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US women's hoop team gets day off, beat Turkey

After cruising through their first three Olympic basketball games, the U.S. women's team is getting a day off.

Thursday - 08/02/2012, 01:30am EDT

Column: Wiggins gives his country Olympic hope

By the time Bradley Wiggins wheeled his bike to the starting line in front of Hampton Court Palace, his country's national honor was no longer on the line.

Thursday - 08/02/2012, 01:27am EDT

Column: What if the 'Blade Runner' actually won?

Oscar Pistorius is brave, articulate, polite, polished, handsome and funny. He doesn't play the victim and never complains. Those reasons and more are why his lifelong struggles to become an Olympian are so celebrated.

Thursday - 08/02/2012, 01:26am EDT

Column: Ideals, reality clash at Olympic badminton

In sports, as in life, there are those who bend rules, and those who cheat. They've always existed. And because of human frailties and pressure from sponsors, countries, coaches and athletes themselves for medals and trophies, they always will. But bending rules and spitting on them are not the same thing.

Thursday - 08/02/2012, 01:25am EDT

Gay's full attention on Bolt and Blake in 100

Tyson Gay fell asleep in the stands while watching LeBron James & Co. play France, a moment captured in a picture by a teammate who posted it on Twitter, naturally.

Thursday - 08/02/2012, 01:04am EDT

In 4th Olympics, Dumais finally claims a medal

Troy Dumais could've called it a career. Came close, really close, to doing just that, even as the London Olympics were approaching.

Thursday - 08/02/2012, 01:02am EDT

US men's basketball set for familiar Nigerian team

While teams such as Nigeria want to test themselves against LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, they may have to settle for Kevin Love and Andre Iguodala.

Thursday - 08/02/2012, 01:00am EDT

Uchimura grabs all-around gold, Leyva takes bronze

The Olympic gold medal had been draped over Kohei Uchimura's neck for all of a minute when Danell Leyva leaned over and asked the man who is arguably the greatest male gymnast of all-time if he planned on being in Rio de Janeiro in four years.

Thursday - 08/02/2012, 12:56am EDT

Avoiding Olympic spoilers is a sport of its own

Mandy Hauck turned 25 on Wednesday, but she's avoiding Facebook and her happy birthday messages to steer clear of Olympic spoilers about her favorite sport, fencing.

Wednesday - 08/01/2012, 10:16pm EDT

British boxers triumph on eventful Olympic night

After four fairly orderly days at the Olympics, perhaps the wacky world of amateur boxing was overdue for an eventful night.

Wednesday - 08/01/2012, 08:56pm EDT

Britain, Mexico into quarters of Olympic soccer

Led by a trio of Welshmen and a goal by an Englishman, Britain's first Olympic soccer team since 1960 advanced to the quarterfinals of the London Games with a 1-0 victory against Uruguay on Wednesday.

Wednesday - 08/01/2012, 08:05pm EDT

Destinee Hooker leads US over China at Olympics

Destinee Hooker scored 22 points and the U.S. women's volleyball team improved to 3-0 with a three-set preliminary round victory over China at the London Olympics on Wednesday.

Wednesday - 08/01/2012, 06:54pm EDT

US cyclist Martin injured, withdraws from Olympics

BMX cyclist Arielle Martin has withdrawn from the London Olympics because of injury.

Wednesday - 08/01/2012, 06:23pm EDT

Leyva rallies for bronze in men's all-around

Olympic medal on the line, Danell Leyva tried to find his center.

Wednesday - 08/01/2012, 06:08pm EDT

Lu double gives China weightlifting 'revenge'

The only weightlifting gold medal that China failed to win at the Beijing Olympics was in the men's 77-kilogram category, so they sent two lifters to London to make sure it didn't happen again.

Wednesday - 08/01/2012, 06:04pm EDT

AIBA says boxers made no illegal promoter contact

Amateur boxing's governing body cleared members of the U.S. Olympic boxing team of any wrongdoing Wednesday night regarding their possible contact with a professional promoter before the games.

Wednesday - 08/01/2012, 05:43pm EDT

London mayor defends Olympic invite for Murdoch

London Mayor Boris Johnson has defended his decision to invite media mogul Rupert Murdoch to watch Olympic swimming events Friday, describing Murdoch as an important sponsor of sports.

Wednesday - 08/01/2012, 05:32pm EDT

Phelps has 19 medals, but is he the greatest?

The greatest?

Wednesday - 08/01/2012, 05:05pm EDT

Zagunis fails in quest for another fencing medal

Mariel Zagunis was stunned.

Wednesday - 08/01/2012, 05:04pm EDT

Russian who lost record to Phelps wishes him well

For nearly half a century, Larisa Latynina was the world's most decorated Olympian _ through the years of Soviet sports supremacy and decline, and the drastic evolution of her sport of gymnastics.

Wednesday - 08/01/2012, 04:59pm EDT
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