Phelps, Schmitt plead Congress to crack down on doping ahead of Olympics
Olympic star swimmers Michael Phelps and Allison Schmidt went to Congress to urge lawmakers to crack down on doping ahead of the Olympics. The Olympians, along with Travis Tygart, CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, made their case for why and how the government could sanction the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for failing to enforce […]
Charley Hull, Georgia Hall offer entertaining Olympics preview at LPGA Dow Championship
Charlie Hull and Georgia Hall are best friends who grew up playing golf together and are both LPGA veterans. This week they competed in the LPGA Dow Championship, a multi-format stroke-play team event at Midland Country Club in Midland, Michigan. In the first and third rounds, the women will play foursomes or alternating shots, while […]
Athing Mu to miss Olympics after heartbreaking fall at trials
EUGENE, Ore. — Asing Mu got tangled up in the middle of the truck and began to fall. One hand hit the ground, then the other. As she rolled onto her back, her bright pink shoes began to point toward the sky. The loss ended one of America’s most promising runners’ hopes of winning back-to-back […]
Olympics 2024: Nelly Korda looks to seize 2nd gold medal, set to lead amazing USA golf team
There are officially 60 participants in the women’s Olympic golf competition, according to the latest edition of the Rolex Rankings. They are scheduled to play Aug. 7-10 at Le Golf National in Paris, site of the 2018 Ryder Cup. Two players from each country may qualify, provided they are not ranked in the top 15 […]
Sha’Carri Richardson qualifies for Olympics 3 years after marijuana ban
EUGENE, Ore. — Two steps before reaching the finish line, Sha’Carey Richardson started pounding his chest. She knew she had won, and anyone who doesn’t think she’s the sprinter to beat at the Paris Olympics this summer should probably think again. Richardson sprinted 100 meters in 10.71 seconds at the U.S. Track Trials on Saturday, […]
Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Rehearsal Postponed Due To Seine River Pollution
FRANCE-OLYMPICS-PARIS-2024 A police boat takes part in a technical navigation rehearsal on the River Seine ahead of the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris, June 17, 2024. (Photo: Julien De Rosa/AFP) (Photo: Julien De Rosa/AFP via Getty Images) Avril Elfi from OANSaturday, June 22, 2024 3:40 PM A city of Paris […]
Paris residents are planning to poop in the Seine en masse tomorrow to protest poor water conditions ahead of Olympics
A group of Paris residents are planning a protest of a scale only seen in France. Plan to implement Ahead of the Summer Olympics, a mass defecation took place in protest against the quality of the Seine’s water. The protests appear to be the result of public dissatisfaction with the progress of a $1.5 billion […]
Wyndham Clark’s unexpected hot take on the Olympics will make Ryder Cup fans shake their heads
Wyndham Clark likes to voice his opinions, even if the majority of people don’t like them. Last year he tried to blame Rory McIlroy and Team Europe before the Ryder Cup in Rome, and earlier this year he missed out on qualifying for the Masters by blaming the LIV Golf 54-hole tournament. But his comments […]
American swimmer Lilly King gets engaged moments after qualifying for Olympics in 200-meter breaststroke
American swimmer Lilly King is heading to Paris next month after two victories. Olympic Gold Medalist After she placed second in the women’s 200-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic Trials on Thursday night, her longtime boyfriend proposed marriage. King, who had already qualified by winning the women’s 100-meter breaststroke, was walking poolside at Lucas Oil […]
2024 Olympics: Team USA track and field qualifiers, explained
The U.S. track and field team is often said to be the hardest team in the world to build, and with good reason: No country has won more Olympic track and field medals (827), and the U.S. has won more medals than the next six countries on the all-time list combined (819). There are many […]