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Team USA’s men’s basketball team is back in action Wednesday against another familiar foe: South Sudan. The two teams met in a thrilling Team USA Basketball showcase game that took a huge third-quarter comeback for…

PARIS — Jahmal Harvey, one of America’s top medal contenders in boxing, pressed a bandage against a cut under his right eye Wednesday after his opening bout at the Paris Olympics. “First fight, worst fight,’’…

There were no blockbusters, no household names changing residences, and really, the only big winners were the sellers. The biggest prizes who were involved in plenty of trade rumors all stayed put. The Detroit Tigers…

PARIS — The U.S. women’s gymnastics team is embracing its age. After winning gold in a rout Tuesday night, Simone Biles had said the team’s ‘official’ nickname was an abbreviation for ‘(mess) around and find…

PARIS – There’s a popular trend taking place at the Paris Olympics for Team USA athletes participating in sports that don’t often get the limelight. Celebrity spectators. Snoop Dogg is making the rounds at several…

The 2024 Paris Olympic Games will feature the world’s top golfers competing for gold at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, France. The top golfers were selected to represent their countries based on official world rankings,…

PARIS — Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson won’t be vying for a sprint double at the Paris Olympics. Jackson is withdrawing from the 100-meter dash, a person familiar with the situation confirmed to USA TODAY Sports. The…

NANTERRE, France – It may be a sizzling rivalry, but this moment was pretty cool. “Special,” was how Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown put it. Soon after she reached the wall first in Tuesday’s 100 backstroke…

Serena Williams won the 2017 Australian Open while pregnant. Now, Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez has shown the world you can win an Olympic fencing match-up while expecting, too. Hafez, 26, revealed she was seven months…

After all, it takes two to make a deal happen, and the players not dealt at the deadline – from Garrett Crochet and Yandy Diaz to Blake Snell and Brent Rooker – only further crimped…