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If I turned on the television to watch Olympic runner Nikki Hiltz competing for Team USA when I was a teenager growing up in the 1990s, I don’t know how I would have reacted. But…

In the 2024 Paris Olympics, as was the case in Tokyo, women are leading Team USA’s charge atop the Olympics’ medal count. Of the USA’s 113 medals in the Tokyo Games, most of any country…

PARIS – Noah Lyles isn’t lacking in confidence ahead of the Paris Olympic track and field competition. The U.S. sprinter doubled down on his belief that he’s the fastest man in the world amid some…

PARIS — The U.S. women’s gymnastics team used to joke about a non-Simone Biles division, an acknowledgement that Biles is so much better than everyone else that no one could beat her. The same still…

Four PGA Tour golfers – each a past or current major champion – will tee it up for the United States when the men’s Olympic tournament begins Thursday at Le Golf National near Paris. But…

Yes, the Philadelphia Phillies remain the top-ranked team in USA TODAY Sports’ power rankings. But that’s only because every other elite team has been as bad – or worse – as them. The Phillies have…

PARIS — Why would some Olympic surfers wear helmets during the Paris Games? Well, now we know. Johanne Defray of France needed four stiches for a head wound Saturday, underscoring the danger of surfing at…

PARIS — Olympic organizers canceled triathlon training for the swimming leg for the second day in a row Monday because of Seine river pollution levels, yet said they were ‘confident’ medal events would be held…

Medals are being handed out left and right with the 2024 Paris Olympics in full swing, but hardware isn’t the only thing Olympians are getting on the podium. From footage and photos taken at medal…

Paris Olympic organizers apologized Sunday to people offended during a tableau of the opening ceremony that depicted the Greek god Dionysus and an ancient festival meant to honor him. Critics said it mocked “The Last…