Month: July 2021

More than 30 U.S. Olympians have been graduates of Hawaii’s Punahou School. Find out why this Honolulu prep school has such a strong place in Olympic history.

Jimmy Roberts narrates the fascinating and unusual story of a long serving Olympic writer, Pat Forde, who finds himself covering his own daughter, United States swimmer Brooke Forde.

For the second consecutive Olympics, a U.S. team featuring Mike Hixon won silver in the men’s synchronized 3m springboard event. This time, Hixon teamed up with 21-year-old Andrew Capobianco.

Great Britain’s men’s doubles team Andy Murray and Joe Salisbury loses a tight quarterfinal 4-6, 7-6, 10-7 to Croatia’s Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig.

Damian Lillard’s seven three-pointers helped the United States take down Serbia during their preliminary tilt at the Tokyo Olympics.

The United States women’s soccer team has been kept off the scoreboard in two matches, and now needs to beat a dangerous Netherlands team to keep its medal hopes in tact.

Swiss sprinter Alex Wilson turned heads earlier this month when he ran a 9.84 100m in Georgia, but the clocking was removed due to alleged incorrect timing.

NBC’s Mike Tirico and Nastia Liukin break down Simone Biles’ decision to withdraw from the individual all-around final in Tokyo. Biles pulled out to focus on her mental health and American Jade Carey will now compete.

After winning her opening round matchup by a score of 7-3, archer Casey Kaufhold of Team USA took on Japan’s Hayakawa Ren. The 17-year-old American was unable to best her opponent and will miss the Round of 16 in Tokyo.

On a rain-soaked field in Fukushima, Japan mounted a ninth inning comeback to win the first Olympic baseball game in 13 years against the Dominican Republic.

Japan’s Kei Nishikori continued his impressive run through the men’s tennis singles bracket with a win over Belarus’ Ilya Ivashka in straight sets.

After he withdrew from singles to focus on doubles, Andy Murray and partner Joe Salisbury lost in the quarterfinals.

Japan defeated the Dominican Republic 3-2 in the opening game of the Tokyo Olympics baseball tournament.

After a fifth-place finish in her first race of the night, Katie Ledecky didn’t have much time to recalibrate. After adding a gold to her collection, Ledecky battled emotion to explain exactly how she did it.

USA beats Canada 21-14 in rugby 7s to advance to 5th place match.

Team USA men’s basketball bounced back after a tough loss to France with a rout over Iran.