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Some Chump Held Katie Ledecky's Olympic Medals While She Threw Out First Pitch at Nats Game
Bryce Harper played assistant to Katie Ledecky and held her Olympic medals while she threw the ceremonial first pitch.
The NCAA Lets College Olympians Collect Cash for Gold, Because Amateurism Is a Self-Serving Lie
The NCAA fights tooth and nail to make sure football and men's basketball players don't get paid. It also allows campus Olympic sport athletes to keep medal bonuses. Wait, what?
Michael Phelps Shows Katie Ledecky How to Wear Five Medals at Once
"I've done it before. Don't worry, you'll learn."
That's Just Great, Or Watching The Rio Olympics: David Roth's Weak In Review
Find the struggle and even the strangest events in Rio become familiar. But real greatness, of the Simone Biles/Michael Phelps/Katie Ledecky variety, is something else.
Olympic Legend Debbie Meyer on Katie Ledecky's Quest to Join Her Exclusive Freestyle Club
Katie Ledecky is on the verge of making history by winning Rio Olympics gold in the 200-, 400-, and 800-meter freestyle races. The only woman to ever have done it previously is rooting for her.
It's 2016, and the Olympics Won't Let Women Swim the 1,500-Meter Freestyle
The 1,500-meter freestyle is featured at the World Championships and other major swim meets. But for women, it won't be part of the Rio Games.
Five Female American Athletes To Watch At The Rio Olympics
More than half of Team USA's 555-athlete roster for the Rio Games is female, the most women to ever represent a single country in the Olympics. Here are five faces to know.