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Curry closes the show, Booker and Durant deliver as USA wins Olympic gold


Curry closes the show, Booker and Durant deliver as USA wins Olympic gold

USA Men’s Basketball Team: Devin Booker and Steph Curry lift the team Steph Curry praises Booker and gives the team momentum Kevin Durant finally got to start, Devin Booker got off to a quick start and Stephen Curry closed the show as the U.S. team won its fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal on Saturday. Curry […]

How to watch US wrestlers on the final day of the Olympics: FREE live stream, time, channel


How to watch US wrestlers on the final day of the Olympics: FREE live stream, time, channel

With no preliminary bouts scheduled, the final day of wrestling at the 2024 Olympics starts and ends early, but there is still a battle between U.S. athletes for the bronze and gold medals. All the action will be broadcast live on Peacock starting at 5 a.m. ET (11 a.m. in Paris) and delayed on USA […]

How should one understand the Olympic debut of breakdancing at the Olympic Games in Paris? Just watch and pay attention.


How should one understand the Olympic debut of breakdancing at the Olympic Games in Paris? Just watch and pay attention.

Open this photo in the gallery: Canadian Philip “Phil Wizard” Kim competes in the breaking competition at the Summer Olympics in Paris on Saturday, August 10, 2024. Kim won gold in the first Olympic men’s breaking tournament on Saturday.Christine Muschi/The Canadian Press There are still some sports where you’re not allowed to cry, but breakdancing […]

Steph Curry secures US basketball gold medal


Steph Curry secures US basketball gold medal

USWNT and US men’s basketball win gold in Paris Mallory Swanson scored a goal in the 57th minute to lead the USWNT to gold, while Steph Curry and Co. defeated France on their home court to take the overall victory. PARIS – The sequence was pure Steph Curry. As France narrowed the United States lead […]

Australian Moesha Johnson takes silver medal in epic marathon swimming race


Australian Moesha Johnson takes silver medal in epic marathon swimming race

Moesha Johnson has won another Olympic medal for Australia: she took silver in the grueling 10 km marathon swim on Thursday. Johnosn, who made her Olympic debut at age 26, led the race for much of the event, which consisted of an epic battle against the currents of the Seine over six laps. Dutchwoman Sharon […]

Paris Olympics, Day 15: USA wins gold in men’s basketball and women’s soccer, three more gold medals in athletics


Paris Olympics, Day 15: USA wins gold in men’s basketball and women’s soccer, three more gold medals in athletics

By KRISTIE RIEKEN, AP Sports Writer PARIS – The United States won gold in men’s basketball and women’s soccer at the Paris Olympic Games on Saturday and added three more gold medals in a magnificent evening on the athletics track. Stephen Curry scored 24 points to lead Team USA to a 98-87 victory over France […]

Science fiction and cricket? How about a genre bender?


Science fiction and cricket? How about a genre bender?

It would be contradictory, even perverse, to write yet another column about cricket during the Olympics, and in France, whose relationship with this gentleman’s sport can best be described as an empty net. Yet the story I am about to tell has a distinctly Gallic touch. It concerns a recovered and lost novel from 1967, […]

Preview of the gold medal game in women’s basketball at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris


Preview of the gold medal game in women’s basketball at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris

Saturday is the last day of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in Paris. It’s been an incredible time. This year’s Olympics did not disappoint. However, the last day of the 2024 Olympics will see the final of the women’s basketball tournament. The final game, of course, is the gold medal match on Saturday morning. […]

Devin Booker and the US basketball team win gold medal at the Olympic Games in Paris


Devin Booker and the US basketball team win gold medal at the Olympic Games in Paris

Moss Point graduate Devin Booker won a gold medal with the U.S. national basketball team at the Olympic Games in Paris on Saturday. Team USA defeated France 98-87. Booker started and scored 15 points – 13 in the first half – with six rebounds. His biggest highlight came in the second quarter, when he converted […]