Francois Nel/Getty Images The lawyer for U.S. Olympic swimmer James Feigen says he will pay about $10,800 Friday and then leave Brazil following the robbery scandal involving the U.S. swim team. Attorney Breno Melaragno says early Friday that, under an agreement reached with a Brazilian judge, Feigen will donate 35,000 Brazilian reals to an “institution” […]
Despite the International Olympic Committee’s relief that all four of the swimmers are still alive, the conflicting reports from each have given police officers doubt in believing the robbery as video footage at a gas station shows otherwise. Rio de Janeiro (CNN)[Breaking news update, posted at 3:10 p.m. ET] Civil Police chief Fernando Veloso says […]
GETTY IMAGES: Two American swimmers who were allegedly robbed at gunpoint with teammate Ryan Lochte several days ago were pulled off their plane at Rio’s airport Wednesday evening as Brazilian authorities continue to investigate their claims. In news first broken by NBC National Correspondent Peter Alexander, Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger were detained for questioning and later released under the condition that they would cooperate […]
getty images: The Olympic torch was raised before Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue on Friday on the final leg of its journey to the opening ceremony of the Olympics, as Brazil excitedly put the final touches to seven years of preparations. At the evening ceremony in the famed Maracana soccer stadium, Brazil […]
LeBron James went on a run and worked out on Copacabana Beach in Rio De Janeiro while unsuspecting beachgoers looked on early last Thursday morning. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst says it was like that Nike commercial where hundreds of people follow LeBron on a run through Miami. “One mid-morning this week along Copacabana Beach with the […]
