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Ledecky, Dressel star for US; Thompson-Herah wins 100 meters

Katie Ledecky made more history for the U.S. in the pool. Same for Caeleb Dressel. Elaine Thompson-Herah made her history on ...

Durant sets record, example for US Olympic men's hoops team

Kevin Durant had been just ordinary so far in these Olympics. That's probably not good enough for gold. Not on this U.S.

AP sources: Lakers acquiring All-Star Westbrook from Wizards

The Los Angeles Lakers are acquiring All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook from the Washington Wizards for three players and ...

NBA's Jaxson Hayes arrested in Los Angeles police struggle

New Orleans Pelicans center Jaxson Hayes was arrested in Los Angeles after a struggle with officers who responded to a report ...

Simone Biles makes mental health the talk of the Tokyo Games

Brittney Griner has long been open about her ongoing battle with depression, an ailment that triggered suicidal thoughts when ...

US trio puts NBA Finals behind, turns focus to Olympic gold

There was plenty of time to talk about it, had they wanted to. Devin Booker, Jrue Holiday and Khris Middleton were together ...

Ice Cube pushing for sports fans to ride along with Big3

Ice Cube tweeted a Big3 clip of famous faces — fighters, NFL and NBA players, and, yes, that was Kanye West in a ski mask — ...

Olympics Latest: Latvia wins gold in men's 3-on-3

The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the ...

US bounces back from Olympic-opening loss, routs Iran 120-66

It wasn't just that the U.S. had been losing. It was that the level of play was practically un-American. Playing passively ...

The play-in tournament officially returning to NBA in 2022

The NBA’s play-in tournament is back for at least one more season. As expected, the league’s board of governors gave approval ...

New Pac-12 boss Kliavkoff doesn't see expansion as a must

George Kliavkoff had a lot on his plate in his first couple of months as Pac-12 commissioner — visiting campuses, discussing ...

US men's basketball seeking some ways to click on offense

Kevin Durant was the leading scorer for Brooklyn this past season. Same goes for Damian Lillard in Portland, Devin Booker in ...

After fall, Lillard, Adebayo try to help US get up again

Damian Lillard was nearly flat on his back, trying to save a possession the U.S. couldn't afford to lose. He not only ...

AP Source: Pelicans, Grizzlies, agree to multi-player trade

The Memphis Grizzlies have agreed to trade center Jonas Valanciunas to the New Orleans Pelicans in exchange for center Steven ...

Packers' CEO 'hopeful' about sorting things out with Rodgers

Green Bay Packers president/CEO Mark Murphy remains hopeful quarterback Aaron Rodgers the three-time MVP will play for them ...

Slam dunk: NBC brings back iconic NBA theme for Olympics

The soundtrack of the NBA a generation ago has made its way to the Tokyo Olympics. “Roundball Rock” — the iconic score ...

US loses to France 83-76, 25-game Olympic win streak ends

The final buzzer sounded and France barely celebrated. To them, beating the United States again wasn't really a surprise.

DeChambeau, Rahm out of Olympics after positive COVID tests

Known for their towering drives, Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm won't make it to the tee box at the Olympics. The past two U.

Mills leads Australia past Nigeria, 84-67 in Olympic opener

The Australians opened their Olympics against a team that had even more NBA players and just like them a recent victory over ...

Playground goes big time; 3-on-3 hoops hits the Olympics

Anyone who's ever jacked up a fadeaway 3 in a pickup basketball game knows there are two sure ways to start a fight on the ...