Olympics

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterJul 26, 2024, 07:51 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions PARIS — The most competitive international men’s basketball tournament in history is finally here. Just being one of the 12 teams to qualify for the 2024

Jul 25, 2024, 12:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Third seed Elena Rybakina became the latest high-profile withdrawal from the Olympic tennis competition Thursday, hours after the draw was made at Roland Garros. Kazakhstan’s former Wimbledon champion has pulled out of the singles and mixed doubles in which she was due to partner

Jul 24, 2024, 08:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions We have spent the last week counting down the top 100 athletes of the 21st century, and nine Olympians made the list, starting with Michael Phelps at No. 1 overall. We also voted on an overall top 25 just for the Olympics. Who else makes the

Associated Press Jul 23, 2024, 05:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A’ja Wilson had 19 points and 14 rebounds to help the U.S. women’s Olympic basketball team rebound from a rare exhibition loss to beat Germany 84-57 on Tuesday night. The Americans lost to a team of WNBA All-Stars on Saturday before traveling to London

Sam Borden, ESPN Senior WriterJul 23, 2024, 09:52 AM ET Close Sam Borden is a senior writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions The USWNT will play in their first major tournament after hiring a new coach, while the men’s side returns to the Olympics after a 16-year wait. (Photo by VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images) The

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterJul 22, 2024, 05:24 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions LONDON — Here is something for everyone in the basketball world to understand as the Olympics, perhaps the most competitive international tournament in history, are about

Jul 22, 2024, 07:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions On Friday, an unprecedented opening ceremony along the Seine will kick off the Paris Olympics. The Games will showcase around 10,500 athletes, including many stars you’ll remember — and some you’ll want to know. Here are 30 U.S. Olympians to watch this year: Simone Biles, gymnastics

Associated Press Jul 21, 2024, 01:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tadej Pogacar had no need to attack on the final stage of the Tour de France. Defending a lead of more than five minutes in Sunday’s time trial, he was set to comfortably win the race for the third time, and first time in

ESPN News Services Jul 20, 2024, 11:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions American world champion Noah Lyles ran a personal best of 9.81 seconds in the 100 meters Saturday in the final Diamond League meeting before the Paris Olympics. Lyles, one of the biggest names in the sport at the moment, delivered in the final

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterJul 20, 2024, 05:38 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions LONDON — There’s probably going to be a movie made about the South Sudan basketball team someday. And the players representing the war-torn young nation added

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterJul 19, 2024, 05:54 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions LONDON — There has been a lot of attention given this spring and summer as to whether LeBron James and Stephen Curry, who play on former

Jul 19, 2024, 07:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We have spent the last week counting down our list of the top 100 athletes of the 21st century, but what about the next generation? If we were doing another list in 2050, which current athletes who didn’t make it this time around are likely to

Associated Press Jul 18, 2024, 02:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — Diana Taurasi joked after the Tokyo Olympics that she would see everyone in Paris. The 42-year-old guard turned the joke into reality: She will be playing in a record sixth Olympic Games when the U.S. women’s basketball team goes for its eighth

Connor O’Halloran Jul 17, 2024, 05:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo fulfilled her promise on Wednesday to swim in the River Seine and prove its safety ahead of the Olympic Games later this month. Paris has spent more than €1.4 billion ($1.5bn) since 2015 to clean up the Seine and make

Associated Press Jul 16, 2024, 12:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NIMES, France — Jasper Philipsen completed a hat trick of stage wins at this year’s Tour de France after Biniam Girmay — his main rival for the best sprinter’s green jersey — crashed near the finish on Tuesday. There was no major change in

Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterJul 15, 2024, 06:38 PM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is

Myron Medcalf, ESPN Staff WriterJul 14, 2024, 08:17 PM ET Close Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark‘s goals haven’t changed: She wants to play in the Olympics one day. Clark not only helped her squad stay in the WNBA playoff race

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJul 14, 2024, 07:53 PM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Every four years (or so), tennis gives us a fifth major. Well, sort of. Tennis at the Olympics sometimes provides titanic heavyweight matchups — and sometimes delivers surprises. Editor’s Picks 2 Related It