At age 33, Chari Hawkins achieved a dream that for years had felt impossible: She made the U.S. Olympic team. She floated through her early days in Paris feeling lucky to be there and excited to ...

Jules Boykoff, a former professional soccer player, is a political science professor at Pacific University and author of six books on the Olympics, most recently What Are the Olympics For? Dave Zirin ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Australian swimmers Josh Palmer and Emma McKeon have been banned from participating in the Olympics closing ceremony by delegation head Kitty Chiller after a night out on Copacabana ...

Five-time Olympic medalist Simone Manuel was eliminated in the preliminaries of the 50-meter freestyle at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. Manuel, the first Black woman to win an individual gold medal ...