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It was sometime in the 1990s when I asked Charles Barkley a basketball question and about 20 minutes later, he was still answering it. That 20 minutes was one of the best basketball educations I…

Editor’s note: Follow Olympics opening ceremony live updates. PARIS – Joel Embiid says stuff. Sometimes what he says is bluster, all in good fun. That’s why Troel Embiid is a nickname. Sometimes, what he says makes…

In skateboarding’s Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games, Jagger Eaton represented the United States – the birthplace of the sport – on the medal stand with a bronze in men’s street. Eaton has bigger goals…

Inter Miami will begin its League Cup tournament title defense without the iconic star player who helped them win it a year ago. Messi remains week to week with his right ankle ligament injury he…

An injury has knocked one player out of the Detroit Lions’ kicking competition. Head coach Dan Campbell said kicker Michael Badgley suffered a ‘significant’ injury on Thursday that will land him on injured reserve. He…

Editor’s note: FollowOlympics opening ceremony live updates. PARIS — The press conference moderator said it best: ‘Welcome to an Olympics first: A Flavor Flav press conference.’  And it only got weirder from there.  The 65-year-old…

Editor’s note: FollowOlympics opening ceremony live updates. PARIS — The men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay world record is one of swimming’s oldest, and it could go down Saturday.  The world record dates back to the 2008…

Editor’s note: FollowOlympics opening ceremony live updates. PARIS — An Australian field hockey player chose to have part of his finger amputated in order to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Matt Dawson, a 30-year-old…

Editor’s note: FollowOlympics opening ceremony live updates. PARIS − Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on Friday, France’s national train service said it was targeted by several ‘malicious acts’ that caused disruptions…

Editor’s note: FollowOlympics opening ceremony live updates. SAINT DENIS, France – As she prepared for the 2024 Paris Olympics in hot gyms that lacked air conditioning and often went long stretches without power, Ukrainian fencer…