Masked Men Rob Biles' Chicago Home

September 23, 2026

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September 23, 2026 | Edition #729

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Simone Biles is opening up about something scary that happened behind closed doors, and it's not the kind of story she normally shares. Three masked men broke into her Chicago home, and it's a headline she's calling "absolute insanity."

Also today, a track Olympian is calling it quits far earlier than anyone expected, announcing retirement at just 28.

All that and more in today’s edition of Essentially Athletics.

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Carlos Yulo topped a near-flawless floor exercise with 14.266 in the Asian Games men's team final, though it wasn't enough to lift the Philippines past sixth as China claimed a third straight team gold. Watch below 👇

On this day in 1988, Chris Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Jager, and Matt Biondi blitzed the 4x100m freestyle relay in a world-record 3:16.53, with Biondi's blistering 47.81 anchor leg sealing the win in Seoul.

It shatters the old mark by nearly two and a half seconds, as the Soviet Union take silver in a European record and East Germany claim bronze.

It's Biondi's third gold of the Games already, part of a five-gold, four-world-record run that ranks among the greatest single-Olympics performances in swimming history.

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