A’ja Wilson scored 20 points and Jackie Young added 15 points to help the U.S. beat Nigeria 88-74 on Wednesday night in the quarterfinals of the Paris Games, extending its record winning streak to 59 consecutive Olympic wins.
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Latest US track comeback puts Quincy Hall atop the medal stand in Olympic 400 meters
Quincy Hall became the latest American to electrify Olympic track and field with an out-of-nowhere comeback, sprinting from far behind in the 400 meters Wednesday night to reel in three runners and capture another gold medal for the U.S.
Hampton Morris is 1st US men’s weightlifter to medal at the Olympics since ’84. Li Fabin wins gold
Hampton Morris does not have a driver’s license. He does have an Olympic bronze medal.
Amit Elor, 20, becomes youngest U.S. wrestler to win Olympic gold by claiming women’s 68 kg class
Amit Elor, just 20 years old, defeated Kyrgyzstan’s Meerim Zhumanazarova 3-0 in the women’s 68-kilogram final to become the youngest Olympic wrestling gold medalist in U.S. history, male or female.
Bucs undrafted rookie linebacker Kalen DeLoach making noise ahead of preseason
Undrafted rookies don’t typically make a lot of noise at training camp but that hasn’t been the case for Kalen DeLoach.
Trailblazing LGBTQ baseball exec, former MLB player dead at 60
Bean, a Santa Ana, California native who attended Loyola Marymount University, succumbed to leukemia, the league said on X, formerly Twitter.
‘It’s surreal’: US figure skaters finally receive medals from Beijing Olympics in Paris
With the Eiffel Tower in the background, the U.S. figure skating team that medaled at the 2022 Beijing Olympics finally received their gold medals during a special ceremony on Wednesday.
Florida native Omari Jones concludes Paris Olympics with bronze medal
Orlando boxer Omari Jones made his home state proud after clinching a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Tuesday.
Poland rallies to beat US in men’s volleyball in fifth set, will play for Olympic gold
Poland will play for a gold medal in men’s volleyball, rallying from a 2-1 deficit to beat the Americans in the deciding fifth of the Paris Olympics semifinals.
US figure skaters to receive team gold medals at Paris Olympics after ruling in 2022 doping case
The U.S. figure skating team was formally confirmed as gold medalists from the 2022 Beijing Olympics by a sports court ruling Thursday, opening the way for the team to get its medals at the Paris Summer Games.