Sparks struggle against Liberty, record most lopsided loss of year
The crowd roared pregame, celebrating the six combined Olympians playing for the Sparks and the Liberty. When the ball tipped for the first time since...
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Olympic flags are headed to L.A. City Hall. Not everyone is happy
The model ship from South Korea and the shrine from Japan stood on the third floor of Los Angeles City Hall for decades. Ordinary residents...
Jordan Chiles’ bronze taken by head of panel who represents Romania
Like any world-class gymnast, Jordan Chiles is familiar with contortions and flips. But what she has endured since giving her all in the floor exercise...
Opinion: Have the 2024 Olympics really changed the game for women in sports?
This year, quotas requiring equal numbers of female and male athletes delivered a Summer Games closer to gender parity than any other Olympics in history....
Bond between Alyssa Naeher, Mallory Swanson helped U.S. win gold
Mallory Swanson loves to talk, always has a twinkle in her eye and doesn’t so much walk as she does skip. Alyssa Naeher has none...
Australia’s Raygun responds to backlash from her viral performance
Raygun has broken her silence. Not long after her breakdancing performances during the 2024 Paris Olympics were widely mocked across social media, the Australian breakdancer...
Plaschke: Bring it on! Los Angeles begins countdown to 2028 Olympics
Finally, dramatically, it has ended, the 2024 Paris Olympics finishing its last lap Sunday with incomparable enthusiasm, unbridled joy, and one last look at the...
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...
Final finisher of women’s marathon shows true Olympic spirit
PARIS — The original Olympic motto translates from Latin as “swifter, higher, stronger.” And those who live up to it are the ones who win gold...
Women experienced the best — and the worst — at Paris Olympics
PARIS — After punching her way to a gold medal, winning bout after bout, the Algerian boxer felt like she had to keep fighting. Throughout the...