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Rio Olympics

Ryan Lochte

Ryan Lochte charged in Brazil for filing false police report

The Brazilians really have some balls on them. AFP reported Thursday that Ryan Lochte has been charged in Brazil for filing a false police report. “Ryan Lochte was charged with the crime of falsely reporting a crime,” police said in a …

Ryan Lochte

Everyone is getting robbed in Rio yet they’re trying to poke holes in Ryan Lochte’s story

Whether or not Ryan Lochte has told the complete truth about what happened to him and three other American swimmers on Sunday morning in Rio remains to be seen. Maybe we’ll get to the bottom of the story, maybe not. I do not doubt that Lochte …

Second bullet found in Rio Olympics equestrian center

Safety at the Summer Games in Rio continues to be a concern, especially at the equestrian center where a bullet was found in the tent for a second time. Reuters reports that a bullet was found close to the stables. https://t.co/FYlVO1vfbk …

water polo Olympics green

Rio organizers explain why Olympics pools turned green

The people in charge at the Rio Olympics have finally explained why the water turned green in the pools of the Olympics. According to them, water tanks ran out of chemicals that are used to treat water, resulting in the color changing from blue to …

Rio bus

Glass on media bus breaks due to bullets or stones

A bus traveling to the media center from one of the Olympics venues in Rio was attacked on Tuesday and its glass was shattered, causing injuries to two of the 12 passengers, according to reports. Though there is no dispute that glass was shattered …

Stray bullet finds its way into Rio media tent at equestrian center

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 …

Brett Costello

Olympics photographer robbed in Rio, loses $40K in equipment

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 …

Andrew Bogut mocks Rio over poor athlete housing conditions

It’s no secret that the Olympic village where the athletes are staying in Rio is not the most glamorous of places, and Dallas Mavericks center Andrew Bogut provided us with a closer look at it on Monday night. Using the hashtag …

Pokemon GO

US diver Abby Johnston: Worst thing about Olympic village is no Pokemon

We have already heard plenty of horror stories about the athlete’s village in Rio that include clogged toilets and unfinished construction, but it gets even worse for Olympians who are fans of Pokemon. U.S. Olympic diver Abby Johnston has had a …

Rio mayor offers to put kangaroo in Olympic village to please Australians

Rio de Janeiro appears nowhere close to prepared to host the Summer Olympics in less than two weeks, but the city’s mayor does not seem overly concerned. On Sunday, Rio mayor Eduardo Paes was asked about the Australian Olympic Committee deeming …

Rio Olympics

Olympic village in Rio has clogged toilets, deemed ‘uninhabitable’

With the official start of the 2016 Summer Olympics less than two weeks away, the city of Rio de Janeiro should probably be ready to host by now. But is it? Let’s just say if the Games started today, the athletes would have nowhere to live. …

Olympics set record by ordering 450,000 condoms for athletes

If you thought 150,000 condoms for the Olympic Village in London four years ago sounded a bit excessive, just wait until you hear the order that is being shipped to Rio. The International Olympic Committee has ordered 450,000 for the Summer Games …

Jordan Spieth

Jordan Spieth bows out of Olympics due to Zika concerns

Golf is returning to the Olympics in Rio this summer for the first time in over 100 years, and the star power is going to be seriously lacking. Jordan Spieth is the latest PGA golfer to withdraw from Olympic consideration due to concerns over the …

Rio Olympics

Mutilated body found nearby Olympic volleyball courts in Rio

The Olympics in Rio de Janeiro continue to deal with PR problems, and this latest tidbit certainly will not help improve public perception. According to Reuters, pieces of a mutilated body were found washed up nearby the beach volleyball courts in …

Rory McIlroy

Rory McIlroy to skip Olympics due to Zika concerns

Rory McIlroy announced on Wednesday that he is withdrawing his name from consideration for the Rio Olympics. McIlroy, the No. 5 golfer in the world, has changed his mind after saying earlier this month that it would not be “the end of the …

Pau Gasol

Pau Gasol may freeze sperm before Olympics over Zika concerns

Pau Gasol will consider freezing a sperm sample before he goes to Rio if he decides to play for the Spanish national team in the Olympics this summer. Gasol, who previously said he may skip the Olympics due to the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil, told …

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