World Aug 08 Lyles, battling COVID, finishes 3rd in Olympic 200-meter final won by Botswana’s Tebogo Noah Lyles lost the Olympic 200 meters Thursday, falling to Botswana's Letsile Tebogo, then being tended to by medics who carted him off the track in a wheelchair suffering with what The Associated Press learned was a case of COVID.
World Aug 01 From shark watches to stray boats to bacteria, Olympic triathlon dilemmas not new There was a shark watch at the first Olympic triathlon in 2000. There have also been boats in the way and major bacteria concerns at two of the last three events.
World Jul 30 Concerns over water quality in the Seine delays men’s Olympic triathlon Officials on Tuesday say they hope the swimming portion of the race will be able to go forward in the long-polluted waterway Wednesday or in the coming days following an expensive cleanup effort.
World Jul 29 Triathlon cancels Olympic swim training for the second day over Seine water quality concerns The sport's governing body, its medical team and city officials, are banking on sunny weather and higher temperatures to bring the levels of E. coli bacteria below the necessary limits to stage the swim portion of the race.
Nation Apr 14 MLB players find less time for small talk with pitch clock The pitch clock hasn't just made baseball quicker. It's quieter now, too.
Nation Mar 08 On International Women’s Day, all-female crew to produce ESPN’s NBA broadcast An all-female ensemble will produce the Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans game that will air Wednesday on ESPN.
World Jul 06 Banned sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson left off Olympic team The decision means the American's positive test for marijuana will cost her a chance at running on the relay team in Tokyo, in addition to her spot in the 100-meter individual race.
Nation Jul 02 Sha’Carri Richardson will miss Olympic 100 after marijuana test American champion Sha’Carri Richardson cannot run in the Olympic 100-meter race after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana.
Nation Apr 06 MLB officially moves All-Star Game to Denver’s Coors Field MLB decided to move the July 13 game from Atlanta in response to Georgia voting rules that Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law March 25.