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I got a call from a colleague last spring with an unusual request. He has an 8-year-old son who plays rec soccer and baseball. We have chatted on occasion about the joys, and headaches, of…

PARIS — LeBron James, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant hugged. They celebrated, laughed and smiled. They made sure they were pictured together holding gold medals. The reason they hatched this plan to play in an…

PARIS — Jordan Chiles might have to return the bronze medal she won in the floor exercise final at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Saturday that the judging panel…

PARIS – He came out in shoes as shiny and golden as the medal he would put around his neck Saturday night for the third, and perhaps final, time in his career. For LeBron James,…

The U.S. women’s basketball team is one win away from its eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal. France stands in the Americans’ way. Team USA will face off against the host country in the gold medal…

PARIS — As they stood on the medals podium, shiny Olympic gold medals around their necks, captain Lindsey Horan and Sophia Smith shared a thought that ought to terrify the rest of the world.  The…

PARIS — Victor Montalvo became the first Olympic bronze medalist in the history of men’s breaking Saturday night. He knows he might also be the last. The breaking competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics was…

PARIS – Mallory Swanson yelled, loud as she could over the sellout crowd at Parc de Princes Stadium, at teammate Sophia Smith. “I was like, ‘Don’t touch it!’’ Swanson said. For the United States women’s…

PARIS – The sequence was pure Steph Curry. With France putting a small dent in the United States lead late in the fourth quarter of the men’s basketball gold-medal game, Curry unleashed a flurry of…

Team USA has showed off its speed and strength at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Americans fared well in the pool but dominated athletics. The U.S. won by far the most medals in track and field…