LONDON (AP) - Nathan Adrian made a name for himself by winning the 100-meter freestyle, lunging to the wall to edge James "The Missile" Magnussen by one-hundredth of a second, the slightest margin possible. That once again denied Australia its first individual swimming gold.
LONDON (AP) - Seventeen-year-old Missy Franklin won her second gold, swimming the leadoff leg of the victorious U.S. women's 4x200 freestyle relay. Allison Schmitt and Dana Vollmer also got their second golds, and rounding out the relay team was Shannon Vreeland.
LONDON (AP)- Serena Williams routed No. 13 seed Vera Zvonareva (zvahn-uh-RAY'-vuh), while Maria Sharapova (shah-rah-POH'-vah), Victoria Azarenka (ah-zah-REN'-kuh) and Kim Clijsters (KLY'-sturz) also advanced in Olympic tennis. Venus Williams was eliminated in the singles competition by No. 7-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany but still has a shot at a gold with sister Serena in doubles.
LONDON (AP) - Four badminton teams were kicked out of women's doubles for trying to lose on purpose to earn an easier matchup in the knockout round in conduct that one IOC executive says strikes at the heart of Olympic competition. The eight doubles players from China, South Korea and Indonesia were cited in the scandal by the Badminton World Federation.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - There was a wild baseball game in Texas last night. After the L.A. Angels scored three times in the top of the 10th, the Texas Rangers answered with four in the bottom of the 10th to win 11-10 on a two-run bases-loaded hit by Elvis Andrus.
