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olympics 2016

Published
August 15, 2016

Go Coach? For U.S. basketball fans, Olympics a change

It's easy to hate Mike Krzyzewski and Geno Auriemma - except when they're heading up the gold medal favorites.
Published
August 14, 2016

Commentary: Jingoism – the ugly side of the Olympics

Celebrating human achievement is more constructive than turning athletic events into a proxy war between nations.
Published
August 13, 2016

U.S. wins its 1,000th gold medal in Summer Olympics history

The nation is the first to reach four figures – in a landslide.
Published
August 13, 2016

Boothbay’s Eleanor Logan and U.S. women’s rowing crew win gold in Rio

Logan becomes the first female rower in U.S. history to win three Olympic gold medals.
Published
August 12, 2016

Olympic roundup: U.S. fends off Serbia in men’s basketball

The Americans are looking vulnerable aftering holding on for a 94-91 victory.

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Published
August 12, 2016

Ledecky takes 800-meter gold in record time; Phelps settles for silver

American Maya DiRado upsets the favorite in the 200-meter backstroke, and Anthony Ervin takes the 50 freestyle – 16 years after winning his first gold medal.
Published
August 12, 2016

U.S. women’s soccer team eliminated in cliffhanger loss to Sweden

The heavily favored Americans are knocked out of the running in a game that came down to penalty kicks.
Published
August 12, 2016

The Latest from Rio: Jamaican sprinter Fraser-Pryce leads in 100-meter heats

In men's basketball, the U.S. is challenged right to the end in a 94-91 win over Serbia.
Published
August 12, 2016

Simone Manuel hopes to inspire after historic swimming gold

Manuel became the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming with her 100 freestyle victory.
Published
August 12, 2016

Charles Krauthammer: Just can’t wait to get the Olympics off my chess

Come November, the real sporting news takes place at the World Chess Championship.