Larry Taylor News

TO THE BASKET: Larry Taylor of Brazil gets past Pau Gasol of Spain during thir men's basketball preliminary round match at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Show jumping is one of the more dangerous Olympic sports and it can also be one of the most exciting Dressage has been featured in the Olympics for a century now, and yet, for all its history many spectators are baffled by the allure of a horse prancing about in a ring to music.

Today was the first really good day of action, with two games coming down to the wire.

At the end of the day Brazil didn't have enough late-game heroics to get the job done against Russia, as both teams played each other incredibly tough until the whistle was blown.

United States Missy Franklin competes in a women's 100-meter freestyle swimming semifinal at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Wednesday, Aug.