Possible Clues:

• Large athletic competition, held every four years
• Slim copy of the games
• Carries The Hoops emblem perhaps on its merchandise ¿ no wonder a lot of people carry a torch for them
• With 48-Across, what this puzzle features..
• Sporting meet worried slimy cop
• Policy's revised about masculine sporting event
• The first modern one was held in Athens in 1896
• Simply awful catching cold after 29 competition
• Games hosted by Rio in 2016
• Quadrennial athletics meeting