Olympics

USA Gymnastics Tried to Muscle Through Its Reckoning

It’s finally time for the organization to take the fall it’s barely avoided.

4 years ago

Team USA’s final Olympic gold, and U.S. women’s volleyball’s first, is the ultimate story of persistence

“We were just assembling groups of all-star teams for two weeks before the Olympics,” he explained, and expecting but failing…

4 years ago

Megan Rapinoe & Sue Bird: USA power couple’s Olympic photo goes viral

With another two medals to their combined tally after more Olympic success, the couple's individual achievements and constant support for…

4 years ago

If US women were their own country, they’d be top-5 in overall medal count

It was the women who pushed the United States to the top of the gold medal table in the final…

4 years ago

U.S. Women’s Water Polo Wins Olympic Gold, Aided By A Powerhouse Goalie

The U.S. women’s water polo team has won gold for the third Olympics in a row

4 years ago

Aaron Rodgers ‘Very Proud’ of Simone Biles

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers credited Biles on Friday for having the courage to share her truth

4 years ago

Dawn Staley says she’s ‘done’ as U.S. women’s basketball head coach

After leading Team USA to its seventh straight women's basketball Olympic gold medal, head coach Dawn Staley said she will not be…

4 years ago

Women send powerful message in Olympic track and field

Over nine days at the near-empty Olympic Stadium, the women of track and field delivered a memorable show.

4 years ago

Women Won Most of Team USA’s Medals — and Have One of the Highest Hauls of All Countries

"I think we've been showing up on the track [and] off the track in all of the ways," Allyson Felix…

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