United States Favored to Top Medal Table at Paris Games, China May Challenge for Most Gold
As the Paris Olympics are set to open this week, the United States goes in as the favorite to win the most medals. China is unlikely to overtake the U.S. in the overall medal haul, but has a chance to win more gold medals than the Americans. Though the Games highlight great individual athletes, they […]
Heat Clinch First Summer League Title with Pelle Larsson’s OT Heroics Against Grizzlies
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Pelle Larsson broke a tie by scoring from the lane in overtime to give Miami a 120-118 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday and hand the Heat their first NBA Summer League championship. “Coach (Dan Bisaccio) drew up a great play we’ve run in practice a bunch of times,” Larsson said. “They […]
LeBron James Clutches Victory for Team USA in Pre-Olympic Finale Against Germany
On Friday, LeBron James will carry the U.S. flag. But first, he carried the U.S. men’s basketball team. Again. James scored the final 11 points for the Americans down the stretch, and the four-time reigning Olympic gold medalists held off World Cup champion Germany 92-88 in London on Monday night in their final tune-up before the Paris […]
Warner Bros. Discovery to Match Amazon Prime Video’s NBA Broadcast Offer
Turner Sports intends to continue its longtime relationship with the NBA. Warner Bros. Discovery informed the league Monday that it will match the $1.8 billion per year offer by Amazon Prime Video. Turner has had an NBA package since 1984 and games have been on TNT since the network launched in 1988. “We have reviewed […]
LeBron James to Lead Team USA as Flagbearer in Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony
LeBron James wasn’t totally sure what the opening ceremony was all about when he was picked for his first Olympics in 2004. This time, he’ll be one of the stars of the show. James has been picked by his fellow U.S. Olympians to serve as the male flagbearer for the Americans in Friday night’s opening ceremony for […]
The US Men’s Basketball Team Receives Wake-Up Call Ahead of Paris Olympics
South Sudan is the 33rd-ranked team in the FIBA world rankings, by far the lowest of any of the 12 nations that will be vying for men’s basketball gold in the Paris Olympics that start this week. The U.S. is ranked No. 1. South Sudan nearly beat the Americans anyway. The every-four-years wake-up call for […]
Celtics Secure Sam Hauser with Four-Year, $45 Million Extension
The Boston Celtics locked up another member of their championship core on Sunday, agreeing to a four-year, $45 million extension with Sam Hauser, a person with knowledge of the details said. Hauser’s 197 3-pointers were second on the Celtics behind only Jayson Tatum, and now he has joined his All-Star teammate and guard Derrick White […]
Paris Olympics Nears Gender Parity: Analyzing the Athlete Gender Breakdown
GENEVA (AP) — The founder of the modern Olympics and former IOC president, Pierre de Coubertin, once said women competing in the Games would be “impractical, uninteresting, unaesthetic and improper.” Over a century later, the 2024 Paris Olympic Games are targeting gender parity in the same city where women made their Olympic debut in 1900. The IOC set a goal […]
Diana Taurasi Aims for Historic Sixth Gold Medal at Paris Olympics
PHOENIX (AP) — Diana Taurasi joked after the Tokyo Olympics that she would see everyone in Paris. The 42-year-old guard turned the joke into reality; she’ll be playing in a record sixth Olympic games when the U.S. women’s basketball team goes for its eighth consecutive gold medal later this month. “Why not? I say this all the […]
Record-Breaker Caitlin Clark Looks Forward to Well-Deserved Break
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — As much as she wanted to play in the Olympics, Caitlin Clark savors the thought of some time off during the WNBA’s monthlong hiatus for the Paris Games. Never mind that Indiana’s rookie sensation didn’t really look as if she needed any while setting a WNBA record with 19 assists in the Fever’s […]
