Colin Jost of ‘SNL’ hurts foot in Tahiti amid 2024 Olympics
The first portion of Colin Jost’s 2024 Paris Olympics experience started off on the wrong foot — his left one, specifically. The “Saturday Night Live”…
How Céline Dion reacted to her Paris Olympics performance
Céline Dion returned to the world stage Friday at the 2024 Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony, and the gravity of the moment was not lost on…
How old racist policies still hurt diversity in Olympic swimming
PARIS — When Maritza Correia McClendon started swimming in Puerto Rico, she stood out because of her talent, not the color of her skin.“There’s a lot…
Olympics opening ceremony review: Paris shines, but not on TV
France took the opening ceremony of the Olympics out of the customary arena and onto the River Seine — and into the rain — Friday…
Former college athletes could get millions under NCAA settlement
Thousands of former college athletes will be eligible for payments ranging from a few dollars to more than a million under the $2.78 billion antitrust…
First Olympic athlete tests positive for doping at Paris 2024 Games with judo star, 28, banned from competing
An Iraqi male judo star has recorded the first positive doping test of the 2024 Paris Olympics.Sajjad Sehen has been suspended from competing after testing…
Olympics 2024 opening ceremony: Start time and where to watch
Paris 2024 begins Friday and the French — the people who produce the world’s most delicious cheese, finest haute couture and countless other exquisite creations…
How Allyson Felix helped push to have child care at Paris Olympics
PARIS — To the seven Olympic titles and 15 world championships won during a record-setting track career, Allyson Felix could have added one more distinction: world’s…
How can L.A. compete with the Paris Olympics local food projects?
PARIS — How do you say “locavore” en francais?When Olympic athletes and members of the press sit down to dine on the bounty of France next…
2024 Paris Olympics: A close look at the iconic venues
PARIS — Throngs of tourists flocking to the Eiffel Tower on a warm, humid afternoon cannot help but notice the 2024 Summer Olympics are close at…
Commissioner optimistic Big Ten “got a lot right” with expansion
INDIANAPOLIS — A giant, inflatable Oregon Duck mascot drifted down the White River on Tuesday, not far from where Big Ten Conference coaches, players and executives…
Snoop Dogg set as torchbearer for 2024 Paris Olympics
Snoop Dogg — rap icon, business mogul and king of brand deals — just landed a new gig: Olympic torchbearer.The 52-year-old “Drop It Like It’s…
2024 Paris Olympics: How to watch every event and opening ceremony
American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson is among the favorites to win gold in the women’s 100 meters. (George Walker IV / Associated Press) Every athlete at…
Why Olympic distance runners have flocked to Flagstaff for decades
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — For centuries the snow-capped San Francisco Peaks, which tower over the high desert of northern Arizona, have held sacred meaning for more than…
Paris faces political upheaval and protests as Olympics nears
With all the tumult surrounding the 2024 Summer Olympics — problems both large and small — it isn’t entirely surprising that Parisians have threatened to…
Magic Johnson’s sports empire began in L.A. Now it’s national
Earvin “Magic” Johnson, photographed at the Los Angeles Times in El Segundo on Dec. 7. In a moment of reflection last summer, Earvin “Magic” Johnson…
Pelvic floor: Athlete mums on the importance of pelvic floor health
Hockey player Jo Pinner, rower Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne, para-equestrian rider Natasha Baker and judoka Nekoda Smythe-Davis speak to BBC Sport's Laura Scott about being new…
Woke Olympic chiefs spark row saying that an athlete shouldn’t be called a ‘sportsman’
OLYMPIC chiefs sparked a woke row — after advising that an athlete should not be called a “sportsman”. Instead, the IOC suggests the gender-neutral term…
UCLA could distribute at least $20 million a year to its more than 600 athletes
The historic House v. NCAA settlement that established $2.8 billion in back pay for lost name, image and likeness deals and established a framework for…
How UCLA’s Chase Griffin became the leading athlete voice on NIL
Faced with an unfamiliar situation, Chase Griffin relied on natural instincts. He surveyed the scene, felt the pressure and stepped up to face it. Qualities…