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Understandably, every few days now, a call comes for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games to be postponed, canceled or moved. I say understandably because you know things are bad when terrorism, always a haunting threat and sometimes a terrible reality at an Olympic Games, doesn’t even make Rio’s top six.

Stan Wawrinka and Andy Murray set up a key semifinal as the French Open worked to get back on schedule Wednesday after two days of major rain interruptions.

THURSDAY

Oregon’s Sulman Raza edged Charlie Danielson of Osceola, 1-up, to give the Ducks a 3-2 victory over Illinois in the NCAA team match play championship Tuesday in Eugene, Ore.

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Paris — Yes, they actually managed to complete a match on this wettest of weeks at the French Open. Two, even. And both involved surprises: Two of the top half-dozen seeded women lost within minutes of each other, No. 2 Agnieszka Radwanska and No. 6 Simona Halep.

WEDNESDAY

With favorite son LeBron James and the Cavaliers facing the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals starting Thursday, now is the perfect time for The Based God, Nike (the Greek goddess, not the company), Jobu and anyone who's been hating on Cleveland to reverse the curse.

Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson carried the 73-win Warriors right back to the NBA Finals, as Golden State rallied from a 3-1 series deficit to beat the Thunder, 96-88, on Monday night in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals.

BLACKSTONE CREEK: Eagle — Wayne Lohn, No.16, 335 yards, 5-hybrid.

Mexican authorities rescued kidnapped soccer player Alan Pulido after he was able to dial an emergency phone number and alert authorities to his location.

Augie Garrido, the winningest coach in college baseball history, is out after 20 seasons at Texas. The decision Monday comes after the Longhorns’ first losing season since 1998.

Art Briles is the latest college football coach to lose his job in the summer or spring because of a scandal. Here are some others.

For the first time in 16 years, unrelenting rain Monday washed out a full day of play at the only Grand Slam tennis venue without a retractable roof over its show court.

TUESDAY

Germantown’s Jesse Thielke discovered wrestling at a young age, which straightened him out and got him started on the road to Rio.

MONDAY