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Olympic Hot Reads: Acceptance Speech

Today's links from the Rio Games: 

USA TODAY: "Women's Olympic Basketball Players Hope For More LGBT Acceptance In NBA." ARIZONA REPUBLIC: "Track And Field Needs More Of What Bolt's Got: Star Power, Charisma, 'Clean' Image." HARTFORD COURANT: NBC Sports' first Summer Games produced from broadcast facility in Stamford, Conn. DETROIT FREE PRESS: U.S. women's volleyball team soaks up raucous crowds in Rio. INDIANAPOLIS STAR: "NCAA Proves A Pipeline To Rio 2016 Swimming Medal Podium." WASHINGTON POST: "Olympic Athletes Are Gorging Themselves On Free McDonald's." USA TODAY: "Olympic Beach  Volleyball Becoming One Of Hotter Parties In Rio." SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE: "Americans Shouldn't Throw Stones On Doping." N.Y. TIMES: "Officials Spent Big on Olympics, but Rio Natives Are Paying the Price." VANCOUVER SUN: For Team Canada, "men blunder" while "women plunder." N.Y. TIMES: "Celebrity Chefs Turn Wasted Olympics Food Into Meals For Homeless."

HBO’s John Oliver: “Let's move on to the Olympics, the only time trampolining is considered a sport rather than the most effective way of breaking a nine-year-old's arm” (“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver,” HBO, 8/14). See more in Laugh Track.

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