Olympics

D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Apr 16, 2024, 10:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Haleigh Bryant knew LSU was poised for a special — and maybe even historic — season long before competition even began. It was early September, and the team was on a weekend retreat — or a “team advance” as the Tigers call it

Associated Press Apr 16, 2024, 06:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece — Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece. Cloudy skies prevented the traditional lighting, when an actress dressed as

Associated Press Apr 15, 2024, 12:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Hellen Obiri defended her women’s title in the Boston Marathon on Monday, outsprinting fellow Kenyan Sharon Lokedi down Boylston Street to win by 8 seconds. Obiri, 34, is the first woman to win back-to-back Boston Marathons since 2005 and the sixth overall.

Associated Press Apr 14, 2024, 08:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions UTICA, N.Y. — Slowed by an injury entering the women’s world hockey championships, it seemed only a matter of time for Marie-Philip Poulin — aka, Canada’s Captain Clutch — to make her presence felt. That moment came on Sunday, with Poulin scoring twice in

Associated Press Apr 13, 2024, 06:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions UTICA, N.Y. — Not knowing her next opponent yet, Taylor Heise took the diplomatic approach in saying she didn’t have a preference who the United States would face in the women’s world hockey championship gold-medal game. And yet, when offered the chance to say

ESPN News Services Apr 13, 2024, 02:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Nike says the U.S. women’s track and field Olympians will have multiple uniform options available for this summer’s Paris Games after some athletes bashed the kit as needlessly revealing and sexist. Images made public on Thursday of the women’s kit on a mannequin,

Associated Press Apr 12, 2024, 02:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CARACAS, Venezuela — Olympic triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas tore her left Achilles tendon and said Friday that she will miss this year’s Paris Games. The 28-year-old Venezuelan said on her Instagram account that she was injured while training in Spain. She said she

Associated Press Apr 11, 2024, 11:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ITHACA, N.Y. — Alex Carpenter and Abbey Murphy each had two goals, and the United States scored six times in the second period en route to a 10-0 victory over Japan on Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the women’s world hockey championships. Lacey

ESPN News Services Apr 11, 2024, 12:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ekaterina Poistogova-Guliyev has been banned for two years and will be stripped of the silver medal won for Russia in the 2012 Olympics 800-meter final if she does not appeal, the Athletics Integrity Unit said Thursday. If Poistogova-Guliyev is stripped of her silver,

Associated Press Apr 11, 2024, 01:28 AM ET TOKYO — Hawaii-born Akebono, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died. He was 54. He was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of “yokozuna” — or grand champion — in Japan. “It is with sadness that we announce

Dan Hajducky, ESPNApr 10, 2024, 06:42 PM ET Close Hajducky is an associate editor for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. Open Extended Reactions Women’s Elite Rugby announced Wednesday that, with its inaugural season slated to

Apr 9, 2024, 11:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Zambia and Nigeria locked up the last two spots in the women’s football tournament at the Paris Olympics after winning two-legged playoffs in the fourth round of African qualifying. Zambia needed extra time to get past Morocco in Rabat on Tuesday, the Copper Queens turning a

Associated Press Apr 9, 2024, 07:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — The Olympic rings will be displayed on the Eiffel Tower, organizers said in a statement Tuesday, as the French capital prepares to mark 100 days until the start of the Paris Games. A 95-foot-long and 49-foot-high structure of five Olympic rings, made

Connor O’Halloran Apr 7, 2024, 05:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions British ultramarathon runner Russ Cook arrived at Tunisia’s most northerly point on Sunday, completing his 352-day mission to run the length of the African continent. After almost 12 months navigating health scares, sandstorms, visa issues and even an armed robbery, Cook, known on social

Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 10:21 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Ethiopian runners Mulugeta Uma and Mestawut Fikir won the men’s and women’s Paris Marathon at their first attempts on Sunday. Uma was well clear heading to the finish line but almost collided with an official approaching the final turn. He was going

Associated Press Apr 5, 2024, 07:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina field hockey coach Erin Matson — one of the sport’s most accomplished players — said she won’t be allowed to try out for the U.S. Olympic team during its trials this weekend. Matson, 24, who led the Tar

Associated Press Apr 5, 2024, 11:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions UTICA, N.Y. — Laila Edwards became the first Black player to score for the United States women’s hockey team with two goals, Alex Carpenter scored three times and the Americans routed Czechia 6-0 on Friday night at the Women’s World Championship. Edwards and Carpenter

Associated Press Apr 5, 2024, 01:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INNSBRUCK, Austria — Skiing power couple Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde have announced they are engaged to be married. Shiffrin, a two-time Olympic champion who has won a record 97 World Cup races, holds her ring up to the camera in one of