh Jennings and April Ross lost in straight sets to the Brazilian team of Agatha and Barbara on Tuesday night 22-20, 21-18 in the semifinals …
The Brazilian beach volleyball team of Agatha Bednarczuk and Barbara Seixas de Freitas is quite the dynamic duo. Agatha and Barbara went 2-1 in pool play to advance to the Round of 16 in the knockout stage of the Olympics. They beat a Chinese team in …
French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie cried on the medal stand after winning silver in the pole vault in response to being booed by the Brazilian fans. Lavillenie competed with Brazil’s Thiago Braz da Silva for the gold in the pole vault on …
Diving ain’t easy, and we have defending gold medal Ilya Zakharov to prove it. Zakharov won gold at the London Olympics in the men’s 3m springboard, but the diver failed to reach the finals of the event in Rio after botching his fourth …
Just in case you forgot that Simone Biles is a teenager just because over her overall greatness at the Olympics, this should be a nice reminder to bring you back to earth. Biles completely freaked out on Tuesday when she was surprised by her crush, …
Michael Conlan lost to Russia’s Vladimir Nikitin in a bantamweight quarterfinal match at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday, and the Irishman feels he was robbed. When the judges awarded Nikitin the decision after the three-round bout, Conlan …
Wilhem Belocian never had a real chance to compete for a medal in the 110m hurdles at the Rio Olympics Monday night, as the French hurdler violated a harsh rule that resulted in his disqualification. In the first round of the 110m hurdles, Belocian …
Malaysian diver Ahmad Amsyar Azman finished last in the preliminary round of the 3m springboard diving event at the Summer Games in Rio on Monday after completely botching his final dive. Azman was attempting a forward 2.5 somersault 3 twist dive …
Sage Watson is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the 400m hurdles at the Olympics. Watson finished second in the Canadian Olympic Trials in the 400m hurdles to qualify for the Summer Games in Rio. She ran in qualifying at Rio on Monday …
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