Inside the complex battle new Olympic sports wage for acceptance
PARIS — When the battles begin, when the time comes to throw down, look for Victor Montalvo to bring his classic moves. That free-flowing style. His...
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Olympic flag arrives in L.A. and LA28 focuses on prep for Games
The charter flight left Paris on Monday morning, carrying Mayor Karen Bass, local Olympic organizers and a few dozen athletes home from the 2024 Summer...
Photos: Closing ceremony at Paris opens up 2028 Summer Olympics for L.A.
The world watched as the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics come to a close, with plenty of drama draped across iconic venues. Paris has passed its...
L.A. officially accepts Olympic handoff to close Paris Olympics
PARIS — No other city in the world can do what Paris did over the past three weeks, staging the drama of Olympic competition against...
L.A. reveals some of its Olympics closing ceremony performers
Southern California musical all-stars Billie Eilish, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Snoop Dogg will be featured during the Olympic closing ceremony that will help...
Karen Bass touts ‘car-free’ L.A. Olympics, but there’s a catch
PARIS — Rush hour all but disappeared. There was less traffic on the freeways and not as much stop-and-go on surface streets. Long-time residents of Southern...
Brittney Griner cherishes her Olympic run after Russian detention
PARIS — Fans wearing the United States’ red, white and blue draped a simple white banner with handwritten black letters over the railing in the...
Bill May hopes men will be featured in Olympic artistic swimming
PARIS — The hotel where they put Bill May is nice, expensive, across from the Jardin des Tuileries. He sits in a tastefully furnished lounge off...
Nyjah Huston says Olympic bronze medal ‘not as high quality’
U.S. skateboarder Nyjah Huston won his first Olympics medal last week in Paris. It’s bronze. Or at least it was. Now it is bronze and...
American B-girls proud to be part of breaking’s Olympic debut
PARIS — Sunny Choi has spent many jams dancing in dark, cramped rooms. The floors are dirty. Everyone’s sweating. She may kick someone. They’re still...