Sports

Here’s how you can keep finding new sports to love between now and the next Olympics
One of the joys of watching the Olympics is getting sucked into sports you’ve barely heard of. If you still need that feeling in your life, these sports are out beyond the Olympic fringe.
Final Olympic medal tally puts U.S. on top in Paris
The fight for national bragging rights over gold medals — considered by many countries to be the most coveted prize — came down to the wire and in the end China and the U.S. tied with forty apiece.
A musical and stunt-filled closing ceremony draws the curtain on the Paris Olympics
The ceremony will transform France's national stadium into a concert hall to draw the curtain on over two weeks of competition as Paris hands over the Olympic flag to Los Angeles, the 2028 host city.
U.S. women hold off France to win eighth straight Olympic basketball gold medal
The U.S. survived the biggest challenge of its unprecedented run to eight straight gold medals with a 67-66 win over France on Sunday. No team had been able to push the Americans during this impressive streak of 61 consecutive wins.
The U.S. men’s basketball team topples France to win its fifth straight Olympic gold
The Americans’ streak of dominance in Olympic men’s basketball has only grown more impressive as international basketball has become more competitive than ever. The U.S. defeated host France 98-87.