OLYMPICS

Cameroon: 7 missing athletes may want new home

By Associated Press , August 08, 2012

US BMX rider Crain crashes during seeding run

LONDON — BMX rider Brooke Crain of the United States took a hard fall on the final straight during her seeding run at the London Olympics on Wednesday.

By Associated Press , August 08, 2012

Unity, rarity and national pride spark Olympic fever locally

FARGO – The backstroke, the shot put and the trampoline aren’t typically part of Angela Mathers’ daily routine. Gabby Douglas, Milorad Cavic and Oscar Pistorius aren’t usually part of her daily lexicon. But when the Olympics roll around, she’s all in on all of them.

August 07, 2012

Raisman takes gold in floor exercise

LONDON – Aly Raisman finished the Olympics in style.

By Associated Press , August 07, 2012

US men confident heading to Olympic hoop quarters

LONDON — Defiant and defensive, Mike Krzyzewski hardly sounded like he coaches the best team in the world.

By Associated Press , August 07, 2012

Esparza, Shields chase gold in women's boxing

LONDON — Marlen Esparza already knows she'll stand on a podium Thursday with a medal around her neck.

By Associated Press , August 07, 2012

US women beat Canada 91-48 to reach Olympic semis in basketball

LONDON — Diana Taurasi scored 15 points and Candace Parker added 12 to lead the U.S. women's Olympic basketball team to a 91-48 rout of Canada on Tuesday to advance to the semifinals.

By Associated Press , August 07, 2012

Raisman finally gets (tie) break, wins beam bronze

LONDON — No more golds for Gabby, one more for China. And Aly Raisman finally caught a (tie) break .

By Associated Press , August 07, 2012

Second-half surge lifts USA men’s basketball team over Argentina

LONDON – Kevin Durant shot the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team out of trouble, and right into the top seed in their group. Durant scored 17 of his 28 points during the Americans’ explosive 42-point third quarter, turning a one-point game into a blowout that sent the U.S. soaring into the quarterfinals with a 126-97 victory over Argentina on Monday night. The NBA scoring champion matched the Argentines’ point total in the period, going 5 of 6 from 3-point range, the last one from well beyond 25 feet. The Americans didn’t stop shooting and scoring until Carmelo Anthony made a 3-pointer in the final second of the quarter while taking what he and the U.S. bench right behind him felt was a cheap shot from Argentina’s Facundo Campazzo, setting off an exchange of words and technical fouls. “You kind of want to send a message a little bit,” Kobe Bryant said. “This was the second game in a row that this team has played us close. We didn’t want to give them confidence.”

By Associated Press , August 06, 2012

Kenny, Pendleton keep British rolling at Olympics

LONDON — It was hard to tell what sounded more deafening: Britain's Jason Kenny winning an Olympic sprint gold medal or Victoria Pendleton moving one step closer to doing the same thing.

By Associated Press , August 06, 2012

US men's basketball enters tough final week

LONDON — Mike Krzyzewski said this was the plan all along: Get to the final week of the Olympic tournament healthy and playing well.

By Associated Press , August 06, 2012

For some Olympians, glory is about showing up

LONDON — For Timi Garstang, a sprinter from the Marshall Islands, the Olympic experience boils down to this: He was the slowest man in the race to find the fastest man on earth.

By Associated Press , August 06, 2012

Algerian Olympic runner reinstated for 1,500 final

LONDON — Algerian middle-distance runner Taoufik Makhloufi has been reinstated for the 1,500-meter final after he had been disqualified from the London Olympics for allegedly not trying hard enough Monday in the 800 heats.

By Associated Press , August 06, 2012

Three Dickinson State alumni come up short Sunday in Olympics

LONDON — All three of the Dickinson State alumni competing at the Summer Olympics fell short of the final round Sunday at Olympic Stadium.

By Forum Communications , August 06, 2012

Bolt sprints to gold, repeats in 100-meter dash

LONDON – Pulling away from the pack with every long stride, Usain Bolt crossed the finish line and wagged his right index finger. Yes, he’s still No. 1 in the 100-meter dash. Maybe not better than ever, but Bolt is definitely back. Only sixth-fastest of the eight runners to the halfway mark Sunday night, Bolt erased that deficit and overwhelmed a star-studded field to win in 9.63 seconds, an Olympic record that let him join Carl Lewis as the only men with consecutive gold medals in the marquee track and field event at the Summer Games.

By Associated Press , August 05, 2012