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Former US Olympic volleyball player Kim Glass’s face fractured in LA attack
A former Olympic volleyball player was attacked Friday when a man threw a metal object at her face in an assault that fractured multiple bones in her face
Agencies
11, Jul, 2022 @9:18 PM
Breaks of the game: How the government subsidizes American sports
The United States is unique in how its national teams are entirely supported through private funds. And yet America’s success would be almost impossible without government favor
Alex Kirshner
04, Jul, 2022 @9:00 AM
Sue Bird, WNBA star and five-time Olympic champion, will retire after 2022
Seattle Storm star and five-time Olympic gold medalist Sue Bird announced Thursday the 2022 season will be her last playing in the WNBA
Agencies
16, Jun, 2022 @5:53 PM
Simone Biles, other Nassar victims, seek $1bn from FBI for botched investigation
Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and dozens of other women who say they were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar are seeking more than $1bn from the FBI
Agencies
08, Jun, 2022 @12:59 PM
Going once, going twice … gold! Men’s 100m Olympic medal up for auction
Harrison Dillard took gold at the London Games in 1948 and this weekend, nearly 75 years on, that medal is up for sale
Neil Duncanson
07, Apr, 2022 @11:38 AM
The Olympics face an existential crisis. An American-led effort could save them | Steve Mesler and Jeff Porter
The Olympic movement risks lurching even further into an existential crisis if major problems aren’t addressed, and many of the levers for change lie in Americans’ hands
Steve Mesler and Jeff Porter
21, Feb, 2022 @10:00 AM
Jackson and Meyers Taylor have made history in Beijing for Black Americans
Medals in speed skating and monobob raise hopes that more young athletes of color will thrive in winter sports
Bryan Armen Graham in Beijing
18, Feb, 2022 @5:09 PM
Chloe Kim dominates snowboard halfpipe to retain her Olympic gold
American snowboarder Chloe Kim became the first woman to successfully defend the Olympic halfpipe title
Bryan Armen Graham in Beijing
10, Feb, 2022 @3:44 AM
Nathan Chen lays Olympics marker down with flawless short program skate
Nathan Chen said he is motivated by enjoying his figure skating not the scoreboard after his brilliant short program at the Winter Olmpics in Beijing
Bryan Armen Graham at the Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing
04, Feb, 2022 @12:39 PM
Shaun White named to fifth Olympic team as oldest ever US halfpipe rider
Shaun White was one of four defending gold medalists named to the US snowboarding team Friday, along with Chloe Kim, Jamie Anderson and Red Gerard
Agencies
22, Jan, 2022 @2:22 AM
Erin Jackson’s Olympic dream back on after friend Brittany Bowe gives up spot
Brittany Bowe has given up her Olympic spot in the 500 meters, allowing Erin Jackson – ranked No 1 in the world in the 500 – to make the US team after all
Guardian sport and agencies
09, Jan, 2022 @10:56 PM
World No 1 speed skater Erin Jackson to miss Olympics after slip at US trials
Erin Jackson slipped in the 500m and stunningly finished third, failing to make the Olympics in her signature event Friday at the US speed skating trials
Guardian sport and agencies
08, Jan, 2022 @12:31 AM
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