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Is There Home-Field Advantage At The Olympics?

We’re on the ground in Rio covering the 2016 Summer Olympics. Check out all our coverage here. Does Brazil have a home-field advantage in Rio? Again and again, research has shown that home-field advantage is a constant in sports across the world. Basketball referees call more fouls on the visitors. Pitchers for the home team […]

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Is There Home-Field Advantage At The Olympics?

We’re on the ground in Rio covering the 2016 Summer Olympics. Check out all our coverage here. Does Brazil have a home-field advantage in Rio? Again and again, research has shown that home-field advantage is a constant in sports across the world. Basketball referees call more fouls on the visitors. Pitchers for the home team […]

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Team USA’s Old-Timers Aren’t Dead Yet

RIO DE JANEIRO — Exasperated, Tony Azevedo slapped the water with both hands and screamed, “Swim!” Azevedo’s teammates on the U.S. men’s water polo team were still on the far side of the pool after Spain scored on a counterattack and took a 3-2 lead. Azevedo was one of the few American players who had […]

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Team USA’s Old-Timers Aren’t Dead Yet

RIO DE JANEIRO — Exasperated, Tony Azevedo slapped the water with both hands and screamed, “Swim!” Azevedo’s teammates on the U.S. men’s water polo team were still on the far side of the pool after Spain scored on a counterattack and took a 3-2 lead. Azevedo was one of the few American players who had […]

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Ledecky Has Company In A Renewed Assault On Swimming’s Records

We’re on the ground in Rio covering the 2016 Summer Olympics. Check out all our coverage here. While Michael Phelps’s winning of his 19th gold medal may be the feel-good story of the swimming pool not involving Yusra Mardini so far, the most significant development of the opening weekend of swimming is surely the sport’s […]

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