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The NFL returns

The NFL preseason officially began last night, as 12 teams played in their first of four games. It was a mostly uneventful night, which might explain why a missed extra point was the biggest story. Roberto Aguayo, whom the Buccaneers traded up for in the draft, missed his first NFL try after never missing an extra point or field goal under 40 yards in college. Here's his freshman fail:

There were plenty of plays to be excited about, too. Here are just a few:

Biles, Raisman go 1-2

U.S. gymnasts Simone Biles and Aly Raisman took home gold and silver in the women's all-around final yesterday. Biles, regarded by many as the best gymnast of all time, was spectacular as usual, defeating Raisman by two whole points. Raisman was herself well ahead of bronze medalist Aliya Mustafina from Russia.

Simone Manuel comes from behind to make history

Manuel became the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic swimming gold medal. Here's her 100m freestyle comeback:

 Best photos from Day 6

Simone Manuel (left) of the United States touches the wall to win gold in the 100m Freestyle Final, becoming the first African-American woman to win an individual goal for the U.S.

Simone Manuel of the U.S. celebrates winning gold in the 100m Freestyle.

Simone Biles and Aly Raisman wave after winning gold and silver, respectively, for the artistic gymnastics individual all-around final.

Michael Phelps holds up four fingers after winning his fourth gold medal at the Rio Games, this one in the 200m Individual Medley.

Venezuela's Albert Ramon Ramirez picks up Algeria's Abdelhafid Benchabla as they fight during a light heavyweight bout.

Katie Ledecky set another Olympic record on Thursday, winning a heat of the 800-meter freestyle in a time of 8:12.86.

Simone Biles during her gold medal-winning performance in the all-around final.

The U.S. vs. China in water polo.

Russia's Ekaterina Birlova competes in a beach volleyball qualifying match.

A view from the stands at the men's beach volleyball venue.

U.S. gymnast Alexandra Raisman competes in the vault event of the individual all-around final.

Slovenia's Anamari Velensek sits atop Cuba's Yalennis Castillo during their 78kg judo contest.

Patrick Constable of Australia competes in the Team Sprint Track Cycling qualifying.

The United States' Courtney Hurley reacts while competing against South Korea's Injeong Choi during the women's epee team fencing competition.

Brazil's Charles Correa (right) and Anderson Oliveira compete in the C2 semifinal canoe slalom competition.

Spain's Rafael Nadal reacts after winning his third-round tennis match against France's Gilles Simon.

Kayla Harrison of the U.S. gets her forehead smashed into the mat during a judo contest against China's Zhang Zhehui.

Belarus' shooting guard Tatsiana Likhtarovich defends against Turkey's Nevriye Yilmaz during a Group A basketball game.

Laurent Couhet of Brazil loses the ball as he is tackled by Collins Injera of Kenya during a Rugby Sevens match.

Spain's Mireia Belmonte Garcia looks on after competing in an 800m Freestyle heat.

Simone Biles of the United States competes on the vault during the Individual All Around Final.

Brazil's Joedison Teixeira takes a headbutt to the face while fighting Algeria's Abdelkader Chadi.

Turkey's power forward Bahar Caglar (left) collides with Belarus' forward Maryia Papova.

Italy's Sara Errani serves during a doubles tennis match.

A badminton competitor on Day 6.

Venezuela's Albert Ramon Ramirez lands a punch to the nose of Algeria's Abdelhafid Benchabla.

Water is sprayed on Morocco's Mohamed Hamout's face as he fights with Ukraine's Mykola Butsenko.

Egypt's centre back Mohamed Hashem gets past Poland's Michal Jurecki (left) and Krzysztof Lijewski during a handball match.

China's Wang Yan performs on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's individual all-around final.

Mexico's Juan Ramon Virgen serves to Tunisia next to teammate Rodolfo Ontiveros during a beach volleyball match.

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