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Sunisa Lee of Team United States competes during the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Uneven Bars Final on day nine of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images) (PARIS) — As the last to go, America’s Suni Lee knew what she needed to make the podium in […]

Cameron Spencer/Getty Images (PARIS) — Sha’Carri Richardson took silver in the 100 meters at the Summer Games in Paris on Saturday, not quite reaching the top of the podium in her comeback bid, but clinching her first medal in the Olympics. Fellow American and training partner Melissa Jefferson finished with the bronze. Julien Alfred, 23, […]

Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (PARIS) — This year’s U.S. Olympic team has a star-studded cast of LGBTQ athletes headed to Paris. At least 29 competitors are prepared to take on the international games, according to a database compiled by LGBTQ news outlet OutSports. These athletes are just a handful of the LGBTQ representation to […]

Italy’s Giorgia Villa competes in the uneven bars event of the artistic gymnastics women’s team final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on July 30, 2024. (Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Giorgia Villa might be the most “grateful” athlete on the face of the planet. And no, […]

Stephen Nedoroscik of the United States prepares for the pommel horse event of the artistic gymnastics men’s team qualification match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Bercy Arena in Paris, France, July 27, 2024. (Cao Can/Xinhua via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Nearly one week into the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Team USA has […]

Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images (PARIS) — Simone Biles took gold in Paris in the individual all-around on Thursday after the disappointment of Tokyo, while fellow American Suni Lee took bronze. It is the third time the U.S. has had two medallists on the same podium and the sixth straight time Team USA has won […]

Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images (PARIS) — Simone Biles and Suni Lee are back on the mat Thursday for the artistic gymnastics women’s individual all-around final. The veteran Team USA stars, who helped add the team’s fourth Olympics gold medal on Tuesday, will compete in four rotations: vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise. […]

Katie Ledecky of United States (L) leading the race during the Women’s 1500m Freestyle Finals on day five of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 31, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Jari Pestelacci/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Three former world record holders, Australia’s Ariarne Titmus, USA’s Katie Ledecky, […]

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUEN.Y. Yankees 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5Minnesota Twins 8, N.Y. Mets 3Miami Marlins 6, Tampa Bay Rays 2St. Louis Cardinals 10, Texas Rangers 1Houston Astros 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4San Francisco Giants 1, Oakland Athletics 0Colorado Rockies 2, Los Angeles Angels 1 […]

Courtesy of Ashley Twichell (NEW YORK) — Five-time Olympic swimmer Dara Torres felt nervous about asking her doctor if she could compete three weeks after giving birth. Her doctor asked her to wait. She could start some light exercise tomorrow, though. Torres, now the head coach of Boston College’s swimming and diving teams, remembers running […]