Stewart, U.S. women off to gold-medal game
Olympics, Sports
August 10, 2024
PARIS (AP) — Breanna Stewart and the U.S. women’s basketball team cruised to a familiar place — the Olympic gold medal game. Stewart led a balanced offense as the Americans beat Australia 85-64 on Fri...
Olympics, Sports
August 10, 2024
Richardson helps U.S. win 4x100 relay SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Sha’Carri Richardson made her first Olympic gold-medal moment memorable — giving the sprinters behind her the side-eye, then stomping h...
Japan’s Ami wins breaking gold
Olympics, Sports
August 10, 2024
PARIS (AP) — Japan’s b-girl Ami won gold at the Olympics ‘ first breaking event by spinning, flipping and toprocking past a field of 16 dancers Friday in a high-energy competition that may not return ...
U.S. men survive Serbia’s upset bid
Olympics, Sports
August 9, 2024
The Americans will play France for the gold medal after Steph Curry hits 9 3-pointers and ends with 36 points. PARIS (AP) — Down by 11 in the fourth quarter, against what looked like overwhelming odds...
Olympics, Sports
August 9, 2024
U.S. team gets a world record, breaks the 100-medal mark The United States now has more golds and more overall medals than any other nation. With three days left of competition, American athletes tota...
Street art adding color throughout Paris
News, Olympics, Sports
August 9, 2024
PARIS (AP) — Paris is getting a colorful splash of Olympic creative spirit with nearly 30 vibrant street art pieces that have popped up on bustling metro station walls, a large billboard at the airpor...
Pa. Olympians representing home and the USA proudly
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August 8, 2024
While Pittsburgh sports fans normally bleed black and gold, for three weeks every four years, they bleed red, white, and blue. Get out your Terrible Towels as we count down medal-worthy moments from W...
Wilson, Young lead U.S. women
Olympics, Sports
August 8, 2024
PARIS (AP) — The U.S. made a change in its starting lineup, inserting Jackie Young for Diana Taurasi, to try to get off to a better start. It paid immediate dividends as the Americans started strong a...
Israeli athletes receiving threats in Paris over Gaza
Olympics, Sports
August 8, 2024
PARIS (AP) — Israel’s Olympic team said some athletes have received threats as they compete in Paris amid larger tensions over Palestinian deaths during the war in Gaza and the threat of a wider regio...
As Paris winds down, Los Angeles gearing up
Olympics, Sports
August 8, 2024
PARIS (AP) — From the City of Love to the City of Angels, planning for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics is well underway and organizers are paying close attention to what’s worked, and what hasn’t, so fa...
Setter Poulter recovers to lead U.S. into semifinals
Olympics, Sports
August 8, 2024
PARIS (AP) — Moments before match point of the Olympic quarterfinals, Jordyn Poulter punched herself in the outer thigh. It wasn’t a motivational tactic — she’s plenty good at getting herself fired up...
‘Old guys’ setting the gold standard for skateboarding
Olympics, Sports
August 8, 2024
PARIS (AP) — It didn’t matter to 51-year-old Andy Macdonald that he was among the lower-ranked finishers in the men’s park skateboarding competition at the Paris Olympics. He still considers himself a...
Olympics, Sports
August 7, 2024
PARIS (AP) — As she processed winning an Olympic gold medal, American wrestler Amit Elor still felt like that little girl just starting out in the sport. Perhaps it’s because she’s not so far removed ...
Serbia, Germany advance to men’s basketball semifinals
Olympics, Sports
August 7, 2024
PARIS (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and Serbia surged back to beat Australia 9590 in overtime Tuesday to reach the Olympic basketball semifinals. Bogdan Bogdanovic added 17 for po...
Yabusele scores 22 to lead France over Canada
Olympics, Sports
August 7, 2024
PARIS (AP) — Guerschon Yabusele scored 22 points, Victor Wembanyama had 12 rebounds and France beat Canada 82-73 on Tuesday to advance to its second straight men’s Olympic basketball semifinal. Isaia ...
Olympics, Sports
August 6, 2024
Biles leaves Paris with one more medal PARIS (AP) — The “Redemption Tour” did not end with a golden encore for Simone Biles. By the time she entered Bercy Arena for the beam and floor exercise finals ...
Hayes’ consistency carries U.S. into semifinals
Olympics, Sports
August 6, 2024
LYON, France (AP) — New U.S. coach Emma Hayes hasn’t always made the predictable choice during her short tenure with the team, but she’s been amazingly consistent with one thing during the Paris Olymp...
Basketball quarters are star-studded with Game 7 feel
Olympics, Sports
August 6, 2024
PARIS (AP) — There are NBA champions, All-Star selections and award winners all over the men’s basketball quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics. And if that wasn’t enough, all four matchups will have a ...
U.S. women run Olympic win streak to 58 games
Olympics, Sports
August 5, 2024
The quarterfinals are next after crushing Germany, 87-68. VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — The U.S. has incredible depth that no country can match, and it has played a key role in its unprecedented ru...
Americans Hughes and Cheng reach quarterfinals in beach volleyball
Olympics, Sports
August 5, 2024
PARIS (AP) — Americans Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes lost a set for the first time in the Paris Olympics beach volleyball tournament. All that did was fire them up. “When we bring the fire, the energy, ...