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US Women’s Field Hockey Team Exits Olympics With Quarterfinal Loss To Germany – NPR
Hey Baseball Fans: Cooperstown’s a Home Run – Parade
Rio Olympics 2016: swimming marathon, badminton and more – live! – The Guardian
US Women’s Field Hockey Team Exits Olympics With Quarterfinal Loss To Germany – NPR
i Michelle Kasold of the U.S. leaves the pitch as Germany’s players celebrate their win in a women’s quarterfinal field hockey match at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images Michelle Kasold of the U.S. leaves the pitch as Germany’s players celebrate their win in a women’s quarterfinal field hockey match at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images They came…
Rio Olympics: Shaunae Miller Dives to Gold in 400 Meters – New York Times
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The Deceptive Calm of Olympic Open-Water Swimming – The New Yorker
Twenty-six women raced a ten-kilometre course this morning in the choppy aquamarine waters off Copacabana Beach, completing the last of the Olympic women’s swimming events, and the only one not held in a pool. (The men will follow tomorrow.) It was a fitting conclusion to the past week’s exhilarating and historic indoor aquatic performances. Although marathon swimming, as the contest is known, only became an Olympic event in 2008, at the Beijing…
Simone Biles loses bid for record-breaking 5 golds in single Olympics – CBS News
Last Updated Aug 15, 2016 10:41 PM EDT RIO DE JANEIRO — Simone Biles is no longer Rio de Janeiro‘s juggernaut. A mistake on the balance beam prevented the American gymnastics star from a record-tying fourth gold at the Olympics, which were dogged Monday by rain, wind and fire. U.S. women gymnasts go for gold Simone Biles came out on top and and Aly Raisman claimed silver in the individual…
Cycling’s keirin is known as NASCAR on two wheels, and the pace car’s a guy on a scooter – Los Angeles Times
A green-and-white scooter buzzes along, its electric motor humming as it circles the polished wooden track at the Olympic velodrome. Ivo Siebert keeps to a modest pace with a pack of elite cyclists following close behind. He can sense their impatience to burst past, can feel the rumble of their wheels, but he holds them back a little longer. The crowd and the television cameras watch his every move. “Yes,”…
Hey Baseball Fans: Cooperstown’s a Home Run – Parade
For a town that’s as American as apple pie, add this to your bucket list: A visit to Cooperstown, New York, a picturesque spot just west of Albany where—rumor has it—baseball was invented. It’s also the one place you can walk through town carrying a baseball bat, wearing a team jersey or hat and instantly strike up conversations with fellow fans—without thinking anything about it. And, despite the fact that…
US Women’s Field Hockey Team Exits Olympics With Quarterfinal Loss To Germany – NPR
i Michelle Kasold of the U.S. leaves the pitch as Germany’s players celebrate their win in a women’s quarterfinal field hockey match at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images Michelle Kasold of the U.S. leaves the pitch as Germany’s players celebrate their win in a women’s quarterfinal field hockey match at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images They came…
Hey Baseball Fans: Cooperstown’s a Home Run – Parade
For a town that’s as American as apple pie, add this to your bucket list: A visit to Cooperstown, New York, a picturesque spot just west of Albany where—rumor has it—baseball was invented. It’s also the one place you can walk through town carrying a baseball bat, wearing a team jersey or hat and instantly strike up conversations with fellow fans—without thinking anything about it. And, despite the fact that…
Gate City High School baseball player promoted to varsity team after sexually abusing child – WJHL
SCOTT COUNTY, VA (WJHL) – While a Gate City High School baseball player racked up praise for his play on the baseball field, the sex crimes he and his brother committed remained out of the spotlight until News Channel 11 asked a judge to release the records. A Community Watchdog investigation revealed almost three months after the two baseball players pleaded guilty to sexually abusing their 11-year-old neighbor at an off-campus…
A look back at Steve Dalkowski, one of baseball’s most mythical fireballers – MLB.com
There’s been a slew of heat exploding off pitcher’s mounds this year. Aroldis Champman tied an MLB record (his own) with a 105.1-mph fastball a few weeks ago, Mauricio Cabrera hit 103.8 mph the same night and Red Sox prospect Brett Kopech was said to have reached 105 mph in a Class A start last month. Pitching speeds, as a whole, are faster than they’ve ever been in baseball history. That…
Daily Fantasy Baseball Advice for August 15 – FOXSports.com
For those who are unfamiliar with my thought process, I aim to add as many home run hitters as possible to my daily fantasy baseball lineups. One way of doing that is to look at a player’s isolated power numbers (ISO). The ISO statistic removes singles and provides a larger weight for each extra-base hit. I also use the weighted on-base average (wOBA) metric. This stat takes every positive outcome into consideration. Last year,…
Taking Sports to the Extreme – New York Times (blog)
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Which Olympic Sport Would You Compete In? – New York Times
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A company is launching an Olympics for the $1 billion e-sports gaming industry – CNBC
In Rio where the Olympics are being held, the International eGames Group organized a two-day competition as a showcase for the games. The games will be streamed globally on Twitch, a company Amazon bought in 2014 for nearly $1 billion. E-sports is a big business with the market set to be worth around $1.23 billion by 2019, according to SuperData Research. There are large tournaments around the world offering big…
The Results Are In: Sports Reporting Is As Sexist As You’ve Always Suspected – Fast Company
After winning a match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in 2015, Canadian tennis star and Wimbledon runner-up Eugenie Bouchard buried her head in her hands following an unusual request by the male interviewer. “Can you give us a twirl and tell us about your outfit?” he asked, during the on-court interview. “A twirl?” repeated the then-seventh world ranking female tennis player, smiling uncomfortably. “A twirl, like a pirouette, here…
Rio Olympics 2016: Cavendish goes for omnium gold, Biles stumbles – live! – The Guardian
4.43pm EDT16:43 Cavendish had made a break, and Viviani came to go throuh by on the inside, so Cavendish cut him off. It did not look good, and might cause him later aggravation. Elia Viviani reacts after that fall. Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images Updated at 4.56pm EDT
Pro Boxers at the Olympics: An Opportunity, or a Dangerous Power Grab? – New York Times
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