(#1) Lawyer: Ryan Lochte did not lie about robbery at gunpoint [USA TODAY]
Testimony released Friday by Rio authorities said that U.S. swimmer Jack Conger identified Lochte as the one who committed vandalism. "Ryan ripped off a plaque that was stuck on the wall of the gas station and made a lot of noise." Conger said ...
(#2) Ashton Eaton repeats as decathlon gold medalist [USA TODAY]
RIO DE JANEIRO — Having missed on his first two attempts at 4.90 meters in the pole vault, Ashton Eaton was aware of what stood in the balance should he fail to succeed in his third try at the height. “That was the moment I thought, all right, your ...
(#3) Kerri Walsh Jennings, April Ross capture beach volleyball bronze [USA TODAY]
RIO DE JANEIRO — It was the middle of the second set of the beach volleyball bronze medal match at Copacabana Beach on Wednesday night, and Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross looked done. Down a set and trailing by three to Larissa and Talita of ...
(#4) Usain Bolt wins third straight Olympic 200m gold0:37 [NEWS.com.au]
Despite his incredible feat, Bolt looked less than impressed after he crossed the line well ahead of his rivals. That was probably because he wasn't able to break his own world record of 19.19 seconds — a mark he was hoping to reset here in Brazil ...
(#5) Miami hurdler Brianna Rollins wins Olympic gold, makes her high school coach proud [Miami Herald]
Brianna Rollins listened, and her fleet feet carried her all the way to the Rio Olympics, all the way from a house that sometimes had no water, no electricity and no food to the finish line of her imagination. Rollins ran to first place in the 100 ...
(#6) New Donald Trump Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway Advises Him to 'Be Authentic' [Yahoo News]
It was a whirlwind first day for Kellyanne Conway, one of the two most recent hires for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign. “Day One was amazing,” Conway, 49, told ABC News' Tom Llamas outside Trump Tower in New York ...
(#7) Dana White: Lawsuit in motion after chaotic Nate Diaz vs. Conor McGregor 2 presser [FOXSports.com]
The volatile situation exploded when Diaz left his seat and walked out of the press conference before tossing his water bottle in McGregor's direction. At that point, camps for both fighters were shouting at each other and before long McGregor was ...
(#8) Trump Made Breitbart Great Again [FiveThirtyEight]
What seems sure now is that the Trump campaign will become more Breitbart-y — invested in the conspiratorial narratives once confined to the nuttier parts of the internet — but Breitbart has been riding the Trump wave for some time. The synergistic ...
(#9) Amy Schumer Condemns Rape Bro-pologist Kurt Metzger, Announces Inside Amy ... [Daily Beast]
Cue Kurt Metzger, the white knight of white male privilege, who gallantly opened his Facebook app to protect Glaser from all those witches. No one combines self-satisfaction with toxic levels of misogyny quite like the rape bro-pologist. But Metzger's ...
(#10) Kenyans continue to dominate 3000m steeplechase, Evan Jager claims silver [NBC Olympics]
The 27-year-old from Algonquin, Illinois, ran a strong tactical race to earn a silver medal in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, finishing one second behind Kenyan winner Conseslus Kipruto's Olympic record time of 8 minutes, 3.28 seconds. Two-time Olympic ...
(#11) Bella Hadid Appears Nude in French Vogue [Vanity Fair]
Bella Hadid graces the upcoming cover of French Vogue with model Taylor Hill. Now, Hadid is offering sneak peeks at some of the interior photos on her Instagram account. The latest image is perhaps the most surprising: She's completely nude. In the ...
(#12) Paul Manafort resigns from Trump campaign [Fox News]
Donald Trump's outspoken campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, resigned Friday -- days after he was pushed aside for conservative media executive Steven Bannon -- and also amid growing speculation about his ties to Ukrainian politics. “This morning Paul ...
(#13) Air India felicitates Sakshi Malik for bronze medal feat; offers business ... [The Indian Express]
Sakshi Malik, Sakshi Malik India bronze, Sakshi Malik bronze medal, Sakshi Malik india Sakshi Malik ended India's medal duck at Rio Olympics by winning the bronze in women's freestyle wrestling. (Source: PTI). Ever since wrestler and bronze medalist ...
(#14) Correction: Cisco Systems-Layoffs story [U.S. News & World Report]
FILE - This Wednesday, May 9, 2012, file photo, shows an exterior view of Cisco Systems Inc. headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. Cisco Systems Inc. reported Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016, that it will lay off 5,500 employees as the internet gear maker ...
(#15) Inspired by Swachh Bharat, brothers gift toilet to sisters on Raksha Bandhan [Times of India]
Thirty five-year-old Prem Chand Sharma, who works in a private firm, has constructed a toilet in the house of one of his married sisters on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan in Rohini village of Nagaur. He pledged that he will construct toilets for the ...
(#16) Rio Olympics: Brazil vs. Honduras in men's soccer [Newsday]
Honduras goalkeeper Luis Lopez fails to stop a shot by Brazil's Gabriel Jesus, not seen, as Brazil scores its third goal during a semi-final match of the men's Olympic football tournament between Brazil and Honduras at the Maracana stadium in Rio de ...
(#17) Move over Bolt: Jamaica's Elaine Thompson Has Record-Breaking Olympic Double [Huffington Post Canada]
Elaine Thompson of Jamaica competes in the women's 200-metre final. (Photo: Getty). Both dipped for the line on Wednesday, but Thompson was stronger. So much so that Schippers crashed just as she leaned at the finish. "I was getting closer and closer," ...
(#18) Konami opens up a little about what Metal Gear Survive actually is [PC Gamer]
Yesterday, Konami unveiled its first Metal Gear game since the departure of series creator Hideo Kojima. Named Survive, it's to be a four-player online co-op endeavour that takes place in an alternate timeline following the events of Ground Zeroes, and ...
(#19) I Watched All of Steve Bannons Bad Movies [Daily Beast]
After he amassed his personal fortune in his years in investment banking, Bannon left it all behind and headed to Los Angeles to become a film producer. He began mainstream—for example, he was the co-executive-producer for Titus, the 1999 thriller and ...
(#20) Why Are the Lakers Giving Yi Jianlian $8 Million? [The Ringer (blog)]
Yi, the sixth overall pick in the 2007 draft, is a (MAYBE) 28-year-old, 7-foot stretch forward/center from China with nice mobility and athleticism. He is awful at basketball. Or, to be fair, was awful. Again: He hasn't played in the NBA since 2012 ...
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