Olympics

Nov 8, 2023, 10:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Paris 2024 organizers are sticking to their choice of Tahiti’s Teahupo’o site for the Olympics surfing competition despite local opposition amid a dispute over the construction of an aluminum tower that residents say would damage the coral reef. The idyllic lagoon-side village has long

Nov 6, 2023, 01:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) announced on Monday that the case involving double 800 meters Olympic champion Caster Semenya will be heard by its Grand Chamber for a final ruling following a referral request from the Swiss government. Semenya, 32, wants to hold the

Nov 6, 2023, 06:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered an appeal filed by the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) against the decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to suspend its membership, the independent judicial body said on Monday. The challenge arose over the IOC’s suspension of

ESPN News Services Nov 5, 2023, 09:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Fans of the Tennessee Lady Vols never forget where someone played in college, especially not a player that beat their beloved team. On Sunday night, they roared when Brittney Griner was introduced as a starter for the U.S. women’s national

Associated Press Nov 5, 2023, 06:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The United States roster of 631 athletes at the Pan American Games finished on the top of the medal table for the 17th time, as expected, but with fewer podiums than four years ago in Lima. American athletes in Chile won 124 gold medals,

Associated Press Nov 4, 2023, 11:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Few people know who Grace Choi is. But every breaking dancer of style probably knows who “Sunny” is. The American B-girl, as break-dancers are known, won the first Pan American gold medal Saturday for the sport that mixes dancing and acrobatics. She also qualified

Associated Press Nov 4, 2023, 12:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ANGERS, France — Isabeau Levito’s quest for a first Grand Prix victory is over. The 16-year-old American figure skater won the Grand Prix de France on Saturday with a total of 203.22 points for her two programs. Levito, who had built a big lead

Associated Press Nov 3, 2023, 11:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The International Olympic Committee on Friday moved to shut down suggestions that Italy could still manage to stage ice sliding events at its home 2026 Winter Games. Organizers of the Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Olympics acknowledged last month that bobsled, luge and skeleton

Associated Press Nov 2, 2023, 12:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SANTIAGO, Chile — Two-time Olympic medalist Kyle Snyder led the United States wrestling team to four Pan American gold medals on Wednesday, the first day of the event in Santiago. The 27-year-old, one of the top athletes competing in Chile, easily won all his

Associated Press Nov 1, 2023, 06:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — The murder trial of a woman accused of gunning down rising pro cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson and fleeing the country began Wednesday with Texas prosecutors telling jurors they would hear Wilson’s final screams and the shots that killed her. Kaitlin Armstrong,

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterNov 1, 2023, 12:36 PM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions Team USA has qualified for the Olympics in men’s 3×3 basketball for the first time and will join the American women as they defend their gold

Associated Press Oct 30, 2023, 12:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SANTIAGO, Chile — U.S. marathon swimmer Ashley Twichell was ready to retire after a frustrating seventh-place finish at the Tokyo Olympics. A few months later, she had her first son, Lochlan, and the end of her career looked certain. But she has gradually gone

Associated Press Oct 31, 2023, 04:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The 2026 Pan Pacific Championships will be moved from Canada to Los Angeles, giving the city a chance to host a major international swimming meet ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics. The agreement between the charter nations of Australia, Canada, Japan

Oct 31, 2023, 11:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BENGALURU, India — Uncertainty surrounds the recovering Rafael Nadal‘s 2024 campaign but the International Tennis Federation (ITF) will do everything it can to encourage him to compete in the Paris Olympic Games, the global tennis body’s chief David Haggerty told Reuters. The 37-year-old former world No.

Associated Press Oct 30, 2023, 05:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions American gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton says she is “overwhelmed with all the love and support” she has received and is slowly recovering with family after being hospitalized with a rare form of pneumonia earlier this month. Retton, 55, posted a statement Monday on

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterOct 30, 2023, 07:40 AM 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). On May 11, 2022, cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson was shot three times in her friend’s

Associated Press Oct 29, 2023, 11:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SANTIAGO, Chile — Peru’s Kimberly García thought she set the world record in the women’s 20-kilometer walk race at the Pan American Games. She later found out she didn’t. Organizers said in a statement that the times of the race were annulled due to

Associated Press Oct 29, 2023, 08:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SOELDEN, Austria — Strong winds forced the cancellation of the season-opening men’s World Cup giant slalom Sunday after 47 of the 73 skiers in the first run had started. Gusts high up on the Rettenbachferner glacier initially prompted organizers to lower the start gate,