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x Embed x Share Find out why some of Rio’s neighborhoods are clustered along mountainsides. Rowers are seen through the Olympic rings as seen from Copacabana Beach on Aug. 6.(Photo: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY Sports) RIO DE JANEIRO — Immediately after celebrating the news that their daughter was named to Australia’s Olympic synchronized swimming team, Andrew and Leisel Rogers started to panic. Taking the family to root on 18-year-old Emily Rogers meant two weeks…

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“I came to this Olympics to win three gold medals,” Bolt said. “I came to put myself again as one of the greats. And that’s my focus. So if, by any chance, I fail, I’m going to feel sad. Of course I’m not going to feel accomplished.” Sprinting is not a sport conducive to longevity. Training sessions are brutal. Muscles tear. Ligaments snap. Tendons rip. Explosive movement defines great sprinters,…

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MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. –  The U.S. Marine Corps is looking for a few more good women. And this time the campaign is a bit different. Marine recruiters are turning to high school girls’ sports teams to find candidates who may be able to meet the Corps’ rigorous physical standards, including for the front-line combat jobs now open to women. Marine Commandant Gen. Robert Neller says he…

Media playback is not supported on this device Bolt surges to historic third 100m gold Jamaica’s Usain Bolt became the first athlete to win three Olympic 100m titles by beating American Justin Gatlin to gold at Rio 2016. Bolt, 29, ran 9.81 seconds in his final Olympics to replicate his success at Beijing 2008 and London 2012. Gatlin, twice banned for doping offences, finished 0.08 seconds behind Bolt to take…

As English Premier League fans suffer at the hands of Optus, the ACCC needs to intervene when broadcasters and telcos can’t deliver on their streaming sports promises. Having endured Seven’s flaky Olympics streaming app, Aussie sports fans were in for another rude shock on the weekend when Optus’ new EPL streaming service left them locked out of the match. Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates his goal for Manchester United in the opening round of…

Media playback is not supported on this device Bolt surges to historic third 100m gold Usain Bolt claimed a record third 100m title while tennis player Andy Murray won Britain’s fifth Rio gold on GB’s best day at an overseas Olympics. A 15th gold of the Games, putting GB second in the medal table, followed gymnast Max Whitlock’s historic double success and Justin Rose’s golf victory. Cyclist Jason Kenny defeated…

Five people have died in a deadly weekend for extreme sports in the French Alps that claimed the lives of two climbers, a paraglider, a hanglider and a wingsuit jumper. On Sunday afternoon, rescuers found a paraglider’s body on rocks in the Haute-Savoie region on the Swiss border, security forces said. Related: Wingsuiting: adrenaline highs and dangerous lows The man had plunged to his death from the Buclon mountain, which…

In the fight for fantasy sports primacy, DraftKings and FanDuel, the majority market-share leaders in the “daily” variety, resemble each other more and more—but they are also starting to resemble the long-established “season-long” fantasy providers. DraftKings on Sunday announced a new feature, Leagues, that makes it easier for users to set up private groups with their friends and create recurring contests. The option to create a contest and invite friends…

Caption Close Chris Smith is one American Sign Language class away from completing his sociology degree at UC Riverside. The problem? The course, offered only in the fall, conflicts with his professional-baseball schedule. “If I’m delaying it,” Smith said, “I’m doing something right.” After a six-year hiatus from the majors, including a stint out of baseball, Smith, 35, is intent on relishing every relief appearance he makes. He pitched a…

AP BY: Joseph Bottum Follow @@JosephBottum August 13, 2016 4:59 am Merl Eberly came out of high school in Clarinda, Iowa—population around 5,000—determined to make baseball his career. He got his chance, signed by the Chicago White Sox in 1957 and sent for seasoning to the minor-league farm team in Holdrege, Nebraska, where he lasted 43 games, batting .281. He was cut by the White Sox the next year. So…

When you hear the name of Ty Cobb, what comes to your mind? Perhaps it’s his .366 career batting average, the highest in the history of baseball. More likely, if you know his name, it’s as a vicious racist, a bigot who sharpened his spikes. As Charles Leerhsen demonstrates in his compelling biography, “Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty,” none…

It’s been less than a week since Tim Tebow announced his intentions to make a run at a career in baseball, but the former NFL quarterback is already transitioning from signing football equipment to baseball memorabilia. Tebow is hard at work signing bats and balls for the reported price of $125 per ball and $175 per bat. If you’re more into Tebow’s new book “Shaken” you can also get a…

Tim Tebow has yet to even take the field in a baseball game, but he’s already earning big money in the sport. ESPN reported Sunday that the former Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback is signing baseball bats and balls. If you want one signed, it will cost $175 for a bat, and $125 for a ball. They’re available through TD Autographs. Tebow already signing bats & balls through @TD_Autographs, $125 for…

Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson went at it all day on Sunday at the 2016 Rio Olympics as the International Olympic Committee handed out the first medals in golf in 112 years. After taking the most famous duel of the season at Royal Troon to win his first major championship, Stenson ceded this one to Rose as the two struggled back and forth to take hold of the tournament. Both…

RIO DE JANEIRO — Michael Phelps closed his career with a gold medal in a brilliant race, a 4x100m medley relay where his butterfly leg turned a half-second American deficit into a half-second American lead. He called the win “the cherry on the cake” of his career, a 23rd gold to further cement his status as the greatest of all time. And as he leaves his final press conference…

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Tonight three legends of swimming—Michael Phelps, Chad Le Clos, and László Cseh—turned in identical times to share silver in the 100m butterfly. Last night, Simone Manuel tied for gold with Canadian Penny Oleksiak in the 100m freestyle. Modern timing systems are capable of measuring down to the millionth of a second—so why doesn’t FINA, the world swimming governing body, increase its timing precision by adding thousandths-of-seconds? As it turns out,…