No. 1 Michigan Wolverines will host No. 3 Texas Longhorns during week two of the NCAA football season. (Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images) Defending national champs the Michigan Wolverines and the No. 3 Texas Longhorns both won their first games of the season last week, and the two will meet this weekend in Ann Arbor for…
A’ja Wilson and the United States women’s basketball team extended their Olympic winning streak to 59 games with a quarterfinal win over Nigeria Wednesday at the 2024 Paris Games. Editor’s Picks 2 Related But before that, several American athletes competed on their sport’s biggest global stage. Team USA’s Nelly Korda began her gold medal defense…
Jul 31, 2024, 03:47 PM ET Two of Team USA’s top squads continued with group play Wednesday at the 2024 Paris Games. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Men’s basketball takes on South Sudan, which it narrowly defeated July 20, with Group C’s top spot on the line. After sitting in the win against Serbia on Sunday,…
Backflips off the bed. Front tucks onto the couch. Handsprings in the hallway. My 7-year-old daughter’s life has been thoroughly overtaken by gymnastics and her hero, Simone Biles. “I want to be just like her and go to the Olympics when I grow up,” she told me Monday, her hands emulating Biles’s gestures. “She does…
Daryn Wright of the U.S. Olympic Diving Team will compete in the 10M platform competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images) The goal of the 2024 Paris Olympics is to be the most environmentally-friendly Games ever, and to France’s credit, in many ways they have become a model for how to use existing…
