Olympics

Associated Press Jul 11, 2024, 01:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — For USA Basketball, the road to the Paris Olympics has started with a win. Anthony Edwards scored 13 points, Stephen Curry added 12 and the United States opened its tune-up schedule for the Paris Games by topping Canada 86-72 on Wednesday

ESPN News Services Jul 10, 2024, 11:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Kawhi Leonard has withdrawn from Team USA less than three weeks before the start of the Paris Olympics. USA Basketball announced Leonard’s decision Wednesday, saying the LA Clippers star will spend the rest of the summer preparing for the 2024-25 NBA season. “Kawhi

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJul 9, 2024, 07:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Team USA will be without Kevin Durant for Wednesday night’s game against Team Canada, its first of five exhibition games ahead of the Paris Olympics, due to the calf strain that has kept Durant out of the entirety of the national

ESPN News Services Jul 8, 2024, 08:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — A 3-pointer over Anthony Davis, swish. A baseline turnaround over Jrue Holiday, easy. An acrobatic putback after crashing the boards and getting fouled by Bam Adebayo, no problem. Those are three of the best defenders in the NBA. Cooper Flagg

Jul 8, 2024, 10:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Timberwolves’ season may have ended on a low note, but Anthony Edwards’ confidence is still set on high. The 22-year-old superstar was asked Sunday about his role with Team USA at the Paris Games, where he’ll play alongside LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant.

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJul 7, 2024, 09:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Kawhi Leonard admitted he was concerned about missing out on being part of Team USA due to the right knee injury that forced him to miss the end of the LA Clippers‘ first-round playoff loss to the Dallas Mavericks, but said

Michael Voepel, ESPN.comJul 6, 2024, 09:12 PM ET Close Michael Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. Open Extended Reactions Minnesota Lynx and U.S. Olympic team forward Napheesa Collier missed Saturday’s 74-67 victory over Washington

Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 12:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Thomas Walkup had 19 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo added 13 points in 21 minutes, and Greece moved one victory from the Paris Games, eliminating Luka Doncic and Slovenia 96-68 on Saturday from the semifinals of the Olympic qualifying tournament. Doncic finished with 21 points in

Jul 5, 2024, 02:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Shot putter Amelia Campbell said she is considering retiring from athletics after being omitted from Britain’s Paris Olympics team, despite meeting the selection criteria set by World Athletics. The 30-year-old, who won the British title last week, was among several British athletes provisionally listed as qualified

Associated Press Jul 5, 2024, 07:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — The World Anti-Doping Agency says it is “disappointed” to learn of a U.S. criminal investigation into the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who were allowed to continue competing despite testing positive for a banned substance in 2021. Swimming’s world governing body, World

Jul 4, 2024, 08:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Australian Boomers team for the 2024 Paris Olympics has been finalised, sources told ESPN, with surprising omissions paving the way for some fresh faces. The 12-man team will once again be guided by its NBA talent, with Josh Giddey, Josh Green, Danté Exum, Jock Landale,

Associated Press Jul 4, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Victor Wembanyama stole the show with spectacular one-handed dunks as France opened preparations for its men’s basketball gold medal bid at the Paris Olympics. In a promising sign of things to come, the NBA Rookie of the Year was all smiles after

Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterJul 3, 2024, 07:35 AM ET Close Previously covered Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph Northwestern University graduate Open Extended Reactions For the past week and a half, a miniature Eiffel Tower was positioned prominently in the track infield at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field.

ESPN News Services Jul 2, 2024, 07:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Coach Javier Mascherano included four World Cup winners in the squad he announced Tuesday for Argentina‘s squad at the Olympics in Paris later this summer. Manchester City striker Julián Álvarez and veteran Benfica defender Nicolás Otamendi were among those names. As expected, Lionel

Associated Press Jul 2, 2024, 11:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions VALLOIRE, France — Uphill. Downhill. And everywhere else in between. Tadej Pogacar is dominating cycling like few riders ever have. The Slovenian standout’s latest exploit came in the fourth stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday, when he attacked near the top of

Amy Van Deusen, ESPN EditorJun 30, 2024, 07:33 PM ET Close Amy Van Deusen is a senior editor at espnW. A former Division I collegiate gymnast, she is currently based out of San Diego. Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — It all came down to this. On Sunday night, the U.S. women’s gymnastics Olympic team was

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterJun 30, 2024, 11:48 PM ET Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — Look around the arena and it’s tough to know where

Associated Press Jun 30, 2024, 12:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOLOGNA, Italy — It took only two days into the Tour de France to show that Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard are in a class of their own. Pogacar attacked from the chasing peloton up the second ascent of the short but brutally steep