Lashinda Demus finally gets her gold medal in Paris
PARIS — Lashinda Demus made her way down an elevated runway through the middle of Champions Park at the foot of the Trocadero, the Eiffel Tower just across the River Seine and a gold medal ahead of...
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Olympic track and field: Rai Benjamin is finally golden in 400-meter hurdles
Kenneth Bednarek and Fred Kerley of the United States after being disqualified in the men’s 400 meter relay during track and field at Stade de France during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Saint-Denis...
View ArticleU.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles’ bronze medal in question
PARIS — The Court of Arbitration for Sport, global sport’s supreme court, seemingly opened the door for American gymnast Jordan Chiles to be stripped of an Olympic bronze medal controversially awarded...
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U.S. women tear up the track to claim 4×400 relay gold
United States’ men 4×400-meter relay team celebrates round the race clock after winning the final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Matthias...
View ArticleUSA Gymnastics appeals CAS ruling on Jordan Chiles, says video proves its case
PARIS – USA Gymnastics formally requested that international sport’s highest court revise its ruling from a day earlier that led to Team USA’s Jordan Chiles to being stripped of a bronze medal in the...
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Paris hands off Olympic Games to Los Angeles
Tom Cruise jumps into the stadium during closing ceremonies of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Saint-Denis on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/ SCNG) Los...
View ArticleSifan Hassan wins Olympic marathon, makes statements on and off the road
SAINT-DENIS, France – It was a fashion statement that was true Sifan Hassan, fearless, defiant. At end of a day in which she confirmed her status of the greatest female distance runner ever by winning...
View ArticleUCLA coach John Speraw named USA Volleyball CEO
U.S. Olympic and national team and UCLA head coach John Speraw, who won two NCAA titles as a Bruins player and then coached UCLA to two more national championships, has resigned to become president and...
View ArticleNewport-Mesa School District agrees to pay $31 million to injured Corona Del...
It was supposed to be a simple inside screen pass during a regular Corona del Mar High School freshman football practice on March 9, 2021. Manny Garcia, a 15-year-old freshman receiver wearing a...
View ArticleUSOPC moves to decertify USA Badminton
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has moved to decertify badminton’s national governing body, citing repeated U.S. Center for Safe Sport compliance, athlete safety, financial, governance and...
View ArticleSanta Margarita High football players allegedly sexually assaulted by teammates
On the afternoon of Sept. 24, a 15-year-old sophomore Santa Margarita Catholic High School varsity football player tried to enter the team’s locker room to get dressed for practice. For update, see:...
View ArticleTrump election won’t impact Olympics, LA28 officials say
LOS ANGELES — Officials organizing the 2028 Olympic Games said on Thursday that they do not expect the election of Donald Trump as president to impact the funding of Los Angeles’ third Olympics. LA28...
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Hiea-Yoon Kang, subject of SafeSport abuse probe, continues to coach at...
FULLERTON — Hiea-Yoon Kang, suspended from coaching the U.S. Olympic and national artistic swimming teams, continues to coach young athletes at Fullerton College, a location she has tried to keep...
View ArticleSuspended artistic swimming coach Hiea-Yoon Kang ‘found joy in making us scream’
Shortly before the U.S. Championships in the spring of 2017, U.S. artistic swimming national team and La Mirada Aquabelles coach Hiea-Yoon Kang observed a group of swimmers she was coaching do the...
View ArticleAnna Li, Jiani Wu suspended by U.S. Center for SafeSport for abusing athletes
Anna Li, a former U.S. national team member and eight-time UCLA All-American, and her mother Jiani Wu, an Olympic medalist for China and former USA Gymnastics national team coach, have been suspended...
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