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The Dangers Of Being A Bike-Riding Spectator

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Bicycle-Riding Spectator Totally Psyched About Catching Eliud Kipchoge's Hat<em></em>

The men’s marathon traditionally closes each Olympiad, and here’s a spectator riding alongside the leaders who snatches an impressive memento: Eliud Kipchoge’s hat....

Which Was Longer: Katie Ledecky's Margin Of Victory Or The Johnson-Teixeira Fight?

Today was a great day for Brazilian sport, but it was not a great day for Brazilian fighter Glover Teixeira, whose UFC 202 match against Anthony “Rumble” Johnson was over nearly as it began. But was that match shorter than Katie Ledecky’s margin of victory in the 800m freestyle? Watch this video to ...

Ryan Lochte On Why He Lied To NBC About Being Robbed: "I Was Still Intoxicated"

Ryan Lochte appeared on Brazil’s Jornal Nacional news program tonight and attempted to explain his claims of having been “robbed,” stating that his description of the events to NBC on Sunday morning was provided under the influence of some incredible drunkenness....

Ryan Lochte Admits "Over-Exaggerating" Robbery Story: "It Was My Immature Behavior"

Ryan Lochte tried to come clean about the “robbery” that left three of his U.S. swimming teammates dealing with Brazilian police after what turned out to be an episode of public urination and vandalism, stating that the episode and his subsequent fabrication of details about it were the product of “...

NFL On Tirico Ban: "It's In The Contract!"

Horse: "Fuck This"

Modern pentathlon competitors use unfamiliar horses for the show jumping event. Here’s the result of that rule....

Report: NFL Banned Mike Tirico From Calling Thursday Night Football On NBC

Mike Tirico served as the voice of Monday Night Football for a decade, and when he announced his departure from ESPN to join NBC, it was widely reported that he’d be serving in the play-by-play role for that network’s new Thursday night NFL package. But that’s not going to happen, because the NFL sa...

Jack Conger Releases Statement, Blames Lochte's Vandalism For International Incident

The second of three U.S. swimmers who were with Ryan Lochte the night he claims they were pulled over by fake cops in Rio and “robbed” has released a statement and it, like the one issued previously by Gunnar Bentz, blames the four-time Olympian for getting them all into trouble in the first place....

Six Notre Dame Football Players Arrested In Two Separate Incidents

Cops charged senior Notre Dame cornerback Devin Butler with felony battery to law enforcement while busting five other Irish players for things like weed possession and illegal handgun possession in two separate incidents last night....

Usain Bolt Completes Triple-Triple, Leads Jamaica To 4x100m Gold

Usain Bolt has completed the unprecedented feat of winning the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay in three straight Olympics, anchoring Jamaica to a 37.27 tonight and, with Nickel Ashmeade, Yohan Blake, and Asafa Powell, beating Japan by 0.33 seconds. The U.S. claimed bronze, two hundredths of a second be...

Gunnar Bentz Is Back In The U.S. And Says Ryan Lochte Is Full Of Shit<em></em>

U.S. swimmer Gunnar Bentz, who along with Jack Conger was taken off his flight home from the Olympics and forced to answer questions about the alleged robbery that victimized them, now says the holdup story was made up by Ryan Lochte—whose vandalism allegedly got them into trouble in the first place...

"We Don't Win Anymore"

37 and counting....

Race Walk Leader Appears To Be Having Poop Problems [Updates: He Has Collapsed]

French race walker Yohann Diniz is leading today’s 50k, but his competition hasn’t been a, uh, cakewalk? It looks like Diniz either has severe gastrointestinal issues—at times shoving a sponge down his pants to soak up wet fecal matter, and then throwing the sponge off toward the crowd—or stuck a bu...

Usain Bolt Wins 200m, Becomes First-Ever To Defend Both Sprint Golds Twice

Usain Bolt added the 200m gold to his previous 100m in Rio, becoming the first athlete in history to win both the 100 and 200 at three consecutive Games. Once again, he appeared to ease up by the end; once again, he dominated his opponents. His time of 19.78 wouldn’t have beaten Michael Johnson in 1...

Thiago Da Silva Sets Olympic Pole Vault Record, Dethrones Frenchman

Renaud Lavillenie entered tonight’s pole vault final as the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder. He finished it as a silver medalist, thanks to Brazilian Thiago da Silva setting a new Olympic record of 6.03m in a wild night that featured a lengthy rain delay and malfunctioning equipmen...

Hurling Loser Consoled By Opposing Fan Who Stormed Field To Celebrate

Here’s a nice story from this weekend’s All-Ireland hurling semi-final replay between Kilkenny and Waterford. The latter’s Pauric Mahony had a “free” that could have tied the match for his team in the final minute; instead, it fell just short. Mahony—who had already scored nine points in the match—c...

Track & Field Suspended After Athletes Unable To Perform Basic Tasks In Downpour [Update]

Olympics organizers suspended tonight’s track & field events while a downpour assaulted Rio, though not before forcing some athletes to compete in the rainstorm....

Russian Recovers From Being Choked Out, Wins Gold

Russian wrestler Roman Vlasov won his second gold medal in the Greco-Roman competition when he beat Denmark’s Mark Madsen in yesterday’s final round, despite having been choked out in an earlier semifinal....

What Happened To The Long Jump?

Jeff Henderson claimed Olympic gold in the long jump Saturday night. He’s the first American to win that event since 2004, though the U.S. has won long jump gold 22 of the 28 times it’s been contested at the Olympics. And this is probably the first time you’re hearing his name....