Olympic Hot Reads: Redemption Song

Today's links from the Rio Games: 

IOC member and founding WADA President Dick Pound writes under the header, "The IOC Can Redeem Itself – If It Starts Moving Now To Fight Doping." USA TODAY notes U.S. women "have picked up right where they left off four years ago in London, where they won 63% of all U.S. gold medals and 56% of all total U.S. medals." CINCINNATI ENQUIRER: Olympics are a "sprawling, contentious, life-affirming mess." BOSTON GLOBE: "Swimmer Michael Phelps Is A Man Remade." BOSTON HERALD: Twitter trolls use platform to "taunt and heckle the athletes." MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL on U.S. fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad: "Muslim Fencer Fights Stereotypes."

HBO's John Oliver: "The centerpiece of any Opening Ceremony is the Parade of Nations, that inspirational moment where athletes from around the globe come together, as one, to have ‘Today’ show anchors point out everything that's wrong with their countries" (“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” HBO, 8/7). See more in Laugh Track.