Rickard Rakell was enthralled in 2006 Sweden’s entry into the Olympics that year was stocked with luminaries such as Nicklas Lidstrom, Mats Sundin and his personal favorite, Peter Forsberg. And a 12-y...

AILSA CRAIG, Scotland (AP) — If you’re looking to strike gold — silver or bronze, too — look to Ailsa Craig. This uninhabited isle 10 miles (16 kilometers) off the coast of southwest Scotland is the s...

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — There’s a youth movement at USA Basketball camp this weekend with young WNBA players Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese making their debuts with the national team. They’...

It will be a busy opening day of action at the Los Angeles Olympics for the fastest women in the world. As part of a seismic schedule change for the 2028 Games, track and field, and not swimming, will...

Organizers of the Los Angeles Olympics will sell naming rights for a handful of its venues in deals expected to bring multiple millions of dollars to the 2028 Games while breaking down the Internation...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The glasses haven’t gone anywhere. And they aren’t going anywhere. The same goes for Stephen Nedoroscik’s hair, which remains a bit of a floppy, curly brown mess. Nor, insists the g...

ATLANTA (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and players’ union head Tony Clark say plans are moving ahead exploring the possibility of using major leaguers in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, a tou...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Kara Lawson has always been a basketball trailblazer and now the Duke women’s coach has a legit chance to lead USA to another gold medal. She has already done it once. L...

A middle-distance runner nicknamed “The Goose” has a pet tortoise named Tyro who hangs out in a terrarium. That seems almost like a whimsical scene from the pages of a Dr. Seuss book. Yared Nuguse emb...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The organizers of the Los Angeles Olympics remain optimistic that Major League Baseball will find a way to join the NFL in sending the world’s best athletes in their respective spor...

Donora native and 2015 Ringgold graduate Chrysta Rands-Evans may achieve something few Valley athletes have ever done — she has a shot at representing her country in the next Winter Olympics to be hel...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team that defeated the heavily fa...

PARIS (AP) — With his hair colored in a design reminiscent of the eyes in a Picasso painting, Team USA athletics captain Roderick Townsend was ready to go for a three-peat at the Paralympics. “I’m a s...

PARIS (AP) — Team USA’s first two para badminton players are leaving Paris with a couple more pieces of Paralympic history around their necks. Miles Krajewski and Jayci Simon won silver medals in the ...

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Just four days before the start of the Paralympic Games, the athletes village was buzzing with activity on Saturday as athletes from 168 delegations were settling into their...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu received her Olympic bronze medal during a ceremony in the capital Bucharest on Friday that marked the conclusion of a swirl of controversy after...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s Los Angeles’ turn for the torch. Mayor Karen Bass accepted the Olympic flag at the Paris closing ceremony Sunday, before handing it off to a key representative of LA’s local bu...

PARIS (AP) — The contest for most gold medals at the Paris Olympics ended in a 40-40 tie between China and the United States. But the U.S. topped the medals table with a whopping 126 overall, compared...

PARIS (AP) — U.S. Olympic officials are appealing a court ruling that resulted in American gymnast Jordan Chiles being asked to return the bronze medal she won in the Paris Olympics floor exercise. Th...

PARIS (AP) — Asthma didn’t stop Noah Lyles from taking on the 200 meter at the Paris Olympics, even after testing positive for COVID-19. Despite fears of bronchitis and conflicting reports about his f...