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PARIS — If the International Olympic Committee wants Jordan Chiles’ Olympic bronze medal back so badly, it can send its president Thomas Bach to get it himself. In its quest for “fairness,” the IOC announced…

“As many of you know I modeled our program after Dean Smith’s basketball program, and retiring at this time is a credit to his thinking, as well,” Dorrance said in a school-issued statement.  “He would…

PARIS – Not even in Mike Tirico’s best-laid plans could he have envisioned all of this. Hosting the most-viewed Olympics since the 2012 London Games. Gearing up for another season alongside Cris Collinsworth as the…

PARIS — A’ja Wilson is the best player on the planet and it’s not even close.  The U.S. women’s basketball team has its eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal because of it.  After decades of cakewalking…

PARIS — Brittney Griner’s eyes began to fill as she heard the first notes of the Star-Spangled Banner. As she watched the U.S. flag rise, she cried unabashedly. It wasn’t long ago she was in…

A surprise signing, the Jacksonville Jaguars are welcoming back safety Tashaun Gipson Sr., who played for the team from 2016-18 before being released for cap-saving purposes in March 2019. The team Jaguars/status/1822725070772646344′ target=’_blank’ rel=’noreferrer noopener’>announced…

PARIS – There was just one more turn to go, around the side of Les Invalides, the French national military museum whose lawn is lined by cannons. Sifan Hassan, arguably the greatest distance runner in…

PARIS — When Diana Taurasi was announced as a member of the U.S. women’s basketball team for the 2024 Paris Olympics, her intentions were clear: She wanted to win one more gold medal than her…

Among the highlights of countries competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics is seeing how many medals each nation can rack up, showing off its dominance to the rest of the world. During the 2021 pandemic-delayed…

PARIS — Way back on July 27, Diana Taurasi told a group of reporters she thought France could push the U.S. women’s basketball team as the Americans sought an unprecedented eighth straight Olympic gold medal.…