Five years on, Rio de Janeiro chases elusive Olympics legacy
With the Olympics about to kick off in Tokyo, the prior host is struggling to make good on legacy promisesJULY 13, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
OLYMPICS
Team USA loses to Australia, falls to 0-2 in Olympic exhibitions When the U.S. men’s basketball team lost to Nigeria last week, the result seemed to be a novelty: a historic win for an African team, but no...
JULY 13, 2021 • SEATTLETIMES.COM
Olympic surfing exposes whitewashed Native Hawaiian roots
For some Native Hawaiians, surfing’s Olympic debut is both a celebration of a cultural touchstone invented by their ancestors, and an extension of the racial indignities seared int...JULY 13, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
2021 Tokyo Olympic Odds: Japan is Men's Baseball Gold Medal Favorite on FanDuel Sportsbook The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games are set to begin on Friday, July 23, and sports fans will be able to put in wagers on a number of different eve...
JULY 13, 2021 • FANDUEL.COM
Team USA basketball suffers second straight loss in buildup to Olympics These games don’t matter in the grand scheme of things, and for Team USA basketball, that could be a good thing.
JULY 13, 2021 • WASHINGTONTIMES.COM
Roster: Three-quarters of US Olympians have college ties
Three-quarters of the 613-person U.S. Olympic team competed in the American collegiate systemJULY 13, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
How Zach LaVine and Bulls can benefit from Tokyo Olympics How Zach LaVine and Bulls can benefit from Tokyo Olympics.
JULY 13, 2021 • THEATHLETIC.COM
U.S. men's Olympic basketball team 0-2 after another exhibition loss
The U.S. men's Olympic basketball team dropped a second straight exhibition game, alarming some observers ahead of the Games.JULY 13, 2021
Buy Kim Kardashian's SKIMS x Team USA collection just in time for Olympics SKIMS and Team USA have partnered to create the official loungewear for the female athletes.
JULY 13, 2021 • SYRACUSE.COM
Team U.S.A. Falls to Australia, Its Second Straight Loss An American men’s basketball team preparing for the Tokyo Olympics lost to Australia two days after a surprising defeat by Nigeria.
JULY 13, 2021 • NYTIMES.COM
Inside Simone Manuel's Journey to Tokyo U.S. Olympic swim team co-captain Simone Manuel is headed to Tokyo in the 50-meter freestyle, but to get there, the 24-year-old had to not o...
JULY 13, 2021 • SI.COM
IOC President Thomas Bach — in his 1st appearance in Tokyo since arriving for the Olympics — slips up and refers to Japanese as 'Chinese' IOC President Thomas Bach referred to his Japanese hosts as Chinese when he appeared in public on Tuesday for the first time since arriving...
JULY 13, 2021 • SUN-SENTINEL.COM
IOC President Thomas Bach — in his 1st appearance in Tokyo since arriving for the Olympics — slips up and refers to Japanese as 'Chinese' IOC President Thomas Bach referred to his Japanese hosts as Chinese when he appeared in public on Tuesday for the first time since arriving...
JULY 13, 2021 • CHICAGOTRIBUNE.COM
Jill Biden to attend Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony
Jill Biden will attend the opening ceremony of the summer Olympic Games in TokyoJULY 13, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Olympians and Paralympians you need to follow on TikTok before the Tokyo Olympics Although spectators cannot attend the Olympic Games this year, fans back home can keep up with everything going on in Tokyo via athletes' Ti...
JULY 13, 2021 • USATODAY.COM
U.S. men's basketball team booed on home soil after exhibition loss to Australia While these are glorified scrimmages, this much is already certain — an Olympic medal seems far from a lock for the U.S. men's basketball te...
JULY 13, 2021 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
Spotlight finds Clearwater swimmer Bobby Finke as Tokyo Olympics approach The University of Florida standout won both the 800 and 1,500 to qualify for his first Summer Games.
JULY 13, 2021 • TAMPABAY.COM
Sagan, Haig withdraw from Olympic road race with injuries
Three-time world champion Peter Sagan has withdrawn from the Olympic road race a day after minor surgery to treat an infection in his kneeJULY 13, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Army boxer Naomi Graham fights toward her Olympic dreams Staff Sgt. Naomi Graham pulled herself out of homelessness and joined the Army. Now she's representing our nation at the Olympics in the box...
JULY 13, 2021 • USATODAY.COM
Gymnast Oleg Verniaiev out of Olympics after doping ban
Olympic champion gymnast Oleg Verniaiev will miss the Tokyo Games because he has been banned for four years following a failed drug testJULY 13, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
4 US, UK Olympic contractors arrested for alleged drug use
Officials in Tokyo say four U.S. and British men working for a power company contracted for the Olympics were arrested on suspicion of using cocaineJULY 13, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
IOC's Bach slips up and refers to Japanese as 'Chinese'
IOC President Thomas Bach has appeared in public for the first time since arriving in Tokyo last week and with the pandemic-postponed Olympics opening in just 10 daysJULY 13, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
US suffers another men's basketball loss in tune-up for Olympics Australia sends Americans to 0-2 in exhibition play.
JULY 13, 2021 • STLTODAY.COM
