Other Sports
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American swimming stars Dressel and Manuel settle for relay spots at US swim trialsJun 19, 2024 10:13 pm - Coming back from long layoffs, American swimming stars Caeleb Dressel and Simone Manuel had to settle for relay spots at the Olympics on Wednesday night.
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Regan Smith sets a world record in the 100 backstroke at the U.S. Olympic trials
Jun 18, 2024 8:40 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — No one was beating Regan Smith in her signature event. Bouncing back from a close-but-no-Olympics call in her first race, Smith set a world record in the w...
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A night for familiar names at U.S. swim trials. Ledecky, Murphy, King and Grimes win
Jun 17, 2024 9:18 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — It was a night for familiar names at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. American backstroke star Ryan Murphy is headed to his third Olympics. So is breastst...
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Walsh follows world record with 1st Olympic berth; Foster wins 400 IM
Jun 16, 2024 9:33 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Gretchen Walsh followed up a world record in the 100-meter butterfly with something that felt just as good. Her first trip to the Olympics. Walsh didn’t go...
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Ledecky on China doping scandal: ‘There’s supposed to be consequences’
Jun 16, 2024 1:06 pm - On July 29, 2021, Katie Ledecky swam a blistering anchor leg for Team USA in the final of the women’s 800-meter freestyle relay at the Tokyo Olympics, stopping the clock ...
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Former NBA star Luol Deng has steered South Sudan's basketball journey to Paris Olympics
Jun 16, 2024 11:08 am - Luol Deng was watching his vision coming into focus right in front of him. It was September 2023, barely six years since South Sudan had played in its first internationa...
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Katie Ledecky heading to her fourth Olympics, wins 400 freestyle at U.S. swimming trialsJun 15, 2024 10:38 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Katie Ledecky is heading to her fourth Olympics, an accomplishment that seemed unimaginable when she was a 15-year-old kid in London. These days, it wouldn...
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The Wheaton connection: U.S. Olympic men’s volleyball team will feature two players from the Western suburbJun 15, 2024 5:01 pm - Two men both from Wheaton -- Tommy Jaeschke and Jeff Jendryk -- are playing with the United States Men’s National Volleyball Team team that will compete at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
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U.S. opts for experience and versatility on Olympic women's basketball roster, passes on Caitlin Clark
Jun 11, 2024 5:08 pm - USA Basketball said experience was a major reason Caitlin Clark was not on the U.S. women's Olympic roster that was officially revealed Tuesday. The selection committee ...
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‘Just an old guy playing hockey,’ but Palatine man is an award winnerJun 08, 2024 4:02 pm - John Koufis seemed almost embarrassed by the major honor. On May 29 USA Hockey announced that among its 2024 annual awards, the Palatine man, a founder of the Chicago Sharks hockey team, was the organization’s Adult Player of the Year.