How Jerry Colangelo reinvigorated USA Basketball
RIO DE JANEIRO — Jerry Colangelo stepped off the USA men’s basketball team bus and into the Flamengo Club practice facility a couple blocks off the Atlantic Ocean in Rio de Janeiro. He walked in before any of his hand-selected players. Donning a Team USA jacket and a gold Olympic ring on his right hand, the managing director of USA Basketball stood on the sidelines as the most dominant basketball team in the world practiced its craft.
Gallery: Best of Rio, Aug. 18
Take a look at some of the best photos taken by Cronkite News reporters on location in Rio de Janeiro covering all things related to the 2016 Olympics and the culture of Rio.
Rio Olympic cauldron breaks tradition
RIO DE JANEIRO — The Olympic flame shines brightly along the Olympic Boulevard in the newly revitalized area of downtown Rio de Janeiro.
Former Wildcat competes in Olympics decathlon for Spain
RIO DE JANEIRO — Olympic decathlete and University of Arizona graduate Pau Tonnesen will look for his father in the stands during his multi-day competition in Rio. (Photo by Jaclyn Chung/Cronkite News)
UA grad swims, bikes, runs his way to first Olympic triathlon
RIO DE JANEIRO — Ben Kanute’s interest in triathlon was born as a child growing up in Illinois, watching his father compete.
Magnificent Seven’s Borden flips back to ‘96 Games
RIO DE JANEIRO - For 1996 Olympic gold medalist Amanda Borden, gymnastics has become more than just a sport. It is a way to make a positive impact in the community, a way to inspire young athletes and it is what she built her life around with her Gold Medal Gymnastics gyms in Tempe and Chandler.
Golden seed planted in Rio for golf’s growth
RIO DE JANEIRO — Can a gold medal be used as seed to grow the field for golf? Newly crowned Olympic gold medalist Justin Rose hopes so.
Gallery: Best of Rio, Aug. 17
Take a look at some of the best photos taken by Cronkite News reporters on location in Rio de Janeiro covering all things related to the 2016 Olympics and the culture of Rio.
Title IX ‘tipping point’ for explosion of U.S. females in Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO — Before there was Simone Biles there was Nadia Comaneci, the Romanian gymnast who was the first person ever to score a perfect 10, in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.
Tucson BMXer rides into first Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO — BMX racer Corben Sharrah is riding high, entering his first Olympics here after dominating at the Olympic Trials in Chula Vista, California, in June.
Gallery: Best of Rio, Aug. 16
Take a look at some of the best photos taken by Cronkite News reporters on location in Rio de Janeiro covering all things related to the 2016 Olympics and the culture of Rio.
Gallery: Best of Rio, Aug. 15
Take a look at some of the best photos taken by Cronkite News reporters on location in Rio de Janeiro covering all things related to the 2016 Olympics and the culture of Rio.
