Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — Poland will play for a gold medal in men’s volleyball, rallying from a 2-1 deficit to beat the United States in the deciding fifth set of the Paris Olympics’ semifinals on Wednesday. Poland came back from 20-18 in the third
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The debate about whether the NFL will expand the regular season once again seems to have been resolved and now it’s a matter of how soon the league adds an 18th game. Commissioner Roger Goodell has talked openly about it, union chief Lloyd Howell recently told the Washington Post that
The family of a French explorer who died in a submersible implosion has filed a wrongful death lawsuit seeking more than $50 million that accuses the sub’s operator of gross negligence. Paul-Henri Nargeolet was among five people who died when the Titan submersible imploded during a voyage to the famed Titanic wreck site in the
PARIS (AP) — The Romanian Olympic Committee says it has appealed Sabrina Maneca-Voinea’s score from the floor exercise final at the Paris Games after a last-minute inquiry on behalf of American rival Jordan Chiles prompted heartbreak and rage from the former gymnastics powerhouse. Maneca-Voinea and Romanian teammate Ana Barbosu were left outside the medals in
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Military-run hearings for accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were in upheaval Wednesday following Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to throw out a plea agreement . Defense attorneys contend the plea deal still stands and suspended participation in the pre-trial hearings while
TOKYO (AP) — Recorded and filmed as he was dying of cancer , Ryuichi Sakamoto’s “Opus” — the Japanese film composer’s posthumous album and documentary of the same name — is clearly meant to be his final farewell. As an album, it is fitting that the 20-song, hour-and-a-half recording of sparse piano played by Sakamoto
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — It didn’t matter to 51-year-old Andy Macdonald that he was among the lower-ranked finishers in the men’s park skateboarding competition at the Paris Olympics . He still considers himself a winner “People are like: ‘Are you going for the gold?’
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — Li Fabin of China defended his Olympic weightlifting title on Wednesday, winning the men’s 61-kilogram division, while Hampton Morris became the first American man to earn a weightlifting medal at the Games in four decades. After going into the competition
Want more Olympics? Sign up for our daily Postcards from Paris newsletter. PARIS (AP) — It is quite literally the food of champions. Paris Olympics organizers are determined that it not go to waste. Food that goes uneaten at the Games — by the athletes, the spectators and the workers — is helping those in
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The NCAA announced a four-year show-cause order for former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh on Wednesday for impermissible contact with recruits and players while access was restricted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The NCAA said Harbaugh, who left his alma mater to coach the Los Angeles Chargers after last season’s national championship
