U.S. women’s basketball wins its 8th straight Olympic gold
PARIS — It’s not easy making history. The United States survived a scare from France to win an unprecedented eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal Sunday with...
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U.S. women’s soccer defeats Brazil for Paris Olympic gold medal
PARIS — U.S. Soccer has been searching for a nickname for the dynamic trio of young forwards leading its women’s national team. Saturday it found one....
Olympics: U.S. water polo team beset by tragedies absorbs loss
NANTERRE, France — Maddie Musselman lost a water polo game Thursday. Not just any game, mind you. It was a semifinal of the Paris Olympics and...
Paris Olympics: USWNT off to strong start in pursuit of gold
PARIS — The U.S. women’s soccer team has its swagger back. And that’s brought its success back too. After settling for just one bronze medal in...
What’s next for U.S. women’s rugby sevens after bronze-medal showing?
PARIS — Every four years the world pauses for two weeks to cheer on rowers, fencers, archers and weightlifters, who win and lose in anonymity for...