PARIS – There’s extra incentive for track and field athletes to win gold at the Paris Olympics. World Athletics, the international governing body for track and field, is awarding prize money for gold medalists in…
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VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — Perhaps you’ve heard that Caitlin Clark, the early favorite for 2024 WNBA Rookie of the Year, isn’t at the 2024 Paris Olympics. To those in the women’s basketball community and anyone who…
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Dwyane Wade is going to be one of those analysts who some will hear and love, and others will hear and want to mute the sound. When Wade and play-by-play partner Noah Eagle called the…
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VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France – It’s the one that got away. For three years it’s driven them and consumed them and filled their dreams. And on Friday, Michelle Sechser and Molly Reckford will have one more chance…
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Katie Ledecky and Team USA will be looking for redemption at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the women’s 4×200 freestyle relay. The Americans narrowly missed out on the gold three years ago in Tokyo, finishing…
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PARIS – American swimmers Regan Smith and Phoebe Bacon advanced to the semifinals of the women’s 200-meter backstroke early Thursday morning at Paris La Defense Arena. Bacon, in her first race of the Paris 2024…
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PARIS — Here in the land of French fries, American sprinter Gabby Thomas has some strong opinions on the snack locally known as “frites.” She knows it might be unconventional, but Thomas first needs to…
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The most dominant U.S. men’s track and field athlete at the Paris Olympics isn’t a sprinter, nor a distance runner or even a jumper. It’s a man who has a bench max of 550 pounds…
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Track and field, a signature Olympic sport, will take center stage during the final week of the Olympics. It’s fitting that Stade de France will host track and field for the 2024 Paris Olympics. It’s…
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Former Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging the university and its leaders wrongfully terminated and defamed him amid a sexual harassment scandal last fall. The 75-page lawsuit filed in…