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FILE - Mia Hamm, of the United States Women's National soccer team, celebrates a goal against Mexico during a game in Carson, Calif., Dec. 8, 2004. Mia Hamm, Lindsey Vonn, Michelle Kwan, Billie Jean King and the late Pat Summitt are among the nine individual women who will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame this summer. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Phelps, Vonn among those heading to US Olympic & Para Hall

Jun. 06, 2022 11:10 AM EDT

Alysa Liu of the United States performs during the women's free skating at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating NHK Trophy competition in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Top US figure skater Alysa Liu switching coaches

Nov. 22, 2021 04:40 PM EST

United States' Foluke Akinradewo, left, and United States' Jordan Larson try to block during the women's volleyball preliminary round pool B match between United States and Russian Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
US women's volleyball team forms strong bond with '80 squad

By Josh Dubow Aug. 04, 2021 10:12 PM EDT

FILE - Virginia Fuchs of the United States poses with fans after her fight against Irismar Cardozo of Venezuela in the women's fly, 51 kg, boxing semifinal match at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, in this Tuesday, July 30, 2019, file photo. Fuchs’ obsessive-compulsive disorder sometimes compels her to use a dozen toothbrushes a night and to buy hundreds of dollars of cleaning products per week. Yet Fuchs is headed to Tokyo next week to compete in the Olympic boxing tournament, where she realizes it’s almost impossible to avoid touching the blood, sweat and spit of her opponents.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)
Olympic boxer Fuchs determined to win her fight against OCD

By Greg Beacham Jun. 21, 2021 03:01 PM EDT

FILE - Boxer Keyshawn Davis poses after a weigh-in ahead of a fight against Jose Antonio Meza in Arlington, Texas, in this Friday, May 7, 2021, file photo. Keyshawn Davis was awarded a place in the Tokyo Olympics boxing tournament on Monday, June 7, 2021, allowing the lightweight to make an improbable return to USA Boxing five months after he turned professional amid conflict with the national governing body. (AP Photo/Roger Steinman, File)
Keyshawn Davis to fight at Tokyo Olympics despite going pro

By Greg Beacham Jun. 07, 2021 12:01 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2020, file photo, United States' Bradie Tennell performs during the ladies' single free skating competition in the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul, South Korea. Bradie Tennell, the 2018 U.S. figure skating champion and an Olympic team bronze medalist, is switching coaches, joining Tom Zakrajsek in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
2018 US champ Olympic team medalist Tennell switches coaches

Aug. 21, 2020 02:03 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 4, 2020, file photo, people wearing masks walk past the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo. Local Japanese sponsors have chipped in a record $3.3 billion to organize the postponed Tokyo Olympics. That's almost 60% of the income for the privately funded operating budget. With the games delayed for a year, sponsors will be asked to sign up again. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
US Olympic museum to open July 30; will honor 1980 team

By Eddie Pells Jul. 20, 2020 09:01 AM EDT

Ex-USOC spokesman Mike Moran dead at 78 after short illness

Jul. 07, 2020 11:19 PM EDT
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (AP) — Former US Olympic Committee spokesman Mike Moran died Tuesday after a short illness at age 78, according to the University of...

USA Olympic modern pentathlon team members Amro ElGeziry and his wife, Isabella Isaksen run along a trail in Colorado Springs, Colo., Friday, April 24, 2020. He’s a unit supply specialist in the U.S. Army. She’s a multiple launch rocket systems crew member. They met through the modern pentathlon. They constantly train together for the modern pentathlon. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Modern love: Pentathlon couple balances training, military

By Pat Graham May. 04, 2020 04:01 PM EDT