Athlete Quotes – Olympics, Day 9
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — A continuation of Team USA’s stunning distance success teamed with traditional relay dominance Saturday night at Olympic Stadium as Matthew Centrowitz and the 4x400m relays won from the front. Paul Chelimo of the U.S. Army, meanwhile, won a silver medal […]
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment NEW YORK — American swimmer Ryan Lochte said he “overexaggerated” what happened last Sunday at a Rio de Janeiro gas station and acknowledged it was his “immature behavior” that got him and teammates Jimmy Feigen, Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz into a mess that consumed the final week of […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) The best way to ease No. 1 overall draft pick Jared Goff into the NFL will be a powerful rushing offense, coach Jeff Fisher has said time and again, and it proved to be true Saturday night. Goff threw his first touchdown pass, Todd Gurley rushed for a score in his preseason […]
(Photo: The Associated Press) RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Caster Semenya is the Olympic champion nearly seven years to the day after she arrived in track and field and sparked a controversy so complex and so sensitive, the sport is still struggling to deal with it. Against her wishes, the 25-year-old South African has become […]
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Getty Images Brock Osweiler will get a Super Bowl ring from the Broncos, but he was benched for Peyton Manning just before Denver’s postseason run. In Houston, Osweiler wants to win a Super Bowl as the starter. After agreeing to a four-year, $72 million contract with the Texans and arriving in Houston on Wednesday night, […]
March 10, 2016 Complete Game Notes The No. 7 seed USC Trojans (21-11, 9-9) will face the No. 2 seed and No. 12 ranked Utah Runnin’ Utes (24-7, 13-5) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. on March 10 at 6:15 p.m. The game will air on the Pac-12 Network, Pac-12 Los […]
2:45 AM ET print BOSTON — Celtics forward/center Jared Sullinger returned to game action Wednesday night, just 48 hours after staying overnight at a hospital because of a skin infection. Sullinger had 12 points, five rebounds, three steals, and two assists in 21 minutes, 13 seconds of floor time in Boston’s 116-96 triumph over the […]
There was no coming back from this. Try as they might, the Clippers could not wipe out another massive deficit against the Oklahoma City Thunder. At least the Clippers could spare themselves an autopsy after a 120-108 loss Wednesday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena that wasn’t nearly that close. It was readily apparent that they […]
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