The Americans haven’t lost an Olympic contest since 1992, but also know, ‘the rest of the world is definitely improving.’
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Celtics guard Derrick White replaces Kawhi Leonard on U.S. Olympic team
The American men’s basketball team will go to Paris with three members of the NBA champion Celtics – White, Jayson Tatum and Jrue Holiday.
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U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team arriving for camp in Las Vegas
The first practice is Saturday as the American men prepare to play for a fifth consecutive gold medal.
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Maine athletes come up short at U.S. Olympic track and field trials
Rachel Smith, a Sanford native and 2021 Olympian, drops out of the 10,000 meters, and Isaiah Harris of Lewiston fails to advance to the 800-meter final.
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Maine swimmer’s poolside proposal to U.S. Olympian makes a big internet splash
James Wells got down on one wet knee to ask Olympic gold medal swimmer Lilly King to marry him. She said yes.
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Russian athletes get OK to compete at Paris Olympics with approved neutral status
Each sport’s governing body will assess neutral status for athletes who have not supported the war and are not contracted to military or state security agencies.
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Olympic sports have a Russia dilemma, and ‘neutrality’ is a cop-out
Commentary: There are no easy answers, but the Olympics should either be all in or all out on allowing Russian athletes to compete.
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Olympics headquarters in Paris searched as scandal rocks a third straight Summer Games
Tuesday’s search and other related raids were linked to two preliminary investigations of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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IOC responds to Paris mayor on Olympic plan for athletes from Russia, Belarus
After the Paris mayor calls for an Olympic ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes, the IOC says there will be no delegations but some ‘neutral athletes’ may be welcomed.
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Seth Wescott going into U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame
The Maine native focused on snowboardcross and won the first-ever gold medal in the discipline at the 2006 Winter Olympics, then defended that title four years later.