Olympics

3:57 PM ET Associated Press Shelby Houlihan’s name has been taken off the updated start lists for the U.S. Olympic track and field trials, meaning the American record holder does not have a place in the 1,500- or 5,000-meter preliminaries Friday. Houlihan was handed a four-year ban for testing positive for trace amounts of the

7:05 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Let’s start with the obvious here: By now you probably know way too much about “Burrito-gate” and how pork can cause nandrolone in the system. But, believe it or not, there’s a lot more going on at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials than Shelby Houlihan’s ongoing steroid case.

9:15 PM ET ESPN News Services OMAHA, Neb. — Caeleb Dressel locked up his spot for Tokyo, where he’s expected to be one of the biggest stars in the Olympic pool. Dressel romped to victory in the men’s 100 free in 47.39 at the U.S. swimming trials on Thursday. He finally got a chance to

11:18 PM ET OMAHA, Neb. — Simone Manuel, the defending Olympic women’s champion in the 100-meter freestyle, revealed in an emotional news conference Thursday night at the U.S. Olympic swim trials that she was diagnosed with Overtraining Syndrome (OTS) 11 weeks ago and had to take a three-week break from training. Manuel spoke after finishing

3:40 PM ET Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. — – The U.S. Department of Justice has slammed a new West Virginia law that bans transgender athletes from competing in female sports, asserting in a court filing Thursday that the ban violates federal law. The department filed what is known as a statement of interest in a

12:37 PM ET Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. — Banned runner Shelby Houlihan is in the lineup and will be allowed to run at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials while any appeals she files are pending. Houlihan, the American record holder at 1,500 and 5,000 meters, is on the start list for Friday’s preliminaries

11:40 PM ET OMAHA, Neb. — In about 60 minutes, Katie Ledecky managed to do several things. She won the 200-meter freestyle title (1:55:11), collected her gold medal at the ceremony and gave a short pool-side press conference (where she joked that she couldn’t form words because she was internally warming up for the next

9:19 PM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — The long and short of it was not an issue for Katie Ledecky. On another memorable night for the American swimming star, Ledecky won the 200-meter freestyle and the historic 1,500 free about 70 minutes apart at the U.S. Olympic trials Wednesday, locking up two more individual

6:04 PM ET Associated Press MUNICH — The president of the German Olympic Sports Confederation is not standing for re-election in December after bowing to internal and external pressure over its leadership crisis. The confederation, which is known as the DOSB, said Wednesday that Alfons Hörmann had decided to step down after eight years in

2:50 PM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Josh Prenot failed to advance from the preliminaries of the 200-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials Wednesday, a bitter blow for the silver medalist from the 2016 Rio Games. Prenot said he’ll take at least the next year off to “see if I forget how

9:00 AM ET Middle distance runner Shelby Houlihan, the American record holder in the 1,500 and 5,000 meters, posted on Instagram she’s facing a four-year ban following a positive test result for nandrolone, a banned anabolic steroid. Houlihan will not be able to participate in the U.S. Olympic track and field trials set to take

11:54 PM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Jake Mitchell returned to the pool all by himself. He got a do-over, a chance to redeem himself. Boy, did he ever. Mitchell produced a much-improved performance in a time trial after all the scheduled races were done Tuesday, likely earning a trip to his first Olympics.

9:14 PM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Lilly King always seems to back up her big talk. King is headed back to the Olympics after a victory in the 100-meter breaststroke at the U.S. swimming trials Tuesday night, ensuring she will have another big platform in Tokyo to rip into drug cheats and muse

1:45 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — A judge in Ohio has dismissed murder charges filed against the brother of Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles, ruling Tuesday that prosecutors did not present evidence to sustain a conviction in a 2018 New Year’s Eve party shooting in Cleveland that left three men dead. Moments after Cuyahoga

8:48 AM ET Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia — Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers and singer Cody Simpson were listed side by side in the billing for a documentary series being promoted ahead of Australia’s Olympic swimming trials. On the result lists for the 100-meter freestyle Tuesday, the names were a long way apart. Chalmers led the

11:51 PM ET U.S. champion distance runner Shelby Houlihan said on Monday that she has been banned four years for testing positive for an anabolic steroid, a result she says came from eating a burrito. The 28-year-old wrote in an Instagram post she was provisionally suspended in January after the Athletics Integrity Unit said a

8:39 PM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Katie Ledecky touched the wall far ahead of everyone else at the U.S. swimming trials. No surprise there. But she was taken aback by the time. It wasn’t as fast as expected, raising the stakes for an expected showdown in Tokyo with the Aussie Terminator. Ledecky earned

4:39 PM ET Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Matt Anderson and David Smith have been picked for their third straight Olympic appearance for the U.S. men’s volleyball team. Anderson and Smith are part of the 12-person team for the Olympics this summer in Tokyo announced by coach John Speraw on Monday. They were part