A’ja Wilson praised Kahleah Copper for her performance in helping Team USA to a one-point victory over France for the gold medal in the women’s basketball event at the Paris Olympics. Copper finished with 12 points off of the bench, including a strong drive for a 2-point basket late in the game and the last...
The United States women’s basketball team held on to defeat France in the gold medal game on Sunday to close out the Paris Olympics, 67-66. A’ja Wilson led the way with 21 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks. Kahleah Copper strong drive put the U.S. up three with 1:22 left and the Americans were able...
Emma Hayes has only been the head coach of the United States women’s soccer team 70 days, but the Americans already have a major tournament victory. The U.S. defeated Brazil Saturday, 1-0, to win the country’s first gold medal in the sport since 2012. Mallory Swanson delivered the go-ahead second-half score, and the U.S. held...
The U.S. men’s basketball team trailed by as many as 17 points during its game against Serbia at the Paris Olympics Thursday. But Team USA managed to pull off a miraculous fourth-quarter comeback to advance to its fourth straight gold medal game, beating Serbia, 95-91. Avid sports fan and U.S. second gentleman Douglas Emhoff was...
The list of Paris Olympians pulling out of competition because of water quality concerns with the Seine River added Sweden’s Victor Johansson Thursday. Johansson pulled out of the Olympic men’s 10-kilometer event Friday after getting sick from swimming in the river during Olympic competition, he told Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter. Sweden’s Victor Johansson reacts after...
Noah Lyles’ “dream goal” for the Paris Olympics was to break the world record in the 200M, but plans don’t always work out how you hope. Four days after winning the United States’ first gold medal in the men’s 100m since 2004, Lyles took the track to accomplish a feat last done by Carl Lewis...
It got scary for a while, but the United States men’s basketball team can exhale. After trailing by as many as 17, the United States pulled off a miraculous fourth-quarter comeback to advance to its fourth straight gold medal game, beating Serbia, 95-91. The U.S. trailed by 13 entering the fourth and was on the...
Something didn’t make sense when Noah Lyles, the heavy favorite to win the men’s 200-meter final, finished in third. It was the same result he got three years ago in Tokyo, but he’s massively improved in the event with a personal best of 19.31 (the third-fastest ever) and winning the world championships in 2022 and...
Mijain Lopez is going out on top – which is where he has been for 16 years. The Cuban won his first Olympic gold medal in 2008, and then five-peated on Tuesday with his victory in the Greco-Roman wrestling 130-kilogram division. With the win, he became the first person to ever win an individual event...
It may not be similar to the rivalry in swimming, but the United States and Australia are still having hotly contested matches in the pool. Wednesday, though, was the men’s water polo quarterfinals in Paris, with the winner moving on to the chance to medal. The Stars and Stripes looked like they were headed home...
