Athlete of the day

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You'll have to stay up late — after midnight — to see the men's gold medal basketball game and American team leader LeBron James play for the gold medal. The game starts at 2:30 a.m. Sunday EDT.

If you can't keep your eyes open that long, check out the men's marathon — perhaps the most Olympic of Olympic sports. It'll finish live during NBC's prime-time telecast from 7:30 p.m. to midnight EDT.

— Mike Persinger