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x Embed x Share French gymnast Samir Ait Said suffered a gruesome injury during artistic gymnastics men’s team qualification at the Rio Olympics on Friday. The sound of his leg snapping could be heard throughout the arena. USA TODAY Sports Samir Ait Said of France receives attention after falling while competing on the vault.(Photo: Scott Halleran, Getty Images) RIO DE JANEIRO — French gymnast Samir Ait Said will now be remembered alongside…

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The Olympics are more than just the world’s premiere sporting event—they’re big, big media business. Just a few years ago, the closing ceremonies at the London 2012 Olympics attracted a staggering 900 million viewers, with more than 219.4 million Americans tuning into the games at one point or another. But what if you want to watch the Olympics without paying for cable television? There are options. Although NBC is offering…

USA TODAY Sports photographers capture the most memorable sights from Rio’s Opening Ceremony. USA TODAY Sports

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Ginny Thrasher (USA), just 19 years of age, wins the first gold medal of the Rio games by edging out Chinese veterans Du Li and Yi Siling in Women’s 10m air rifle.   Thrasher finished with a final score of 208, a full point ahead of Li. Yi Siling bowed out in third place at 185.4. This is the first time an American has medaled in the 10m air rifle event…

Caption Close On a July afternoon in 1991, Mike Walsh was sitting at a rest stop somewhere between Stamford and Cape Cod waiting to see which way the weather would turn. Rain to the east and he would head back to Stamford, in the west and he would be off for the Cape. Walsh wasn’t picking just the right time for a vacation, he was commuting back and forth between…

Welcome to Sunday’s daily fantasy post! Remember that you can find our posts on the brand-spanking new DFS home page, as well as the fantasy page. Bookmark those sites now! Let’s get to Saturday’s interesting facts, using DraftKings prices. Five Things to Watch: 1.Here are the three highest projected over/unders, provided by OddsShark… MIA-COL 11.5MIL-ARI 9.5 NYM-DET 9.5 2. Weather: We should be all clear for Saturday’s slate. 3. You down with BvP?…

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The International Paralympic Committee is set to do what its Olympic counterpart did not and ban Russia outright from its Games later this month, the Observer has learned. In the wake of the publication of Professor Richard McLaren’s report that revealed jaw-dropping details of systemic doping in Russia, the IPC provisionally suspended Russia from the Paralympics. Related: Richard McLaren accuses IOC of misrepresenting doping findings It is understood that after…

USA TODAY Sports photographers capture the most memorable sights from Rio’s Opening Ceremony. USA TODAY Sports

Media playback is not supported on this device Rio 2016 Olympics: Highlights of the opening ceremony So there was no Pele, volleying a fireball into the Olympic cauldron. There was none of the shock and awe that defined Beijing’s opening ceremony eight years ago, and less of the humour and history that made London 2012’s first night so special. But there were dancing microbes, and super-cities, and Gisele Bundchen as…

The mayor of south suburban Monee has been charged by Will County authorities with two counts of felony aggravated battery for allegedly punching an umpire in the face at a youth baseball game in June, a blow the ump said broke his jaw. An arrest warrant was issued Friday for Jay Farquhar, 50, according to Charles Pelkie of the Will County state’s attorney’s office. Pelkie said Friday afternoon that the…

ROBBINSDALE, Minn. (AP) – A few years ago, most of them had never heard of baseball. Now, a dozen boys from Africa are in the Twin Cities getting ready to play in their first tournament. “They’re pioneers,” Wally Langfellow, one of the organizers of the boys’ trip, told KARE-TV (http://kare11.tv/2b5wEeA ). “They are baseball pioneers.” The boys from the West African nation of Benin are play in a wood bat…

Ben Hauser, who will be a senior at Sun Prairie, will further his education and play college baseball while planning to serve his country by attending the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Hauser announced recently via Twitter that he orally committed to be a cadet and play baseball for the Air Force. Hauser, an excellent hitter, pitches and plays other positions, including outfield. He…

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Media playback is not supported on this device Rio 2016 Olympics: Highlights of the opening ceremony The 2016 Olympics have been formally opened with a colourful and pulsating ceremony at Rio’s Maracana stadium. Broadcast to an estimated audience of three billion, it celebrated Brazil’s history, culture and natural beauty, before former marathon runner Vanderlei de Lima lit the Olympic cauldron. Wimbledon champion Andy Murray led the Great Britain team into…

Rio is welcoming the world to the Summer Olympics — and after months of negative news and setbacks, organizers for these games on Friday finally got to do what the city’s famous for: Throw a party, in the form of an hours-long Opening Ceremony. Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil are headlining a show that’s heavy on samba drums and dancing, highlighting Brazil’s history and heritage. And the Parade of Nations…

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RIO de JANEIRO – A couple of days after Michael Phelps emphatically retired in London, I was talking with Mel Stewart, the 1992 Olympic gold medalist in the 200m butterfly and the founder of the website SwimSwam. He said something then that only now makes sense. At that moment, Phelps’ career did not only seem over… it seemed complete. The writer John Updike, in his famous story about baseball legend…