The Paris Olympics is going underground to find a way to keep athletes cool at the 2024 Games without air conditioners.
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Sha'Carri Richardson fails to qualify for TAF World Championships, rips media | SPEAK FOR YOURSELF
U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson called out the media after failing to qualify for the 2022 USATF World Championship team this past weekend. Richardson was emotional after her loss and urged the media to have consideration for athletes. Marcellus Wiley and Emmanuel Acho react to Richardson’s showing and critique of the media.
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Fox Sports salutes Army Veteran & U.S. Paralympian Melissa Stockwell on Veterans Day | FOX SPORTS
Fox Sports covers the story of Army Veteran & U.S. Paralympian, Melissa Stockwell, on her journey after losing a leg while serving overseas. Despite facing life changing circumstances, Melissa would go on to win a bronze medal in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. She continues to be an example of true American grit and a beacon of hope in her community.
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Building America's true (Likable) Redeem Team | Titus & Tate
Mark Titus and Tate Frazier discuss who Team USA needs to step up to win Olympic gold, while also being likable.
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Mark Titus on Olympic volleyball, ‘the whole sport is trying to dunk on each other for two hours’
Mark Titus tells Charlotte Wilder about his new love of Olympic volleyball, his favorite player, and the coolest announcers at the Summer Games.
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Chris Broussard breaks down why the USA Men’s basketball is off to a shaky start
Chris Broussard says there is no way any country has caught up with the US in basketball, but the world has. He lists four reasons why.
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Saluting statue to be removed from Amsterdam Olympic Stadium
Saluting statue to be removed from Amsterdam Olympic Stadium
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Australian survey: younger Olympians more willing to protest
An Australian survey shows a higher proportion of younger Olympians would be prepared to use games venues or medal podiums as a platform for demonstrations
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Isiah Thomas' Olympic hopes were denied, not once but twice
Isiah Thomas loved to play road games, and the ones he could have been part of in 1980 might have been unlike any other in his career
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Redmond's Finish Proves Race Not Always Won by the Swiftest
Derek Redmond’s triumph didn’t make the Olympic record books
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AP WAS THERE: 1988 Seoul Olympics
The Associated Press was in Seoul when it staged the last Olympics of the Cold War era
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AP WAS THERE: 1980 Olympics
The Associated Press was there during the 1980 Moscow Olympics
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Cold War rivalries split the Olympics in Moscow in 1980
The Cold War made for decades of tense Olympic battles between the United States and the Soviet Union
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Wilma Rudolph turns in triple gold performance in Rome Games
Wilma Rudolph’s biggest challenge turned out not to be double pneumonia, scarlet fever or polio
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"Blood in the Water:" War in the 1956 Olympic pool
Quentin Tarantino called a documentary film about it “the best untold story ever.”
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AP WAS THERE: 1956 Melbourne Olympics "Blood in the Water"
The Associated Press was there during the 1956 Melbourne Olympics
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USOPC opens books, gives more detail about sports funding
New financial reports from the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee include unprecedented detail about money that goes to the sports organizations it oversees
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Tokyo Paralympic competition schedule will be same next year
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic schedule remains essentially unchanged for the event postponed until next year
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AP WAS THERE: 1952 Helsinki Games
AP WAS THERE: 1952 Helsinki Games
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BOYCOTT GAMES: Fields harbors no anger despite missing '80
In the grand scheme of things, Benn Fields knows he’s lucky
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Hungary's one-armed shooter wins 1948 Olympic gold
Károly Takács was one of Hungary’s finest pistol shooters when a defective hand grenade blew off his right shooting hand during an army drill
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AP WAS THERE: 1932 Los Angeles Olympics
The Associated Press was there during the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, covering the most modern Summer Games up to that time
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Los Angeles' first Olympics set template for future Games
Los Angeles’ first Olympics set template for future Games
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AP Was There: 16-year-old American wins 1st women's 100 dash
The Associated Press was there for the first gold medal in an Olympic track race for women
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1928 Amsterdam: Women's track, gymnastics debut at Olympics
The 1928 Amsterdam Olympics were the first Summer Games that allowed women to compete in track and field or gymnastics
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Nurmi set 2 Olympic records within an hour at 1924 Games
Paavo Nurmi set an Olympic record in the 1,500-meter race at the 1924 Paris Games and then set an Olympic record in the 5,000 less than an hour later
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AP WAS THERE: 1924 Paris Olympics
The Associated Press coverage of the 1924 Paris Olympics included this story about Americans dominating track and field events on July 8
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Paris Olympics in 1924 set stage for Hollywood endings
There was a soon-to-be Hollywood star in the pool and a soon-to-be Hollywood ending on the track at the 1924 Paris Olympics
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Brazil sets Olympic camp in Portugal due to pandemic at home
Rio Maior, a relatively small Portuguese city of 21,000 residents outside Lisbon, is the new Rio de Janeiro for 72 high-performance Olympians from Brazil
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Qatar interested in bidding for 2032 Olympics, Paralympics
Qatar is keen on on hosting the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games
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