The Olympian Bringing Flair to Fencing

Miles Chamley-Watson doesn’t quite roll like other athletes in fencing, his relatively low-wattage Olympic sport. The American medal hopeful at the Paris Olympics, for example, returned home for a week… Read more

Sunisa Lee, Mykayla Skinner Earn More Gymnastics Medals

After her emotional gold-medal performance in the women’s all-around competition, Sunisa Lee continued her medal hunt with a bronze in the uneven bars apparatus finals. Lee qualified second in the… Read more

Katie Ledecky’s Incredible Olympic Legacy

On her most challenging day of competition in a career filled with them, Katie Ledecky thought about her grandparents. The 24-year-old American with a record haul of world championship medals… Read more

Alex Morgan Sipped Tea to Celebrate Her World Cup Goal

Just before halftime at Tuesday’s 2019 World Cup semifinal match between the USA and England, co-captain Alex Morgan made waves by bringing the U.S. ahead 2-1 and breaking an early… Read more

How College Football Is Trying to Adapt to Coronavirus

On college football Saturdays, tiny Clemson, South Carolina (pop. 17,000), turns into a city of 150,000 when fanatics pour into downtown and swarm Memorial Stadium, home of the Tigers. Some… Read more

Why Calls Are Mounting for a Boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics

In his two-decade career, Chinese sports journalist and commentator Yan Qiang has had the good fortune to cover five Olympic Games, including the 2008 Beijing Games in his homeland. But… Read more

The Latest Olympic Star- A Chocolate Muffin

Move over, Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky. There’s a new celebrity that has taken center stage at the Paris Summer Olympic Games: a delicious chocolate muffin. The muffins are served… Read more

Minnesota’s Hmong Community Celebrates Suni Lee’s Historic Olympic Win

The Hmong community would have been proud of Sunisa Lee, medal or not. When Lee made history on Thursday, clinching Olympic gold in the all-around final—the greatest individual prize in… Read more

The Golden State Warriors Revolutionized the NBA. Now They Plan to Keep the Dynasty Dream Alive

When Stephen Curry ran off a DeMarcus Cousins screen in the closing seconds of Game 6 of the NBA Finals last Thursday night, caught a Draymond Green pass, and launched… Read more

Xander Schauffele Wins Gold Medal in Golf

KAWAGOE, Japan — Four feet between his golf ball and the cup was all that separated Xander Schauffele from an Olympic gold medal, and he couldn’t help but let his… Read more