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TheWrap
Ryan Lochte Lands New Sponsor After Rio Olympics Scandal
TheWrap
The embattled Olympic swimmer, still steeped in scandal for his bogus account of being robbed at gunpoint at this year's Summer Games, has signed a new endorsement deal with Pine Bros. Softish Throat Drops. The campaign will center on forgiveness ...
Ryan Lochte Apologizes for His Olympics Scandal: 'I've Got a Big Heart, I Let a Lot of People Down'People Magazineall 185 news articles »

RollingStone.com
Skateboarding heads to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Credit: Alejandro Godinez/Clasos.com/LatinContent/Getty
RollingStone.com
Though skaters have long resisted such categorization – even during the 90s when the energy drink-fueled qualifier "extreme" was clumsily appended to lump skating, snowboarding, BMXing and even Rollerblading into one big commercial for the then-newly ...and more »

NextShark
China Sends AI Reporter to Cover the Rio Olympics -- Blows Every Journalist Out of the Water
NextShark
A robot news reporter from China, which delivered speedy and efficient reports during the recently concluded Olympics in Rio, was able to produce 450 news items throughout the 15-day event. Covering mostly sports where Chinese athletes excel at such as ...and more »

MarketWatch
Netflix could profit from the big drop in Olympics ratings
MarketWatch
Turns out Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky and Usain Bolt may not have been the only ones to finish the Olympics in Rio with a win. Reed Hastings' Netflix Inc. may have come out on top too, benefiting from underwhelming ratings for NBC's Olympic coverage.
'Nightmare' in Rio: NBC's Olympics Ratings Down 15% From LondonAdAge.com
Daily chartThe Economist (blog)
Three straight Asian Olympics will force changes in NBC's co

NBC Olympics
At Laver Cup announcement, Nadal and Federer reflect on Olympics
NBC Olympics
On Wednesday morning, five tennis legends – Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer – sat down at the St. Regis Hotel in New York to discuss an exciting new annual tournament, the Rod Laver Cup. Together, the players on ...
Roger Federer considered playing Olympics while skipping US Open, and vice versaTennis Magazineall 147 news articles »

Engadget
Olympics GIFs got someone temporarily banned from Twitter (update)
Engadget
You may have heard that the IOC placed a ban on media outlets using unlicensed footage from the Rio Olympics to make GIFs for their social media channels.
If You're Angry About Twitter Banning Someone 'Permanently' For Sharing Olympics GIFs, Blame Copyright LawTechdirt
Sportswriter gets Twitter account back after flap over posting Olympics GIFCNET
How a GIF of Aly Raisman's Floor Routine Got Me Permanently Bann

Sportsnet.ca
Time to focus on women's dominance at the Olympics
Sportsnet.ca
Now that the Rio Olympics are behind us, what is my main takeaway? It has nothing to do with our part-time patriotic enthusiasm for amateur athletics, or the real problems in Brazil, or even the fabricated ones via Ryan Lochte. My lasting impression is ...
Canadian youth's interest in the Olympics boosted by social mediaThe Globe and Mailall 7 news articles »

Business Insider
The most beloved baking show on TV just got more viewers than the Olympics in the UK
Business Insider
The beloved cookery writer and her costars on "The Great British Bake Off" pulled ahead of the BBC's coverage of the Rio Olympics. The landmark baking competition increased its peak audience from 10.4 million to 11.2 million with the premiere of its ...
BBC's 'Great British Bake Off' Cooks Up Launch Record; Beats Rio OlympicsDeadlineall 378 news articles »

The Hindu
The geopolitics behind the Olympics
The Hindu
Historically, performance at the Olympics has been seen as an indicator of a nation's economic levels. But this measure is flawed as there are other factors at play too. The Olympics has never been just about sports. Being an international competion ...
The Olympics were a 'success,' but only if the Olympics are the only thing you care aboutSB Nation
The Olympics left Rio with a few improvements. And a frightening police violence problem.V

SB Nation
Rory McIlroy 'glad to be proven wrong' about the Olympics
SB Nation
Jordan Spieth was not the only marquee name to skip the Olympics, but he was alone among the Big Four in admitting that he regretted not playing in Rio. Spieth, along with world No. 1 Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, and Rory McIlroy, determined for various ...
Rory McIlroy, Jordan Speith regret not going to Rio OlympicsThe Mercury News
Rory McIlroy on Olympics: 'It was nice to be proven wrong somewhat'Irish Times
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USA TODAY
Michael Phelps on 'America's Got Talent': Boomer made Olympics 'different'
USA TODAY
If you watched the Olympics, you're aware that America's Got Talent. So, it only seems natural that Michael Phelps, the athlete with an astonishing 23 gold medals, would co-host the NBC show, right? The swimmer who recently announced his retirement, ...
Michael Phelps: Son Boomer made Rio Olympics 'different'UPI.comall 56 news articles »

The Independent
Kenya sacks Olympics organising committee with athletes still stranded in Rio days after end of Games
The Independent
The Kenyan government has disbanded the country's Olympics organising committee and ordered an urgent probe into its shambolic handling of Rio 2016. Kenya's team captain, who is also an MP, took to Twitter on Thursday in exasperation at the treatment ...
Kenya removes Olympics committee over Rio performanceReuters
Kenya's best Olympics ever may have also bee

Firstpost
Our preparation began a year before Rio Olympics: Dr Kiran Challagundla, third member of Team Sindhu
Firstpost
Since PV Sindhu won the silver at the Rio Olympics 2016, the focus has been on the player and her coach Pullela Gopichand. But there was a third member of Team Sindhu who kept away from the media limelight – physio Dr Kiran Challagundla, the unsung ...and more »

Huffington Post
U.S. Soccer Suspends Hope Solo For 'Coward' Olympics Comments
Huffington Post
The goalkeeper called the Swedish national team “cowards” after USA lost to them in the Rio Olympics. 08/24/2016 09:26 pm ET | Updated 4 hours ago. 610. U.S. Soccer handed goalkeeper Hope Solo a six-month ban from internationals on Wednesday after ...
Hope Solo suspended six months for 'cowards' remark at OlympicsUSA TODAY
Hope Solo banned from Team USA for SIX MONTHS following Olympic