Olympic Golf – Power Rankings & Odds
The 72-hole, stroke-play competition at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will be one of the most compelling of our generation. Consider that many of the 60 professionals from…
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ULTIMATE RIO DAILY PLANNER
SATURDAY, AUG. 6 — DAY 1 Gymnastics (1:30-4 p.m.): U.S. men’s qualification. By the end of the day, the top eight nations of 12 overall qualify for the team final,…
GOLF IN RIO – The Cups Half Full
Golf was first played at the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900, only to be removed after 1904 – it returns in 2016 after more than a century’s absence. By…
REAL RIO – Problems Overshadow Excitement
On the eve of the first Olympic games in South American history, anticipation and excitement has been overshadowed by complacency and blame as the city of Rio De Janeiro and…
Making A Splash In Rio – Swimming Preview
SWIMMING PREVIEW – WHO TO WATCH IN THE POOL Greatness can be hard to define but two words suffice for Olympic swimming – Michael Phelps. Despite a global cast of…
TEAM USA FLAGBEARER – Michael Phelps On My Terms
Already the most decorated Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps is applying himself for one last chance to get his Olympic farewell right having fallen in love with swimming again.…
OLYMPICS – ATHLETICS – TRACK THE DOPE
A year of unrelenting misery, of corruption, cover-ups, bans, appeals and doping, doping, doping, has ripped the heart and soul out of athletics, the sport that likes to think of…
Rio Olympics: Final teams set for golf’s first appearance since 1904
By now we all know about the players who have pulled out of the Olympics in Rio. But what about who’s playing? Contrary to what it seems like in the media,…
World No 1 J Day Latest to voice concerns over Zika & Olympics
Jason Day has confirmed he might skip the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, over concerns about the Zika virus. “It’s difficult to say right now,” the world No.1 said…
Baseball likely to cancel games due to Zika virus, could we lose the Olympics in Rio…
The Pittsburgh Pirates and Miami Marlins are close to canceling an upcoming two-game series in Puerto Rico because of fears associated with the Zika virus. With baseball taking notice of…