Olympic golfers embrace ‘grow the game’ mission
If this were the Zurich Classic or Memorial Tournament or even the PGA Championship, Anirban Lahiri would have stayed home. His aching right shoulder needs two to three weeks of...
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Bubba Watson surges to 4th in Olympics golf
Bubba Watson joked that there's only one thing detracting from his Olympic experience – having to play golf. "I'm hanging with the other athletes; I want to go see other...
Rock Island’s Madison Keys can still leave Rio ‘on a high’
Madison Keys went up against a brick wall Friday. Just like at Wrigley Field, the wall usually wins. Germany's Angelique Kerber made a mere eight unforced errors in their semifinal...
Broadcaster who flubbed Phelps-Lochte race: ‘I screwed up … No excuse’
Elliotte Friedman ran his hands through his head and hair. It was 4:10 p.m., and he had just signed off from the Olympic Aquatics Stadium. He looked exhausted. And he...
Team handball has everything — except a good U.S. team
It's a sport that Bill Laimbeer would love, and one that LeBron James would dominate. Aroldis Chapman too. Not sure who'd be the better goalie, Anthony Rizzo or Jason Heyward....
Americans struggle on Day 1 of Olympic golf but rave about the experience
The first round of Olympic golf since 1904 delivered a hole-in-one, ill-timed clicks of the camera, some wildlife, a course record and lots of pars (and worse) from the U.S....
Experiencing Rio as a tourist: An eye out for Cristo, <i>futbol</i> and tomorrow
The plan was to hit Rio's famous sites. Take the cable car up Sugarloaf Mountain. Bask in the shadow of Christ the Redeemer, one of the Seven Wonders of the...
Ex-Illini Thomas Pieters fires 67, talks ‘BS’ reasoning of those who snubbed Rio
Thomas Pieters had zero hesitation. An Illinois alumnus representing Belgium in golf's return to the Olympics, Pieters did not even consider passing on a trip Rio. "No. Why would I?"...
Popular Brazilian swimmer on Michael Phelps: ‘Don’t mess with the king’
One moment, Marcelo Chierighini was taking a bow. The next, he was bowing down to a swimmer he reveres. "Amazing," Chierighini said from the mixed zone after stopping to watch...
7 takeaways from a red-white-and-blue golf news conference
Goodbye, doom. Tchau, gloom. Golf's return to the Olympics has gotten ripped by prominent media members like ESPN's Scott Van Pelt. And in bypassing the Games, the world's top four...