Jason Day, the top-ranked player in the world, and Shane Lowry both announce they will skip the first Olympic event in 112 years.
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Commentary: Golf swinging and missing at its Olympics shot
While golfers cite Zika concerns, it might be a lack of prestige and money that are keeping the world’s best away.
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Olympics notebook: U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky books her passage to Rio
Ledecky, 19, fails to set a world record but wins the 400-meter freestyle at the swimming trials, and that’s good enough.
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U.S. Olympic basketball team named
While some of the NBA’s top names won’t be there, the group still has plenty of talent.
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Maine native, wife sharing Olympic dream
Ben True of North Yarmouth heads to the U.S. track and field trials over the next two weeks with a clear goal – joining his wife, Sarah, as a qualifier for the Rio Games.
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Olympic notebook: LeBron out, Anthony in for U.S. team
LeBron James says Thursday night that he will skip the Rio Olympics.
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IOC, track federation differ on Russians at Olympics
The IOC now says some Russians may compete under their own flag, if they meet qualifications for outside drug testing.
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Zika fear leads U.S. cyclist to withdraw from Olympics
Tejay van Garderen, concerned with infecting his pregnant wife, is one of the athletes at least expressing reservations.
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Retesting of drug samples could result in Olympic bans
The IOC says new tests caught 31 athletes from the 2008 Games, and more could come from 2012.
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Chaos running rings around the Olympics
It’s not just the upcoming Rio Games that are beset with scandals and controversies.