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USA Basketball cruised to a 119-62 victory over China in their first taste of official Olympic action on Saturday, but the win came at the expense of Paul George’s ankles. With the game winding down in the fourth quarter, George got his ankles …
Underneath that tough Aussie exterior is quote the charismatic character. After Australia picked up the 87-66 victory over France in the opening men’s basketball contest at the Rio Games on Saturday, center Andrew Bogut delivered this …
French gymnast Samir Ait Said suffered a horrific leg injury in Day One of competition at the Rio Olympic Games on Saturday. Ait Said was attempting to stick a vault landing during the men’s gymnastics qualification session but fell awkwardly …
The Olympic Games always bring together athletes from all different walks of life. And sometimes when that happens, you wind up getting a two-and-a-half foot height difference. USA Basketball center DeAndre Jordan (who stands 6-foot-11) posed on …
Things continue to go exceptionally well at Rio, if you disregard the stray bullets making their way into media tents. For reasons that remain unclear, a bullet landed in the media tent near the equestrian center in Rio on Saturday. No one was …
We may already have our strangest and most amusing story to come out of the Rio Olympic games. Paul Kelso, a journalist for Sky Sports in the UK, reported on Friday that an Olympic kayaker had capsized after hitting a submerged couch. No, really. …
Gisele Bundchen was a big part of the Opening Ceremonies for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Friday night. The Brazil native came out and did a full long model-like walk — all in stilettos — to some serious fanfare. The recently retired …
USA Basketball’s time in Rio apparently is off to a rather interesting start. According to a report by TMZ Sports on Friday, some of the members of the team, including DeAndre Jordan, DeMarcus Cousins, and DeMar DeRozan, went for a night out in …
One photographer covering the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro learned a tough lesson this week that you can never let your guard down in the city — not even for 10 seconds. Brett Costello, an Australian photographer for NewsCorp, was robbed of …
The Rio Games appear to have found their new Olympic cauldron lighter. According to a report by Reuters on Friday, Brazilian tennis great Gustavo Kuerten has been selected to light the cauldron at the Olympic opening ceremony. BREAKING: Brazil tennis …
USA flag bearer Michael Phelps will reportedly leave Friday’s opening ceremony early. USA Today’s Christine Brennan reported Friday that NBC staffers will transport Phelps back to the Olympic village before the ceremony ends, despite …
Brazilian soccer legend Pele has been invited to light the Olympic torch when the 2016 Summer Olympics begin on Friday, but the 75-year-old will not be able to attend due to health concerns. Pele told The Associated Press on Friday that his …
Some parts of the Olympic village in Rio were dealing with a water shortage over the past week or so. We might have a guess about where some of that water has been redirected. Czech cyclist Zdeněk Štybar shared a video on Instagram Thursday night …
Had Michalis Kalomiris not been browsing a list a few months ago of track and field athletes who qualified for the Olympics, the lawyer from Greece may not have known there was a spot waiting for him in Rio. Kalomiris, an amateur runner, competed in …
Aly Raisman is the elder statesman of the US women’s gymnastics team. And that’s saying a lot, considering she’s only 22 years old. The rest of the team is anywhere from 16-20. Gabby Douglas is 20, Madison Kocian and Simone Biles …
Believe it or not, The Boogie Man has a highly refined sense of humor too. Kings center DeMarcus Cousins, who is competing for USA Basketball at the Rio Games this summer, was asked a strange question by an Olympic reporter on Thursday and delivered …
