Olympics

Associated Press Apr 5, 2024, 08:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BARCELONA, Spain — Two-time defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard remained hospitalized in Spain a day after he broke his collarbone and several ribs in a bad crash with other top riders during the Tour of Basque Country. The Danish rider’s Visma-Lease A

Associated Press Apr 4, 2024, 11:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Two-time defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard was among several riders hospitalized after a harrowing crash at the Basque Country Vuelta on Thursday, which also caught up Olympic gold medalist Primoz Roglič and Remco Evenepoel, one of the favorites for the

ESPN News Services Apr 3, 2024, 10:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions UTICA, N.Y. — Haley Winn scored two goals, captain Hilary Knight had a goal and an assist, and the United States started its title defense with a 4-0 win over Switzerland on Wednesday night in the IIHF women’s world championship. Winn opened the

Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterApr 3, 2024, 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). Open Extended Reactions UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA junior Leanne Wong is crouched low on a balance

Associated Press Apr 2, 2024, 02:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld the IOC decision to remove the International Boxing Association from the Olympic family. The court announced Tuesday that it dismissed the IBA appeal because the organization “had not complied with the conditions set

Apr 1, 2024, 10:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Joseph Schooling, the swimmer who won Singapore’s only Olympic gold medal to date, in 2016, announced on Tuesday that he had retired from the pool at the age of 28. Known in the city state as “Singapore’s Flying Fish,” Schooling stunned the swimming world when he

Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterApr 1, 2024, 11:42 AM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of Notre Dame Open Extended Reactions The U.S. Center for SafeSport announced substantial changes Monday aimed at addressing concerns that athletes have raised about the organization’s ability to effectively investigate claims of

Associated Press Mar 31, 2024, 03:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions OUDENAARDE, Belgium — World champion Mathieu van der Poel was untouchable in tough, rainy conditions on Sunday as the Dutch rider claimed a record-equaling third win at the Tour of Flanders cobbled classic, one of cycling’s most challenging one-day races. In the absence of

Associated Press Mar 31, 2024, 12:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — Leon Marchand set NCAA records in the 200 yard breaststroke and the 400 yards freestyle relay Saturday to help Arizona State win the program’s first NCAA men’s swimming and diving championship. Marchard, a junior, won his third consecutive national title in the

Michael Voepel, ESPN.comMar 29, 2024, 02:56 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 ALBANY, N.Y. — Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark doesn’t have the potential of a

ESPN News Services Mar 29, 2024, 08:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions France says it has asked 46 countries if they would be willing to supply more than 2,000 police officers to help secure the Paris Olympics this summer, as organizers finalize security planning for the French capital’s first Games in a century while on

Michael Voepel, ESPN.comMar 28, 2024, 01:14 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 ALBANY, N.Y. — Caitlin Clark will be busy on women’s Final Four weekend in Cleveland

Associated Press Mar 26, 2024, 08:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SYDNEY — Basketball star Lauren Jackson is coming out of retirement again in a bid to make the Australian team and compete at a fifth Olympics. The 42-year-old three-time WNBA MVP was included in Australia’s 26-player squad on Wednesday, and is widely tipped to

Brian Windhorst, ESPN Senior WriterMar 26, 2024, 10:53 AM ET Close ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author of two books Open Extended Reactions USA Basketball announced its four-member 3×3 national team for the Paris Olympics Tuesday. Canyon Barry, former NBA player Jimmer Fredette, Kareem Maddox and Dylan Travis will

Associated Press Mar 25, 2024, 11:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions GENEVA — Swiss stars Marco Odermatt and Lara Gut-Behrami earned the most money on Alpine skiing’s World Cup circuit this season, although the two overall champions made less than the record $1 million totals of one year ago. Odermatt again won 13 races to

Mar 24, 2024, 10:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions British ultrarunner Jasmin Paris became the first woman ever to finish the Barkley Marathons on Friday, completing one of the most challenging ultramarathons in the world with 99 seconds to spare in the 60-hour cut-off. Paris was one of five ultrarunners to complete the annual race

ESPN News Services Mar 24, 2024, 09:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Swiss standout Marco Odermatt earned his fourth World Cup crystal globe of the season Sunday in anticlimactic circumstances as the final race was canceled due to bad weather. The start of the men’s downhill was pushed back several times because of snow and

Associated Press Mar 23, 2024, 10:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — American figure skating star Ilia Malinin is a world champion — and a world-record holder. Malinin put on a dominant display that included a jaw-dropping six quad jumps — including his patented quad axel — to snag the men’s singles crown Saturday