rio-2016 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

8 Months Later, The Rio Olympics Keep Finding New Ways Of Falling ApartThe Rio Olympics, which started with an “uninhabitable” athletes’ village and continued on with a creeping green death in the diving and water polo venues, are finding new ways to suck months after the closing ceremony as athletes are finding their hard-won medals are falling apart....

Let's Check In On Rio De Janeiro, Which Hosted The Olympics Five Months AgoEven before the 2016 Olympics kicked off in August, the state of Rio de Janeiro had declared a “state of public calamity in financial administration.” Five months later, things aren’t any better....

From Refugee To Olympic Hopeful: Biya Simbassa's Excellent Life In The Land Of OpportunityIt was the Galen Rupp show at this past Sunday’s Portland Track Festival 5000 meters, as America’s greatest distance talent executed his signature 4600-meter cruise, capped by a crowd-pleasing shift into turbo for the final lap. Nice, though unsurprising. ...

Anderson Silva Petitioning To Compete In Taekwondo At The Olympics

Troll King Anderson Silva is petitioning the Brazilian federation to allow the MMA fighter to compete in his original discipline, taekwondo, at the Rio Olympics in 2016. As the host nation, Brazil will have four guaranteed slots in the event, and Silva will meet with the Brazilian sport chief this ...

Future Olympic Rowing Lagoon Is Chock Full Of Dead Fish

One fish, two fish, SO MANY THOUSANDS OF DEAD FISH....