Olympics
US wins medal count, but British celebrate as well
By Tim Reynolds, The Associated Press on Aug. 12, 2012, at 6:10 p.m.
LONDON — Most medals, most gold medals. The U.S. got what it wanted from these Olympics. So did Britain, riding the wave of home-field advantage for its best Olympic showing in over a century. Some of that may have come at the expense of China, which finished only five medals ...
Olympic roundup: LeBron helps US beat Spain in tight basketball final
By Jay Cohen, The Associated Press on Aug. 12, 2012, at 6:08 p.m.
LONDON — LeBron James stood with both arms in the air, then hugged Kevin Durant before they headed to the bench. They were quite the combination all day long. James had a huge dunk and a 3-pointer in the final 2:50 and Durant scored 30 points, helping the U.S. win ...
US wins gold, beats Spain 107-100 in men’s basketball
By Brian Mahoney, The Associated Press on Aug. 12, 2012, at 6:06 p.m.
LONDON — This was no Dream Team. This was reality. The gold medal was in doubt for the U.S. men’s basketball team. The Americans led Spain by only one point after three quarters, a back-and-forth, impossible-to-turn-away-from game that almost anyone would hope for in an Olympic final. Especially, it turns ...
Maine Olympic runner profiled at National Museum of the American Indian
The Associated Press on Aug. 12, 2012, at 10:46 a.m.
OLD TOWN, Maine — One of Maine’s great athletes is getting some national recognition this summer, 100 years after he just missed the medal stand in the 1912 Olympics. Andrew Sockalexis of the Penobscot Nation was 20 years old and had only been running in major races for about a ...
CONTRIBUTORS
Is that any way to talk about our Olympic women?
By Alexandra Petri, The Washington Post on Aug. 11, 2012, at 7:23 p.m.
Was I the only one who thought the Olympics were uncomfortably sexy this year?
US wrestler Burroughs delivers on gold-medal promise
The Associated Press on Aug. 10, 2012, at 7:28 p.m.
LONDON — United States wrestler Jordan Burroughs had his eyes on a gold medal for months, and he let everyone know about his plans. Then he delivered at the London Games Friday. The 24-year-old American backed up all that talk, beating Iran’s Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi 1-0, 1-0 in the men’s ...
TV radio sports schedule for Aug. 11-12, 2012
on Aug. 10, 2012, at 7:02 p.m.
SATURDAY AUTO RACING NASCAR Nationwide Series, Zippo 200 qualifying, 9:30 a.m., ESPN2-TV; race 2:15 p.m., ABC-TV; WNZS Veazie (1340 AM) radio NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at The Glen, qualifying, 11:30 a.m., ESPN2-TV Rolex Sports Car Series, Continental Tire 200, 6 p.m., Speed-TV BASEBALL, LITTLE LEAGUE Midwest Regional final, 2 p.m., ...
US women set sprint relay world record to win gold
By Raf Casert, The Associated Press on Aug. 10, 2012, at 6:54 p.m.
LONDON — Allyson Felix won her second Olympic gold medal at the London Games and added a world record for good measure as she helped the U.S. relay team power past its Jamaican rivals in the 4×100 meters. The 200-meter champion ran a blistering second leg and 100-meter silver medalist ...
US men beat Argentina 109-83 in Olympic basketball semifinal
By Brian Mahoney, The Associated Press on Aug. 10, 2012, at 6:53 p.m.
LONDON — LeBron James turned away from his teammates gathered in the center circle and waved to the fans as if to say: “See you Sunday.” Right where the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team always expected to be, in the gold medal game, against the opponent it figured to see ...
US heading for win over China in both medals races
By Stephen Wilson, The Associated Press on Aug. 10, 2012, at 5:57 p.m.
LONDON — With a surge of medals in track and field, the United States has sprinted ahead of China and is poised to finish atop the medals table at the London Olympics — maybe with the most golds ever collected by the Americans on foreign soil. Heading into the final ...
US women tip Japan for soccer gold, redemption
By Gary D'Amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Aug. 09, 2012, at 10:47 p.m.
LONDON — The Americans had been pointing to this game for 389 days. They awoke on the morning of July 18, 2011, hurting to the core after losing to Japan on penalty kicks in the World Cup final the day before and set out on the path to redemption. It ...
American teen wins first gold medal in women’s Olympic boxing
The Associated Press on Aug. 09, 2012, at 7:04 p.m.
LONDON — American teenager Claressa Shields danced, brawled and even stuck out her tongue. She also managed to win the first middleweight gold medal in women’s Olympic boxing Thursday in another busy day at the London Games. The 17-year-old Shields, from Flint, Mich., was too much for Russian opponent Nadezda ...
It’s US-Argentina again in Olympic men’s basketball semis
By Brian Mahoney, The Associated Press on Aug. 09, 2012, at 6:59 p.m.
LONDON — Ten mesmerizing minutes can’t make the U.S. men’s basketball team forget the last 10 years. When the Americans face Argentina on Friday in the Olympic semifinals, they aren’t preparing for the team they left in the dust Monday during a third-quarter onslaught. That was so easy, so effortless, ...
Bolt 1st with 2 golds in 200; leads Jamaican sweep
By Howard Fendrich, The Associated Press on Aug. 09, 2012, at 6:53 p.m.
LONDON — When the stakes are the biggest, the spotlight most bright, Usain Bolt is as good as gold. Good as there’s ever been. Putting the field far enough behind that he could slow up over the last few strides and put his left index finger to his mouth to ...
TV, radio sports schedule for Friday, Aug. 10
on Aug. 09, 2012, at 6:38 p.m.
AUTO RACING NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series at The Glen practice (noon), Happy Hour Series practice (4 p.m.), SPEED-TV BASEBALL, LITTLE LEAGUE Regional Playoffs Mid-Atlantic semifinal, 11 a.m., ESPN-TV Great Lakes final, 1 p.m., ESPN-TV Mid-Atlantic semifinal, 3 p.m., ESPN-TV West semifinal, 5 p.m., ESPN2-TV Southeast final, 7 p.m., ESPN-TV West ...
US tops Japan to take Olympic women’s soccer gold
The Associated Press on Aug. 09, 2012, at 5 p.m.
WEMBLEY, England — Abby Wambach didn’t put on her “Greatness Has Been Found” T-shirt right away. She instead strayed from her teammates and knelt alone at midfield — and cried into a U.S. flag. Yes, greatness has been found. And payback has been achieved. The Americans are again on top ...
Where Olympic women outperform the men
By Sally Jenkins, The Washington Post on Aug. 09, 2012, at 12:22 p.m.
LONDON — Something remarkable is going on at this Olympics: Adult human males are now waiting in line for tickets to things they used to make fun of. Female athletes such as boxer Claressa Shields and soccer striker Abby Wambach, women with biceps bigger than your brother’s, are being treated ...
US overwhelms Australia 119-86 in Olympic men’s hoops
By BRIAN MAHONEY, The Associated Press on Aug. 08, 2012, at 8:28 p.m.
On a night when LeBron James had a triple-double, the story was Bryant's awakening from his Olympic slumber.
TV radio sports schedule for Aug. 9, 2012
on Aug. 08, 2012, at 6:09 p.m.
BASEBALL, LITTLE LEAGUE Midwest Regional semifinal, Teams TBD, 2 p.m., ESPN-TV Northwest Regional semifinal, Teams TBD, 5 p.m., ESPN2-TV Midwest Regional semifinal, Teams TBD, 7 p.m., ESPN2-TV Southwest Regional final, 9 p.m., Teams TBD, 9 p.m., ESPN2-TV Northwest Regional semifinal, Teams TBD, 11 p.m., ESPN2-TV BASEBALL, MAJOR LEAGUE BOSTON at ...
US-Japan is golden rematch in Olympic women’s football
By JOSEPH WHITE, The Associated Press on Aug. 08, 2012, at 5:47 p.m.
LONDON — It’s not just about the gold medal. It’s about redemption. The women’s football tournament couldn’t ask for a better finale. United States vs. Japan. Rematch of the World Cup final. Wembley Stadium. Quite possibly the largest crowd ever to watch women play the sport at the Olympics. And ...
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