PARIS (AP) — Charlie Riedel has been an AP staff photographer in Kansas City, Missouri, for 24 years. This is his eighth Olympic games. Here is what Riedel had to say about making this extraordinary photo. Why this photo? Simone Biles has been considered the best gymnast in the world for many years and interest
PARIS (AP) — Red, white, and blue. And Green. American tennis player Danielle Collins isn’t just getting support from her own country at the Paris Olympics . Irish fans have adopted her as one of their own, too. Collins started to realize the extent of her new fanbase when she was warming up before her
MUNICH (AP) — Thousands of Taylor Swift fans have gotten free seats to her concerts in Munich on a grassy hill near the concert venue. The Swifties packed the Olympic Hill, or Olympiaberg, one of the highest elevations in the southern German city, for the second straight day Sunday. That gave them a high perch
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billions of dollars have been spent on efforts to get homeless people off the streets in California, but outdated computer systems with error-filled data are all too often unable to provide even basic information like where a shelter bed is open on any given night, inefficiencies that can lead to dire
PARIS (AP) — Andy Murray’s tennis career was extended for at least one more match in dramatic style when he and British partner Dan Evans saved five match points during a first-round doubles win at the Paris Olympics . Murray and Evans rallied past the Japanese pair of Taro Daniel and Kei Nishikori 2-6, 7-6
It was another action-packed day at the Paris Olympics . LeBron James and Kevin Durant led the U.S. men’s basketball team to an opening victory against Nikola Jokic and Serbia. Simone Biles dominated gymnastics qualifying, and Rafael Nadal set up a second-round tennis match against Novak Djokovic. The competition continues on Monday and runs all
NANTERRE, France (AP) — With a flag-waving crowd cheering his every stroke, Léon Marchand delivered a swimming gold for France with a dominating victory in the men’s 400-meter individual medley Sunday night. Marchand was ahead as soon as his head popped from the water and he steadily pulled away from the field in what was
ELANCOURT, France (AP) — Haley Batten was fined by the Olympic mountain bike judges for breaking a rule on the final lap of her race Sunday, though she will no doubt gladly pay the modest penalty after her silver medal marked the best finish ever by an American rider. Batten was jockeying for second place
PARIS (AP) — There will be an all-U.S. final in women’s foil fencing at the Paris Olympics after Lee Kiefer and Lauren Scruggs won in the semifinals Sunday. Kiefer, the defending champion from the Tokyo Olympics, jumped for joy after beating Alice Volpi of Italy 15-10 in their semifinal bout. Scruggs, who won 15-9 against
PARIS (AP) — It may be too early to call these Paris Olympics the Fashion Olympics. But, in the city widely considered the capital of fashion, the word “fashion” has surely been mentioned so far more by now than in any other Games. And so it made sense to Angela Ruggiero, a four-time U.S. Olympic
