By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — After beating Argentina to extend his stay at the Olympics, American beach volleyball player Nick Lucena had big plans: Treatment, a shower, "maybe get my nails done, all that stuff." "Jerk," his partner, Phil Dalhausser, muttered under his ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer KAWAGOE, Japan (AP) — Golf is among the hardest sports to predict, and the Olympics is no exception. How else to explain Sepp Straka? Austrian-born and American-groomed, he had missed the cut in six of his last seven starts on the PGA Tour. Straka ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Rui Hachimura did whatever he could. Blocking shots, hitting tough jumpers, logging big minutes, the best player on Japan's roster simply held nothing back with hopes of giving his country its first Olympic men's basketball win ...
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Caeleb Dressel climbed atop the lane rope, a look of wonder in his eyes. He gazed all around the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, eager to soak up every last moment of something he's never done before. Win an individual gold medal at the ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — An American finished atop the podium in the women's Olympic gymnastics all-around, just like always. Sunisa Lee became the fifth straight American woman to claim the Olympic title on Thursday, edging Rebeca Andrade of Brazil in an ...
By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Katie Ledecky got her first gold medal of these Olympics, while Simone Biles pulled out of another event she came into the Games favored to win. Ledecky bounced back from losses in her first two events in Tokyo to win the inaugural ...
