Paris will get into the groove for opening ceremony
Olympics, Sports
June 18, 2024
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The Paris Olympics are getting into the groove for the historic opening ceremony on the River Seine. Dancers who’ll jazz up the July 26 show under the artistic direction of ...
WPIAL product Lee ready to put on a show
Olympics, Sports
By By PAUL SCHOFIELD Trib Total Media 
June 17, 2024
There is one thing that has never changed about Spencer Lee since he began wrestling when he was 8. Lee strived to be the best. And during the past 17 years, it’s hard to argue he hasn’t been one of t...
Walsh follows world record with Olympic berth
Olympics, Sports
June 17, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gretchen Walsh followed up a world record in the 100-meter butterfly with something that felt just as good. Her first trip to the Olympics. Walsh didn’t go quite as fast as a night...
Ledecky headed to fourth Olympics, wins 400 freestyle
Olympics, Sports
June 16, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Katie Ledecky is heading to her fourth Olympics, an accomplishment that seemed unimaginable when she was a 15-year-old kid in London. These days, it wouldn’t seem like a Summer Gam...
Fox Chapel’s Skirboll aiming for Olympics
Olympics, Sports
By By JOSH RIZZO For Trib Total Media 
June 14, 2024
Zoe Skirboll feels fortunate to have the weight of the University of Virginia swim program behind her as she prepared for the U.S. Olympic team trials this weekend in Indianapolis. The Fox Chapel grad...
Former NBA star Deng steers South Sudan’s basketball journey
Olympics, Sports
By By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer 
June 13, 2024
Luol Deng was watching his vision coming into focus right in front of him. It was September 2023, barely six years since South Sudan had played in its first international basketball tournament. Yet th...
Japan shuts out U.S. in men’s soccer tuneup
Olympics, Sports
June 12, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The United States heads to its first men’s Olympic soccer tournament since 2008 off a performance it would rather forget. Shota Fujio converted a penalty kick in the sixth min...
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...