just missed it a little bit, Elliott said, but the starting spot is the starting spot.EDWARDS RALLIES: Edwards had a lousy first attempt in

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Since debuting to wild adulation in the United States, Australia and New Zealand this month, Pokemon Go has spread like wildfire, launching in more than 30 countries and territories -- but not Brazil.For athletes and other visitors caught up in the wave, not having access to the hit mobile game is just one more knock against an Olympics that officials are racing to get ready. The opening ceremony takes place Friday.I wish I could run around in the [athletes] village catching Pokemon, New Zealand soccer player Anna Green said Friday. I just cant get it on the phone. Its fine, but it would have been something fun to do.What will she do instead?Train, Green replied.Google spinoff Niantic Inc. didnt reply to a request for comment on when the game might be released in Brazil. Though social media rumors point to a Sunday release, similar rumors in Japan resulted in heightened expectations and the sense of delay before its debut there last week.This week, British canoer Joe Clarke tweeted a screenshot of his player on a deserted map near the rugby, equestrian and modern pentathlon venues in Rios Deodoro neighborhood.The map was devoid of Pokestops -- fictional supply caches linked to real-world landmarks. No Pokemon monsters to catch either, nary a Starmie nor a Clefairy to be found.Sorry guys no #pokemon in the Olympic Village, tweeted French canoer Matthieu Peche, followed by three crying-face emojis. Getting equal billing in his Twitter stream was a snapshot of a letter of encouragement from French President Francois Hollande.Players with the app already downloaded appear to be able to see a digital map of their surroundings when they visit Rio. But without Pokestops or Pokemon, the game isnt much fun.Many competitors in the athletes village took it in stride, though. Canadian field hockey player Matthew Sarmento said it would give him more time to meet other athletes. But he would have welcomed Pokemon during downtime in competition, adding that, Sometimes its good to take your mind off the important things and let yourself chill.Athletes might not get Pokemon, but they will have access to 450,000 condoms -- three times as many as the London Olympics. Of those, 100,000 are female condoms. Officials deny that its a response to the Zika virus, which has been linked to miscarriages and birth defects in babies born to women who have been infected.In Pokemon countries like the U.S., Pokestops are being used to attract living, breathing customers. In San Francisco, for example, dozens of bars, restaurants and coffee shops have set up lures that attract rare Pokemon, along with potential new patrons looking to catch them.Thats presumably one reason why Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes -- plagued by a host of bad news that includes player robberies and faulty plumbing -- urged Niantic investor Nintendo to release the game in Brazil.Everybody is coming here. You should also come! Paes wrote in Portuguese on his Facebook page, adding the hashtag #PokemonGoNoBrasil -- Pokemon Go in Brazil.His post generated responses such as this: The aquatic Pokemon died with superbugs.Paes didnt respond to requests for interviews.One video circulating virally, with more than 3.5 million views, shows a fan identifying himself as Joel Vieira questioning how Brazil can host the Olympics but not Pokemon.I cant play! I am not allowed to know how it really feels to see the little animals on my cellphone, he said on the video. 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Houston won 3-0 to advance to face New York in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Last in the game, Di Vaio and Romero got into a shoving match with several Houston players. Romero appeared to elbow and kick Houston defender Kofi Sarkodie. KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Joe Gibbs Racing made another big statement in qualifying at Kansas Speedway on Friday.The dominant Sprint Cup team this season, JGR swept the top three spots for the second race in the round of 12 of the Chase. Matt Kenseth will start on the pole after his lap of 192.089 mph, Kyle Busch will start alongside him and Carl Edwards will start right behind them in third.Throw in Martin Truex Jr., whose Furniture Row team has an alliance with the Gibbs boys, and there will be quite a Toyota presence leading the field to the green flag Sunday.Our cars are pretty fast this weekend but anything could happen, as we saw last weekend, said Kenseth, who won at Kansas the last time he sat on the pole in 2013. We have to go 400 miles on Sunday. Hopefully we can stay up front and be in the mix.Most of the Chase contenders were in the mix in the final round of qualifying.Joey Logano will try to win the Kansas race for the third straight time for the sixth spot, while Denny Hamlin gave JGR another strong qualifying effort with seventh. Brad Keselowski will start eighth, Kevin Harvick will start 11th and Austin Dillon will roll off in 12th.We have a decent starting spot. Well get a good stall from there, Logano said. Our teams got confidence, for sure. We had a very fast car last weekend at Charlotte.The winner last week, Jimmie Johnson, struggled with a tight car in qualifying and will start 21st on Sunday. Chase Elliott will start 13th and Kurt Busch will start 15th as they try to take the pressure off the crapshoot known as Talladega by advancing in the Chase with a win.ddddddddddddWe just missed it a little bit, Elliott said, but the starting spot is the starting spot.EDWARDS RALLIES: Edwards had a lousy first attempt in the opening round of qualifying and needed a last-ditch second effort to make it through. He posted the fourth-fastest lap with about two minutes left in the second round, then had a lap of 191.015 in the third round.I had to run an extra round because I screw up the first round, Edwards said. I really thought we were shot after that first one. I didnt think we had a shot at a top five.PENALTIES ISSUED: Kyle Busch hardly seemed hurt by a penalty for swerving after last weeks race at Charlotte that forced him to sit the first 30 minutes of practice Friday. The swerving is a tactic teams have used to help make sure they pass laser inspections.You swerve, youre sitting, said NASCAR vice president of competition Scott Miller.WATCH THE WIND: Ricky Stenhouse and Clint Bowyer scraped the wall in almost the exact same spot in the first round of qualifying. Wind gusts down the backstretch created a tricky exit to Turn 4, and both drivers slapped the right rear into the outside wall. Neither had serious damage, and Stenhouse managed to get into the second round of qualifying. Hell start 18th and Bowyer will start 31st. ' ' '