Sports of The Times
First Medal of Rio Olympics Deserves to Go to ... a Whistle-Blower
By JULIET MACUR
The I.O.C. is considering slapping Russia with a swift and stinging ban. But it takes guts to do that.
When ‘Everyone’s Grandma’ Is the Town’s Little League Thief
By BILL PENNINGTON
Brittany Greeson for The New York Times
With stringent rules and financial checks in place, the Clinton Valley Little League can now afford full baseball uniforms for its players.
After $300,000 was discovered missing, a Michigan league’s treasurer — a school library clerk and community pillar — pleaded guilty to embezzlement.
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The Yankees’ Brett Gardner sliding into third base after hitting a triple in the first inning against the Orioles on Wednesday night.
Michael Pineda pitched six shutout innings, Mark Teixeira ended a career-worst home run drought, and Carlos Beltran drove in the Yankees’ first and last runs against the Orioles.
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Russian flags were raised during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Olympic Officials Hold Off on Russia Ban, for Now
By REBECCA R. RUIZ
In the wake of a damning report detailing state-sponsored doping at past Games, officials appoint a disciplinary commission.
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Six new Nets were introduced Wednesday: from left with jerseys, Joe Harris, Trevor Booker, Jeremy Lin, Caris LeVert, Justin Hamilton and Anthony Bennett.
Nets, With Many New Players, Look to Build Something Lasting
By SETH BERKMAN
The free-agent guard Jeremy Lin was among six players introduced Wednesday, as the team strives to improve.
N.F.L. Doctor Who Discounted Dangers of Head Trauma Retires
By KEN BELSON
Pellman, a rheumatologist with no expertise in brain science, led a league committee that published research playing down or denying the dangers of concussions.
On College Football
To Keep Up, Big 12 Looks to Expand
By MARC TRACY
No league better exemplifies the reality that big-time college sports are driven less by rivalries than by cable cords and subscriber fees.
On Tough Climbs in Searing Heat, Chris Froome Keeps Comfortable Lead in Tour de France
By IAN AUSTEN
Any hopes among rivals that the Alps might slow down the British cyclist were deflated in Wednesday’s 115-mile stage through Switzerland.
Baseball
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Jose Reyes, left, and Wilmer Flores after Flores’s two-run homer against the Cubs in the eighth. Flores has seven homers in July.
Cubs 6, Mets 2
Loss Points to a Mets Problem: Finding Playing Time for Wilmer Flores
By JAMES WAGNER
With Jose Reyes playing most of the time at third base, the Mets are having trouble getting Flores’s bat in the lineup, even though he’s hitting .341 in July.
On Baseball
Brandon Crawford, the Giants’ Shortstop, Is the Best at What He Does Best
By TYLER KEPNER
One of Crawford’s teammates thinks he is having an M.V.P. season — not for what he has done with his bat, but rather what he has done with his glove.
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Concerned About Zika, More Top Tennis Players Are Skipping Olympics
By BEN ROTHENBERG
Concerns about the virus had been largely minimized by players questioned during the French Open and Wimbledon.
Swimmer Dana Vollmer Seeks Another Gold Medal, This Time as a Mother
By KAREN CROUSE
At 28, Vollmer is part of an older group of swimmers who have been able to stay in the sport because of professionalization, but training while caring for a 16-month-old poses logistical problems.
Synchronized Swimmers Find Danger Lurking Below Surface: Concussions
By KEN BELSON
Concussions, usually the concern of contact sports such as football and hockey, have become a worry in the pool, as synchronized swimmers perform more moves in tighter formations.
Years of Punishing Waves Shaped a Rio Hero’s Olympic Hopes
By JOHN BRANCH
Pedro Solberg, a beach volleyball player from Brazil, qualified for the Rio Olympics after an inaccurate drug suspension ruined his chances for the London Games.
Sports of The Times
Gabby Douglas Seeks to Rebound From Her Olympic Stardom
By JULIET MACUR
Douglas will attend a pre-Olympics training camp as she attempts to refocus her career in order to defend her all-around title at the Rio Games.
Ping-Pong? Child’s Game. Table Tennis? That’s a 16-Year-Old’s Ticket to Rio.
By SAM BORDEN
Kanak Jha, the first American born in the 2000s to qualify for an Olympics, hopes to increase the profile of a sport better known in the United States as a basement game.
From Opinion
Editorial
Ban Russia From the Rio Olympics
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
A new report gives the International Olympic Committee all the evidence it needs to ban every Russian team from the Rio Games.
Not Forgotten
A Fighter’s Fighter, Bruce Lee
By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK
The indomitable martial artist died at 32 before the release of his first Hollywood film, “Enter the Dragon.”
Editors’ Picks
On Golf
A Final Round for the Ages at the British Open
By SAM BORDEN
Phil Mickelson and Henrik Stenson provided their version of a heavyweight boxing match on Sunday in a duel that was among the best in the sport’s history.
Sports of The Times
Two Olympians Need an Apology, Even if It Comes Years Too Late
By WILLIAM C. RHODEN
In the 1968 Summer Olympics, John Carlos and Tommie Smith were suspended and sent home. Decades later, the U.S. Olympic Committee has yet to apologize.
Nate Thurmond, Warriors Center and Defensive Wall, Dies at 74
By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN
A seven-time All-Star and Hall of Fame player went toe-to-toe with the N.B.A.’s dominant big men.
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