Tag: United States Olympic Team
World champs Hurd, Memmel eye big picture at US Classic
Morgan Hurd can feel when the pressure creeps up on her.
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Swan song? Biles gearing up for one more Olympic ride
SPRING, Texas — Simone Biles hops up in a chair and lets out a small sigh.
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Williams inspires US water polo team with play, mentality
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. — Alys Williams thought she was done. She was the last cut for the best women's water polo team in the...
Cuba baseball squad without visas as Olympic qualifier nears
HAVANA — Just over a week before the start of the Americas Olympic qualifying tournament in Florida, the Cuban team does not have visas...
NBC using ESPN’s Foudy, Rae, Hildreth for Olympics
STAMFORD, Conn. — NBC is using some of ESPN's soccer broadcasters to supplement its Olympic coverage of the sport headed by Arlo White.
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Devils hire Meghan Duggan as manager of player development
Former U.S. national team captain Meghan Duggan was named manager of player development for the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday, the latest prominent women's...
Record-setting sprinter, ’68 Olympic activist Lee Evans dies
LAGOS, Nigeria — Lee Evans, the record-setting sprinter who wore a black beret in a sign of protest at the 1968 Olympics, died Wednesday....
3-time U.S. Olympic hockey medalist Kacey Bellamy retires
Kacey Bellamey, a three-time Olympian who helped the United States end a 20-year gold medal drought at the 2018 Winter Games, announced her retirement...
Pidcock, Lecomte win Czech mountain bike World Cup races
Tom Pidcock became the first British rider to win a mountain bike World Cup race in more than two decades Sunday while Loana Lecomte...
Americans dominate first World Triathlon Series women’s race
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Taylor Knibb won the season-opening World Championship Series triathlon on Saturday to book her place on the U.S. team for the...