Report: Boston bid poorly planned
Boston’s failed bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics underestimated costs for hosting the games, potentially leaving Massachusetts taxpayers on the hook for significant cost overruns, according to a state-funded report released Tuesday.
Boston 2024, the local group organizing the bid, had projected construction costs for the Olympic Stadium, athletes village and other key facilities would total about $918 million out of a proposed $4.6 billion plan.
But the Brattle Group, a Cambridge-based consultancy, concluded a “more reasonable estimate” for construction costs likely would have been more than $970 million higher, based on previous games.
Warriors center Andrew n Bogut had 10 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks as Australia beat New Zealand 89-79 in Wellington, New Zealand, to qualify for next year’s Olympic basketball tournament. Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Matthew Dellavedova added 14 points, and San Antonio Spurs guard Patty Mills scored nine for Australia.
Pro football
Buffalo
Bills
running back LeSean McCoy hurt his left hamstring during a joint practice with Cleveland and was having tests to determine the extent of the injury. Coach Rex Ryan said trainers told him the hamstring is intact and had not been pulled off the bone, which he described as “a real positive.”
Soccer
The U.S. men’s national team has been drawn into a group with Canada, Cuba and Panama for CONCACAF Olympic qualifying. The U.S. will be in Group A and open with games in Kansas City, Kansas, against Canada on Oct. 1 and Cuba on Oct. 3. The team concludes group play against Panama in Commerce City, Colorado, on Oct. 6. Group B includes Mexico, Honduras, Haiti and the winner of a playoff between Costa Rica and Guatemala. The qualifying tournament is an under-23 competition.
Golf
Tiger Woods will play the Wyndham Championship for the first time. In an email to The Associated Press, agent Mark Steinberg confirmed that Woods will play in Greensboro, North Carolina, in the tournament that begins Thursday.