Americans Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook took home the first medal for the United States in the Paris Olympics on Saturday as they finished with a silver in the women’s synchronized 3-meter springboard event. Bacon and Cook finished behind China’s team of Yani Chang and Yiwen Chang and ahead of Great Britain’s Yasmin Harper and...
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US secures first Olympic gold medal in men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay
The United States’ first gold medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics went to the 4×100-meter men’s freestyle relay team in a thrilling race. When Caeleb Dressel, the anchor leg of the four-man team, touched the wall, the United States posted a final time of 3:09.28, beating out the team’s Australian rivals by more than a...
Jillian Michaels blasts Olympics opening ceremony for ‘hypocrisy’ following Last Supper ‘mockery’
Fitness guru Jillian Michaels slammed the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics for what she called a “mockery” of “The Last Supper.” Michaels addressed the LGBTQ+ community on social media for the “hypocrisy” and “lack of understanding” that she says she saw in the parody of “The Last Supper,” which featured several drag queen...
Canadian women's soccer team penalized in Olympics for drone spying scandal
The Canadian women’s soccer team was dealt a heavy blow Saturday after FIFA announced the women’s national team would be deducted six points from the standings in the Paris Olympics after staffers were caught using drones to spy on New Zealand during closed-door training sessions. Following its investigation, the FIFA Appeal Committee announced the Canadian...
US and world leaders denounce Paris Olympics opening ceremony's mocking of Last Supper
Several U.S. and world lawmakers are denouncing the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony, after drag queens and artists made a spectacle of the Leonardo DaVinci painting, the Last Supper, which depicts the last meal Jesus had with his apostles. “Last night’s mockery of the Last Supper was shocking and insulting to Christian people around the...
China wins Paris Olympics' 1st gold medal; defeat South Korea in shooting competition
China’s Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao picked up the first gold medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday as they topped South Korea’s Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun in the 10-meter air rifle mixed team, 16-12. It’s China’s 68th medal in the sport of shooting and 27th gold medal. It was Huang’s first medal...
Viral Catholic leader: Christians must not be ‘weak’ in the face of Olympics opening spectacle
Prominent Catholic leader and evangelist Bishop Robert Barron rebuked the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Paris this week for “mocking this very central moment in Christianity.” Barron, the head of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester in Minnesota and viral Catholic influencer, posted a video to X Friday lamenting the startling display of drag queens...
Rafael Nadal dismisses suggestions Olympic match with Novak Djokovic will be tennis duo's 'last dance'
Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal celebrated his 38th birthday last month. The 22-time Grand Slam singles winner has had some injury setbacks in recent years, which fueled the belief he would soon step away from the sport he has dominated for so long. But Nadal did his best to dispel any notion the 2024 Paris...
Chiefs’ Harrison Butker slams Paris Olympics parody of Last Supper: ‘This is crazy’
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker slammed the Paris Olympics opening ceremony after one of the performances included drag queens among other performers parodying “The Last Supper.” Butker, who went viral back in May for sharing his faith-based views during a commencement speech at a Catholic college in Kansas, took to social media to share...
Italy high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi apologizes to wife after losing wedding ring during flag-bearing duties
Flag bearing duties for Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi went a bit awry during the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympics, and it had nothing to do with the green, white and red flag he was waving. He lost his wedding ring. Tamberi revealed in an Instagram post that the Seine River, where all...









