By PAUL NEWBERRY Updated 4:04 PM CDT, August 1, 2024 NANTERRE, France (AP) — Another romp for Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh. A gold medal for American Kate Douglass. And, to cap things off, a record-breaking night for Katie Ledecky. With a…
Simone Biles holds off Brazil's Rebeca Andrade in all-around, becomes oldest Olympic women's gymnastics champ since 1952. Suni Lee takes home the bronze. Biles’ win makes history — she is the only American gymnast to win gold in the all-around…
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated 12:08 PM CDT, August 1, 2024 Simone Biles lost an early lead in the Olympic gymnastics all-around finals after botching a transition on the uneven bars. The 27-year-old is attempting to become the oldest women’s all-around champion since…
VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France (AP) — When Liam Corrigan yelled out “red!” entering the final stages of the regatta, the rest of the American crew knew it was time to go hard. They all gave it an extra push, picking up the…
Simone Biles, fresh off leading the U.S. women’s gymnastics team back to the gold medal in team competition, returns to the mat today for the Paris Olympics all-around finals.
July 30, 2024, 5:09 PM CDT By Dennis Romero Brazilian former world champion Gabriel Medina wowed the surfing world Monday with a spectacular tube ride that he seemed to self-score even before he kicked out: “10,” he indicated with his hands.…
By CLIFF BRUNT Updated 2:29 PM CDT, July 31, 2024 VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France (AP) — Evy Leibfarth was sitting in third place in the women’s canoe slalom final with just one competitor standing between the American and a first Olympic medal. Gabriela…
Stephanie De Lancey At the 2024 Paris Games there might not have been an event with a more obvious favorite than Katie Ledecky and the women’s 1500m freestyle. The long-distance specialist owns the 19 fastest times in the event’s history and won…
By HOWARD FENDRICH Updated 2:09 PM CDT, July 31, 2024 PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal’s Paris Games — and, almost certainly, his Olympic career — ended Wednesday night when he and Carlos Alcaraz were eliminated in the men’s doubles quarterfinals with a 6-2,…
By JOHN PYE Updated 4:16 PM CDT, July 30, 2024 SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Two Olympic gold medals and a silver around her neck, draped in a flag, Portia Woodman-Wickliffe walked away from the field at the Paris Games content with her rugby…
by HOWARD FENDRICH Updated 3:57 PM CDT, July 30, 2024 PARIS (AP) — The scene felt all too familiar to Coco Gauff. An officiating decision she was sure was wrong. A chair umpire who wouldn’t listen. Tears streaming down her…
PARIS (AP) — Arsonists attacked France high-speed rail network early Friday, paralyzing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and Europe for some 800,000 people, including Olympic athletes heading to the grand opening ceremony of the Games in the evening.…
By BARBARA SURK and ANGELA CHARLTON PARIS (AP) — French authorities have foiled several plots to disrupt the 2024 Olympics, including arresting a Russian man in one of them, officials said Wednesday, just days before the opening ceremony of the Summer Games in Paris.…
By GRAHAM DUNBAR PARIS (AP) — What was expected to be a simple coronation of Salt Lake City as the 2034 Winter Olympic host turned into complicated Olympic politics Wednesday, as the IOC pushed Utah officials to end an FBI investigation…
The City of Hattiesburg released their Olympic schedule earlier. The Hattiesburg Summer Games are set to kick off on July 27th in the Hub City's downtown. All events start…
One city is bringing the Olympics closer to home! Hattiesburg is hosting a hobby horse obstacle race on July 27th. That ceremony starts at 10 AM and the medal…
Team MSU is sending its largest delegation in school history to the 2024 Paris Olympics. A total of eight athletes and one coach is representing the Magnolia State and the Bulldogs. This breaks the previous record of seven Bulldogs participating…
One of the greatest long jumpers in history, University of Mississippi alumna Brittney Reese is already recognized as the university's most celebrated Olympian. However, her quiet efforts to help and serve others are often…
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The inevitability sunk in for Steven Stamkos a full day before the NHL made it official that players would not be allowed to participate in the Beijing Olympics. Left off Canada's Olympic roster in…
As the proud owner of 22 gold medals in track and field and cross country from her time as a Pass Christian Pirate, Cory McGee is used to winning. More than a decade later, her final race in the 2020…
Former Gulfport High, MGCCC, and Ole Miss track and field star Brittney Reese is bringing yet another Olympic medal home to the Magnolia state. “We were so proud of her. I definitely was. I think everybody in Gulfport was proud…
Over the weekend, Gulfport native Brittney Reese became just the fourth United States long jumper to ever qualify for the Olympics four times and she’s saving her…
Over the weekend, another track and field star from the Gulf Coast punching her ticket to the 2020 Tokyo Games. During Saturday’s long jump finals, Brittney Reese…
For a distance runner like Pass Christian native Cory McGee, putting in 70 to 80 miles per week certainly isn’t out of the ordinary. But imagine…