The U.S. women’s basketball players have been saying for years that winning in the Olympics wasn’t as easy as it has looked during the record run to eight straight gold medals.
Paris closed out 2½ extraordinary weeks of Olympic sports and emotion with a star-studded show Sunday night in France’s national stadium and from Long Beach in Southern California.
The 2024 Olympic Games came to a close Sunday in Paris, ending more than a fortnight of memorable performances and stunning accomplishments.
The U.S. easily won the total medal count at the Paris Olympics with 126. Aside from the 40 gold, the Americans won 42 silver and 44 bronze.
A’ja Wilson scored 21 points and the U.S. women’s basketball team survived the biggest challenge of its unprecedented run to eight straight Olympic gold medals with a 67-66 win over France.
Italy beat the defending champion U.S. team Sunday to win gold in women’s volleyball at the Paris Olympics.
Chicago’s Kennedy Blades won a silver medal Sunday to end a remarkable Olympic debut. Blades, 20, lost reigning world champion Yuka Kagami of Japan in the 76-Kilogram final.
A look at what’s on TV on Aug. 11 at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
On a frantic final day of Olympic track and field, the most familiar sight of all was Americans on the medal stand, over and over again.
Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson experienced a range of emotions — from stressed to joyful and everything in between — as the USWNT battled Brazil in the Olympic soccer gold-medal match.