Defending champ Canada has steadied heading to Paris
Olympics, Sports
By By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Soccer Writer 
June 10, 2024
Even coach Bev Priestman acknowledges the Canadian national team lost its way last year. Two years after winning Olympic gold at the Tokyo Games, the Canadians were humbled by a poor performance at la...
Clark not on Olympic team, hopes to make it one day
NBA, Olympics
By By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer 
June 9, 2024
AP The WNBA rookie senation is already looking toward the 2028 Games. Caitlin Clark hopes to play for the U.S. Olympic team one day. It just won’t be in Paris next month. The Indiana Fever rookie conf...
NBC bets on pop culture for Paris Olympics
Olympics, Sports
June 5, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBC is inserting some pop culture flavor into the world’s biggest sports spectacle: From Megan Thee Stallion dancing with dressage horses at the Palace of Versailles to Peyton Manni...
Olympics: Athlete parade on river tops innovations
Olympics, Sports
June 4, 2024
GENEVA (AP) — Exactly 100 years since the Olympics were last staged in Paris, and 128 years since its modern revival in Athens, the Summer Games can still deliver fresh looks for its 33rd edition. Her...
Biles better prepared for Olympic pressure
Olympics, Sports
May 20, 2024
SPRING, Texas (AP) — Simone Biles is not “cured.” A cure implies finality. An ultimate and decisive victory. If the gymnastics superstar has learned anything in the three years since those strange, un...