Olympics

9:00 AM ET Gray Montrose could not believe it when she opened her email earlier this year and read that she was facing punishment from the U.S. Center for SafeSport. The 34-year-old attorney and part-time rugby referee had filed a claim with SafeSport, the U.S. Olympic Movement’s sexual misconduct watchdog, in June 2021, reporting that

1:12 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — The 2024 United States Olympic marathon trials will be held along the streets in Orlando, Florida. USA Track and Field announced the decision Tuesday. The site for the rest of the track and field trials is still being determined. The top three men and women finishers in the

8:51 AM ET Russian Olympic figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case has been referred to the Court of Arbitration for Sport by the World Anti-Doping Agency after it made no progress with the Russian Anti-Doping Agency, WADA president Witold Banka said on Tuesday. Valieva tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine at the Russian national

8:36 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Jimmer Fredette now knows what it’s like to win a 3×3 gold medal with USA Basketball. He’s hoping it’s the first of many. Fredette’s 2-pointer — that’s what beyond-the-arc shots are worth in the 3-on-3 game — with 1:07 remaining was the clinching basket in a 21-18 win

3:22 PM ET Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England — Brody Malone won the first world championship on the high bar by an American men’s gymnast in 43 years Sunday when he edged world and Olympic all-around champion Daiki Hashimoto of Japan in a close event final. The 22-year-old Malone, a two-time U.S. champion, led off the

Nov 6, 2022 ESPN News Services Evans Chebet won the New York City Marathon men’s race Sunday, adding the victory to his triumph at the Boston Marathon earlier this year, and Sharon Lokedi won the women’s race as the pair of Kenyan runners made a splash in their Big Apple debuts. Chebet finished in 2

5:02 PM ET Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England — Jade Carey’s rebound from Olympic disappointment in her best event ended with a gold medal at the world championships. The 22-year-old American soared to victory in the women’s vault final Saturday, giving her a second trip to the top of the podium at M&S Bank Arena after

11:22 AM ET Tania Eicoff Fifty thousand people are at the starting line. Thousands more line the streets to cheer them on. Whether it’s 26.2 miles or 42.195 kilometers depends on where you are in the world. About a million runners every year clamor at the start line to become a marathoner. Less than 1%

12:25 PM ET Eric GomezMexico writer As Pierry Duvan Ramirez continues his quest to race all six World Marathon Majors, he will be sure to take in his surroundings at Sunday’s New York City Marathon. The 46-year-old Colombian national, who is paralyzed from the waist down, will use a specially outfitted handcycle wheelchair to reach

6:12 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com With gravity-defying tumbling and confidence that seems to grow with every routine, Rebeca Andrade made history on Thursday at the world championships in Liverpool, England, becoming the first South American gymnast to win the all-around title. The 23-year-old Brazilian competitor, who earned all-around silver at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, entered

7:47 AM ET Associated Press LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The disqualification of two-time Tour de France runner-up Nairo Quintana from his sixth place in the 2022 race for misuse of an opioid was confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday. CAS said its judges dismissed Quintana’s appeal and agreed with the International Cycling

7:57 PM ET Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England — China won its 12th world men’s gymnastics championship on Wednesday, putting together six solid if not always spectacular rotations to cruise to victory over rival Japan in a meet that felt like a battle of attrition. The Chinese posted a total of 257.858 points, more than four

5:56 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Led by Olympic and NCAA stars Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey, as well as breakout star Shilese Jones, the U.S. women’s gymnastics team won their sixth straight world team title on Tuesday. The squad has now won every world championship gold medal since 2010 — or, in other words, since

2:31 PM ET Associated Press USA Basketball has picked the 12 players that will be tasked with clinching a berth in next year’s World Cup. The roster for the next two World Cup qualifying games at Washington was revealed Sunday, for matchups against Brazil on Nov. 11 and Colombia on Nov. 14. The Americans are

10:24 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Katie Ledecky is having a great time in her first competitive event of the season at this week’s FINA Swimming World Cup. Ledecky set a world record in the 1,500-meter freestyle on Saturday night at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. “I knew that record was within reach

Oct 29, 2022 Associated Press MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier were so burned out after an Olympic season of isolation and dodging COVID-19 that their six-week break over the summer wasn’t just a choice – it was a necessity. “It was what we needed in order to be able

8:25 PM ET Associated Press The head of the organization that runs Olympic curling in the U.S. resigned Friday in the wake of an investigation that revealed he failed to act on allegations of sexual abuse and other harassment when he was leader of the National Women’s Soccer League. USA Curling said it had accepted

5:27 PM ET Associated Press VICTORIA, British Columbia — British Columbia’s government will not support Vancouver’s bid to hold the 2030 Olympics in the province, a move that places Salt Lake City closer to bringing the Games back to Utah. BC’s minister of tourism, arts, culture and sports said Thursday that the cost of staging