Olympics

U.S. Olympians embrace latitude to speak out at trials, but IOC’s Rule 50 looms

U.S. sprinter Allyson Felix said of the USOPC's decision to allow athletes to speak out on social justice issues during…

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Bruce Springsteen’s daughter Jessica vying for Olympic equestrian team

Jessica Springsteen is expected to make the short list of equestrians in line to earn a placed on Team USA…

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USWNT Out To Avenge 2016 Debacle At This Summer’s Olympics

Five years since a stunning defeat to Sweden in the Olympic quarterfinals, the US prepares for the next Olympics by…

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‘I felt my body was still capable’: Meet the moms hoping to shine at the Olympics

With Team USA's Olympic trials around the corner, 100-meter hurdler Dawn Harper-Nelson has enlisted the help of a new assistant…

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What Carli Lloyd says about reconnecting with family, preparing for fourth Olympics

For the first time in more than a decade, Lloyd will have her whole family at her side, along for…

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The Texan who forever transformed women’s sports

Babe Didrikson Zaharias, who competed in multiple sports on the national and global stage, is regarded as one of the…

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Simone Biles on the Tokyo Olympics and the Outrageously Difficult Vault She Might Try There

She’s been practicing a Yurchenko double pike—a technique no woman has ever landed in competition.

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United States’ failure to qualify for Olympics ‘a tragedy’ – Jason Kreis

It's not the US who failed to qualify, it's only the men's team.

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Tokyo Olympics Official Resigns After Calling Plus-Size Celebrity ‘Olympig’

The departure came just a month after the president of the Tokyo organizing committee stepped down over a sexist remark.

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