One by one, swimmer Katie Ledecky handed her Olympic medals to Bryce Harper. Four gold medals and one silver from the Rio Olympics sat in the hands of the reigning National League MVP.
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U.S. women’s goalkeeper Hope Solo was suspended Wednesday for six months by U.S. Soccer for disparaging comments about Sweden following the Americans’ early departure from the Rio Olympics.
U.S. Olympic swimmer Jimmy Feigen apologized on Wednesday for omitting key details when he told Rio de Janeiro police this month that he and fellow swimmers had been held up at gunpoint.
Ryan Lochte has lost four major sponsors, including Speedo USA and Ralph Lauren, after a drunken incident during the Rio Olympics.
Local athletes are bring home four medals, three of them gold, after the Summer Games.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s brief but show-stopping gig at the Olympic closing ceremony as the Nintendo game character Super Mario offered a tantalizing glimpse at Tokyo’s plans for the 2020 games.
Brazil and the world bid farewell Sunday to the first Olympic Games in South America, a 16-day spectacle that combined numerous highlight reel moments with ugly and even bizarre episodes that sometimes overshadowed the competitions.
The Brazilians closed out the Rio Games in style Sunday. So did the U.S. men’s basketball team.
Claressa Shields had Olympic gold around her neck and a secret keepsake in her warmup jacket pocket. She reached in her pocket, pulled out her first gold from London and slipped the medal over her head.
American wrestler Kyle Snyder’s run to the world title in 2015 was so surprising that some wondered if it was something of a fluke.
The U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team won its third straight gold medal and did it easily, beating Serbia 96-66 on Sunday.
The final day of the Rio Olympics has just a handful of events to watch, and the Games will officially come to an end with the closing ceremony.
Vashti Cunningham, the 18-year-old Las Vegas native, failed to clear the second height of 6 feet 4¾ inches in three attempts at the Rio Olympics on Saturday. She finished 13th.
Inbee Park came to the Rio Olympics as the subject of doubt. She hadn’t competed since June, and some wondered if she should, for the good of her country’s Olympic hopes, decline to play.
The US won relay races, women’s basketball, triathlon, and golf, Lochte apologized, China won women’s volleyball gold, Brazil won soccer gold
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