(#1) Saturday's Rio Olympics schedule and results [Los Angeles Times]
Top U.S. prospects: Bantamweight Shakur Stevenson (Newark, N.J.), a junior and youth world champion, is undefeated internationally at 23-0 and was the first American male to win Youth Olympic Games gold. Flyweight Antonio Vargas (Kissimmee, Fla.) ...
(#2) Recap: Women's handball day one [NBC Olympics]
That spark would be provided by Nycke Groot, who scored the first two goals of her Olympic Games. The Dutch looked to capitalize on the shift in momentum, continually pushing the French defense back into their half of the court and leveled the match ...
(#3) Simone Biles: Risky, super-challenging gymnastics routine is the smart, safe play [Washington Post]
Eight years later, there's one gymnast who has mastered the art of execution and whose degrees of difficulty has made her the world's best: Simone Biles. [Meet Simone Biles, who is about to turn Olympic gymnastics upside down]. The gymnastics world ...
(#4) Olympic tennis 2016: Time, TV schedule and live stream for Saturday [SB Nation]
The Round of 64 in both men's and women's singles brackets and Round of 32 in men's and women's doubles brackets get underway at the 2016 Rio Olympics on Saturday. Saturday's matches will begin at 9:45 a.m. ET and will be played across nine ...
(#5) The Internet Loved Tonga's Oiled Up Olympics Flag Bearer [TIME]
Pita Nikolas Taufatofua quickly became a social media sensation during the opening ceremonies for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, when he carried Tonga's flag into the arena, looking patriotic—and quite oiled up. The Australian-born ...
(#6) Yankees' Mark Teixeira deserves future Hall of Fame consideration [NJ.com]
NEW YORK — As Mark Teixeira began the process of saying goodbye to the game of baseball on Friday, he was asked a question so many athletes have been over the years: What do you want your legacy to be? As expected, Teixeira gave the stock ...
(#7) Justin Bieber's Rumored Naked Swim Partner: Meet Model Sahara Ray [Us Weekly]
Cheeky! Justin Bieber was spotted skinny-dipping with a bevy of models in Hawaii on Thursday, August 4. One of the ladies who took Bieber's private plane to the island was Australian model Sahara Ray. Bieber's pal Cedric Benaroch and his girlfriend, ...
(#8) These 12 states let you shop tax-free this weekend [USA TODAY]
Just in time for back-to-school promotions and summer clearances, many shoppers are going to be able to skip state sales taxes for the next couple of days. This weekend marks an annual tax-free shopping spree in 12 states, when families hunting for ...
(#9) What the Paul O'Neal videos show [Chicago Tribune]
Shooting victim Paul O'Neal's sister Briana Adams, 22, briefs the media Aug. 5, 2016, along with attorney Michael Oppenheimer and activist Ja'Mal Green. The family viewed police videos from the shooting death of O'Neal earlier in the day at IPRA's office.
(#10) Guregian: Tom Brady's real explanation will come on the football field [Boston Herald]
FOXBORO — Much to the dismay of Patriots fans everywhere, Tom Brady's first chat with reporters since deciding to pull the plug on his Deflategate fight with the NFL was G-rated. There were no cuss words hurled at the league or NFL commissioner Roger ...
(#11) Rio blog: Novi native having a great time in Brazil [Detroit Free Press (blog)]
Novi native Kara Berg is a 20-year-old junior at Ball State. She's in Rio de Janeiro for a Ball State class that's functioning as a student-run, freelance media agency to produce stories about the Olympics and Brazilian culture. Her work periodically ...
(#12) Los Juegos Olímpicos de Río 2016 abrieron el telón con una ... [Infobae.com]
60 mil personas colmaron un estadio, que vio reducida su capacidad habitual ya que un sector estuvo destinado a la ubicación del pebetero olímpico. Justamente, el encargado de encender la llama olímpica fue uno de los secretos mejor guardados por la ...
(#13) Rio 2016 Olympics: Usain Bolt misses the opening ceremony because he is ... [Telegraph.co.uk]
Bolt, who carried Jamaica's flag at the London 2012 Olympics, announced on his Snapchat account shortly before the ceremony that he would be missing the Athletes' Parade. "Opening Ceremony time but I won't be there people, all the busses are out," he ...
(#14) Live From Rio 2016: NBC Lays Out 4K/UHD Broadcast Schedule [Sports Video Group]
NBC Olympics' comprehensive coverage of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad from Rio de Janeiro will include distribution of 4K/UHD coverage to cable, satellite, telco, and other partners. The 4K/UHD coverage of the Opening Ceremony, which will be ...
(#15) Saturday's Rio Olympics schedule and results [Los Angeles Times]
Top U.S. prospects: Bantamweight Shakur Stevenson (Newark, N.J.), a junior and youth world champion, is undefeated internationally at 23-0 and was the first American male to win Youth Olympic Games gold. Flyweight Antonio Vargas (Kissimmee, Fla.) ...
(#16) Outside Lands 2016 shows how festival has evolved [SFGate]
Entertainment · The Daily Dish · Movies · Music & Nightlife · Performance · Art · Blogs · Videos · Events · Puzzles · TV · Horoscope · Comics · Crosswords & Puzzles · Things To Do · The 7 best things we saw at day one of Outside Lands 2016 - Photo ...
(#17) Recap: Women's handball day one [NBC Olympics]
The host nation was quick to get the party started on Saturday, stunning the two-time defending gold medalists Norway at Future Arena. Led by pivot Ana Paula Belo, Brazil dominated the tempo throughout the entire game. The Norwegians never seemed to ...
(#18) TWC channels to watch Olympics ... all 6755 hours of it [Fayetteville Observer]
Linear Networks: NBC Olympics is utilizing nine NBCUniversal broadcast and cable networks to present the Games: NBC, NBCSN, Golf Channel, Bravo, CNBC, MSNBC, USA Network, and Spanish-language networks Telemundo and NBCUniverso.
(#19) Rio Olympics 2016: Can Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant Lead USA Basketball to ... [Daily Beast]
One of the biggest challenges the USA men's basketball team will face is Spain, led by Pau Gasol, who won silver in 2012 and 2008. Luckily, team USA won't face Gasol until later in the competition, since they are placed in what some have called the ...
(#20) Country Star Neal McCoy on New Music, and Pal Blake Shelton's New Relationship ... [People Magazine]
And it's understandable. The singer has earned fans across the globe with a string of country hits – including "Wink" and "No Doubt About It" – that stretches back nearly 30 years. But on his latest album, You Don't Know Me, he's showing off a ...
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