Olympics

The 1976 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team Forever Changed Sports

The team’s success came at a critical time, just four years after the passage of Title IX and amid the…

2 years ago

With ‘obvious’ motivation, Simone Biles sets sights on a third Olympics

After external pressures became unbearable at Tokyo Games, gymnast says she's now stronger mentally and physically and a run at…

2 years ago

Katie Grimes is first athlete to qualify for 2024 U.S. Olympic team

Katie Grimes became the first athlete to qualify for the 2024 U.S. Olympic team at the world swimming championships.

2 years ago

Jordan Larson returns to U.S. volleyball team

Jordan Larson, who in Tokyo captained the U.S. to its first Olympic women's volleyball title as tournament MVP, is returning…

2 years ago

U.S. Olympic champion sprinter Tori Bowie dies at 32

Former 100-meter world champion and three-time Olympic medalist Tori Bowie has died at the age of 32.

2 years ago

Hilary Knight leads new-look U.S. women’s hockey roster for world championship

Hilary Knight headlines a U.S. women's hockey roster for next month's world championship that lacks some of the program's biggest…

2 years ago

Kaylee McKeown sets 200-meter backstroke world record

— Three-time Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown broke the world record in the 200-meter backstroke Friday at the New South Wales…

3 years ago

Remembering History: Alice Coachman blazes pathway as first Black woman to win Olympic gold

Becoming a pioneer wasn’t the plan for Alice Coachman, but that’s exactly what happened in 1948 when she became the…

3 years ago

Femke Bol breaks oldest world record in track

Femke Bol, the Olympic 400m hurdles bronze medalist, broke the oldest world record in a track race, a 41-year-old record…

3 years ago

One year later, still no medals in disputed Beijing 2022 Olympic team skating event

Skaters from Russia won the team event with the U.S. second and Japan third. But then it came to light…

3 years ago