OLYMPICSNEW YORK -- The Olympics in their final week were still golden for NBC. Once again, NBCs nightly prime-time averages took the weeks top seven Nielsen slots. And NBC again left rival networks far behind in overall viewership.But a drop in Olympics viewers compared to the previous week was notable.So was the drop in TV viewership between the final seven nights of the Rio Olympics compared to four years ago at the London Games.Consider the erosion from 29.1 million for the London Olympics 12th night, compared to 20.7 million for the same night (last Wednesday) in Rio. Or Rios 17 million viewers for Sundays closing ceremony, compared to 31 million for London.Since 2012, viewers have gained new options and new screens for enjoying the Rio Olympics. The result: As a TV event, it clearly wasnt the same as its been in past years.RIO DE JANEIRO -- Police in Rio de Janeiro have begun interrogating the first of three of Irelands top Olympic executives in a ticket-scalping investigation.Secretary General Dermot Henihan was seen arriving at Rios police headquarters. Team leader Kevin Kilty chief and executive Stephen Martin are also expected.Chief investigator Ronaldo Oliveira says the three agreed to answer questions after their passports, phones and laptops were recently seized in an Olympic Village raid.Olympic Council of Ireland President Patrick Hickey was arrested last week and is being held in Rios Bangu prison complex as the investigation expands.Authorities say the company Pro 10 Sports Management was created to facilitate the transfer of tickets between the Irish Olympic Committee and an unauthorized vendor who would sell them for high fees disguised as hospitality services.GENEVA -- Two days after Russia finished fourth in the Olympic medal table, its Paralympic team was barred from the next big games in Rio de Janeiro as punishment for a state-backed doping program.Sports highest court upheld a decision by the International Paralympic Committee to exclude the sports superpower. It was a step the IOC declined to take when it had the chance last month.The 267 entries which Russian Paralympic athletes earned in 18 sports for the Sept. 7-18 games in Rio will now be allocated to other nations not judged responsible for orchestrated cheating.Russia won 36 gold medals at the 2012 Paralympics, second most in London, and was a runaway table-topping leader at its home 2014 Winter Paralympics.PRO FOOTBALLFRISCO, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant will miss the next preseason game after suffering a concussion in practice.Coach Jason Garrett said Bryant was hurt a day earlier when the receivers head hit the shoulder pads of safety Barry Church. Garrett says Bryant was held out of the rest of that practice and will not play Thursday night at Seattle.On his Twitter account Tuesday, Bryant promised Cowboys fans that he is OK.Garrett said Bryant seemed much better Tuesday, and the coach doesnt think there is a long-term concern.BASEBALLMILWAUKEE -- A woman was struck in the left ear by a line drive down the third base line in the second inning of the Milwaukee Brewers game with the Colorado Rockies.The game was delayed about 2 minutes after the line drive from Nick Hundley went into the first couple of rows near the photographers well adjacent to the Rockies dugout.Miller Park ushers quickly called for medical assistance, and the woman was assisted for about 8 minutes before being carried out on a sitting stretcher. Once out of the seating area, the stretcher was lowered so she was lying down and she was put into an ambulance.No further information was immediately released.The Brewers extended the netting at Miller Park before the season started to the inside edge of each dugout. Only Kansas City, Minnesota and Washington have netting that covers the entire length of the dugout.CINCINNATI -- The Texas Rangers placed Josh Hamilton on unconditional release waivers, though they hope his surgically rebuilt left knee is healthy enough to allow him to try for a spot with the team next season.Texas activated Hamilton off the 60-day disabled list and put him on waivers, a move that was expected. The 35-year-old outfielder had surgery on June 8 to reconstruct his ACL and repair cartilage damage. Hes hoping to be ready for spring training.It was Hamiltons third operation on the knee since September.General manager Jon Daniels said during a conference call that the move had to be done before the end of August, otherwise Hamilton wouldnt have been able to play for the Rangers until after May 15 next year under Major League Baseballs contract rules.Daniels had discussed the move with Hamilton, most recently on Tuesday.DAILY FANTASY SPORTSLAS VEGAS -- Daily fantasy sports websites are trying to get legal after a series of state-level setbacks that shut them down in some parts of the country, but officials who set policy in the gambling mecca of Nevada indicated they wont be bending too far backward for the companies.Fan Duel and Draft Kings proposed a new category of regulation and license fees that would help Nevada -- an economically small but symbolically important state -- join 41 other states where the practice is up and running. 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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Bob Huggins joined some elite company.No. 12 West Virginia used a 37-4 first half run to cruise to a 112-67 victory over UMKC, Huggins800th career win.Huggins is the 10th head coach to reach 800 NCAA wins, doing so at his alma mater.?Huggins is the second college basketball coach to achieve the 800-win milestone this week as former Villanova coach Rollie Massimino did it this week as Keiser of the NAIA defeated Trinity Baptist 77-47 on Wednesday.Boeheim along with former WVU player and Golden State Warriors executive board member Jerry West, Kentucky head coach John Calipari, Louisville head coach Rick Pitino and countless former Cincinnati and WVU players were among those to send their congratulations in a postgame ceremony.It was kind of neat seeing all of those former players and all the people who were more a part of it (800 wins) than I am because I didnt score a goal in any of the 800, Huggins said.Huggins was presented with a jersey with the number 800 printed on it by West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons following the game.Thank you Shane, but I dont think I couldve fit into this even when I played, HHuggins said.dddddddddddd.Among Huggins 800 wins are two Final Four appearances (1992 with Cincinnati and 2010 with West Virginia), four Elite Eight appearances, seven Sweet 16 appearances and 10 conference championships.Eight-hundred wins. How do you pick one? Huggins answered when asked for his favorite win. I cant do it. I like beating Cal (John Calipari) but thats way more than one.Nathan Adrian led seven players in double figures for the Mountaineers (9-1) with 13 points. Daxter Miles Jr. and Esa Ahmad had 12 points each. Elijah Macon led West Virginia with seven rebounds and Jevon Carter had six assists.He has a lot of pride in this state and a lot of pride for the game of basketball so you really cant hide that, Adrian said when asked of Huggins emotions after the game.The win was the highest scoring output for the Mountaineers this season.LaVell Boyd led the Kangaroos (7-6) with 14 points.The 45-point defeat is the worst for UMKC this season beating their 43-point defeat at Kansas earlier this month. ' ' '