Olympics

Costumed dancers, raucous crowds and spectacular fireworks welcomed the best athletes in the world to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil on Friday evening.

Could this be an omen for what many are expecting to be a catastrophic Summer Games?

New England Patriots’ special-teamer Nate Ebner has been named to the United States Olympic rugby Olympic roster. Ebner was granted a temporary leave from the Pats to try to make the 2016 Rio games in August and was just announced to the US team in the Men’s Sevens competition...

The 2016 US Olympic Qualifiers in the men's 5,000 meter was one Mainer that Ben True will not soon forget. True ran the event at 13:36.40 on Saturday night and finished in fifth place overall, which put him two spots away from the top three overall he need to place to qualify for the 2016 Rio Games...

Maine Track and Field athletes Ben True and Riley Masters will both try to qualify for the US Olympic National team tonight as the race in the 5,000 meter finals. Both True and Masters had good enough times in their heats on Monday night to make it to the 16 runner final scheduled for 8:20 ET...

Ben True and Riley Masters will have one last chance to qualify for the Rio Olympics Saturday as they compete in the 5,000 meter finals in Oregon. True failed to qualify on Friday night for the 10,000 meter race after staying near the top during early parts of the competition...

Some Maine Track & Field stars are in Eugene, Oregon this weekend to try to make it on the United States Olympic roster for the 2016 Rio Games. Carsyn Koch, Washburn, will be running in the 800 meter qualifier on Friday night.  Koch will run tonight at 7:45 p.m. ...

For Maine's Ben True and Carsyn Koch, this is the big U.S.Olympic Track and Field Team trials week. The Road To Rio takes the two tracksters to Eugene, Oregon.

Former UMaine Black Bear Paul Kariya is one of several hockey greats awaiting the Hockey Hall of Fame Selection Committee decision today on the '16 induction class.

Washburn's Carsyn Koch is NCAA National Champion again - this time the 800m Division II championship with a time of 2:03.48.