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Olympics in bright red spots: What is cupping?

Mon, 08/08/2016 - 2:03am
Those dark red, spots dotting Olympians' shoulders and backs are not cigar burns. They're not perfectly circular hickeys either. Viewers watching the Olympics this weekend may have spotted the pepperoni-like bruises on athletes and wondered: What is that?

Team USA does well in 2nd day of Olympics

Sun, 08/07/2016 - 11:25pm
Team USA swims to records and more on the second day of the Rio Olympics.

Men's 100m freestyle relay goes down to the wire

Sun, 08/07/2016 - 10:29pm
Find out if Michael Phelps was able to lift the U.S. to a medal in the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay Sunday night at the Rio Olympics.

Exciting finish in women's 400m freestyle

Sun, 08/07/2016 - 9:45pm
Find out who shattered a world record in the women's 400-meter freestyle during the Rio Games on Sunday night.

Brazil Olympic team's number of drug-test samples questioned

Sun, 08/07/2016 - 8:28pm
Brazil's Olympic team gave about a third as many samples as normally expected in the crucial month before the games began, CNN can reveal -- an "unacceptable practice" according to the world anti-doping watchdog. The host nation has already been sanc...

Ichiro triples for his 3,000th MLB hit

Sun, 08/07/2016 - 7:04pm
Ichiro Suzuki became the 30th MLB player to collect 3,000 hits with a triple against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.

Dutch cyclist Anna van der Breggen takes gold

Sun, 08/07/2016 - 7:01pm
It was a tale of contrasting fortunes for two Dutch cyclists. While Anna van der Breggen celebrated clinching gold in the women's road race, the mood at the finish line was subdued after Annemiek van Vleuten crashed while leading the race with just 1...

Serena and Venus Williams stunned in Rio

Sun, 08/07/2016 - 6:43pm
They were one of the biggest favorites for gold -- but Serena and Venus Williams won't be topping the podium together at the Rio 2016 Olympics. The sisters, who won the women's doubles title in 2000, 2008 and 2012, were stunned in the first round by t...

Hall of Fame game canceled due to poor field conditions

Sun, 08/07/2016 - 5:58pm
Sunday's Hall of Fame game between the Green Bay Packers and the Indianapolis Colts was abruptly canceled because of field conditions.

Jim Furyk shoots first 58 in PGA Tour history

Sun, 08/07/2016 - 5:44pm
Jim Furyk made history Sunday after becoming the first man to card a round of 58 at a PGA Tour event.

Ticket prices for A-Rod's final game spike 500%

Sun, 08/07/2016 - 3:58pm
Despite the controversy A-Rod has generated over two decades -- or maybe because of it -- people who hold tickets to his final game are suddenly asking big bucks. The average resale ticket price for the New York Yankees game on Friday skyrocketed more...

Athlete wins Kosovo's 1st Olympic gold medal

Sun, 08/07/2016 - 3:47pm
Majlinda Kelmendi made history in Rio de Janiero Sunday by becoming the first athlete from Kosovo to win an Olympic medal.

Russian Paralympic athletes banned from Rio

Sun, 08/07/2016 - 1:46pm
The International Paralympic Committee on Sunday banned Russia from participating in the upcoming 2016 Paralympic Games for allegedly violating international doping rules.

Commentator credits coach, not female athlete, with Olympic win

Sun, 08/07/2016 - 1:21pm
A commentator is being criticized after crediting a swimming coach, not the swimmer herself, for the swimmer's record-setting performance at the 2016 Olympics.

Favre chokes up during extemporaneous induction speech

Sun, 08/07/2016 - 1:08pm
Hall of Fame inductee speaks of late father during nearly 37-minute speech before thousands of fans.

Slugger Alex Rodriguez to retire, become Yankees instructor

Sun, 08/07/2016 - 12:44pm
Alex Rodriguez's turbulent career as one of baseball's most talented and polarizing sluggers appears to be over.

Obama reveals golf handicap

Sun, 08/07/2016 - 11:23am
As he descends into vacation mode, President Barack Obama is disclosing for the first time a closely held secret: his golf handicap.

Russian Paralympic athletes banned from Rio

Sun, 08/07/2016 - 11:07am
Russia will not be able to enter its athletes in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, International Paralympic Committee President Philip Craven said Sunday.

Four things to watch for in the Hall of Fame Game

Sun, 08/07/2016 - 10:31am
For the first time since 2003, the Packers will kick off the 2016 NFL season at the annual Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. 

Pistorius treated for prison injuries

Sun, 08/07/2016 - 7:00am
Oscar Pistorius was taken to a hospital for injuries suffered in a South African prison, where he's serving six years for his girlfriend's murder. The Olympic sprinter was treated for minor wrist injuries and returned to his prison cell in Pretoria o...

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