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USA's Kevin Durant and Jimmy Butler celebrate their win over Serbia in the gold medal basketball game on Aug. 21, 2016, at Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro.

Balance beam: The most treacherous — and mesmerizing — 10 centimeters in sports

May 22, 2019 at 7:47 a.m.

Of all the playing surfaces in sports, none is more unforgiving than the balance beam. It measures 10 centimeters wide — barely wider than a hockey puck — 5 meters...

Francois Pervis of France wins heat 3 in the men's keirin on Aug. 16, 2016.

Olympics: What to watch Sunday

May 22, 2019 at 7:46 a.m.

Men's volleyball: Thomas Jaeschke led Wheaton South to an IHSA title and Loyola to two NCAA championships. His quest to add to his trophy collection begins when the U.S. starts...

Performances Friday, Aug. 5, 2016 at Maracana Stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Rio’s opening ceremony: winners, losers and NBC

May 22, 2019 at 7:43 a.m.

Winner: Cost containment. If the budget for this ceremony was really only 10 percent of what they spent in London, then bully for them. According to the organizers, a theme...

Report from Rio: Where are the mosquitoes?

May 22, 2019 at 7:42 a.m.

Where are the mosquitoes in Rio? Been here since early Tuesday and I have yet to see one. And we have not been hiding indoors or within the Olympic bubble....

Dazzling doesn't begin to cover it.First, more than 2,000 drummers played the Fou, a traditional Chinese instrument. They were followed by 10,000 highly rehearsed performers after giant Olympic rings sprang from the floor of the stadium. In all, there were more than 18,000 performers.There were fireworks, and more fireworks, and still more fireworks, including some that were computer simulated. Lots of openers have fireworks, but they were invented in China some 2,000 years ago, so there's that.Everything from the silk road to chanting disciples of Confucius was represented in this ceremony.OK, that was more than one moment, but this was a BIG opening ceremony.

What to watch for at Rio’s opening ceremony

August 21, 2019 at 7:26 p.m.

Who will direct the opening ceremony? Continuing the tradition of the previous two Olympics, Rio will use movie directors to stage the spectacle. Brazilians Fernando Meirelles ("City of God," "The...

When St. Louis stole the Olympics from Chicago

May 22, 2019 at 7:39 a.m.

Chicago lost the chance to host this year's Olympics when Rio's bid won out in 2009. But in 1904, Chicago was denied that Olympics because St. Louis essentially stole them....

Carlin Isles runs with the ball during a rugby training session on July 14, 2016, in Chula Vista, Calif.

Where Rio’s Olympians got their starts

May 22, 2019 at 7:39 a.m.

Jeannie Dwyer, the mother of 27-year-old gold medal winner Conor Dwyer, said swimming is a "family affair." She might be underselling that point. If you walk into the circular dining...

Golf fans walk across a bridge that straddles the Pennsylvania Turnpike between the front nine and back nine of Oakmont Country Club during a practice round this week.

Why does the Pennsylvania Turnpike cut through the U.S. Open?

May 12, 2019 at 2:06 p.m.

The venerable Oakmont Country Club, host to this week's U.S. Open, is considered one of the most challenging golf courses in the world. It's also the only one with the...

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell during a press conference in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday, May 24, 2016.

NFL Twitter account hacked, claims Roger Goodell had died

June 10, 2018 at 12:41 p.m.

Somebody hacked the NFL's Twitter account Tuesday morning. At 11:36 a.m. (Central Time), the NFL's official account tweeted that commissioner Roger Goodell had died. Minutes later the tweet was erased....

Juan Pablo Montoya enjoys a drink of whole milk after winning the Indianapolis 500 in 2015.

Whole or skim: Which milk do Indy 500 drivers want in the winner’s circle?

August 18, 2019 at 3:48 p.m.

Who knew that such planning went into the Indianapolis 500's milk-drinking ceremony? The American Dairy Association of Indiana just released a poll of the race's 33 drivers identifying their milk...

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