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Mascots of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, left, and Paralympics Games, a Phrygian cap, pose during a preview in Saint Denis, outside Paris, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. The soft bright red cap, also known as a liberty cap, is an updated version of a conical hat worn in antiquity in places such as Persia, the Balkans, Thrace, Dacia and Phrygia, where the name originates, in modern day Turkey. It later became a symbol of the pursuit of liberty in the French Revolution and is still worn by the figure of Marianne, the national personification of France since that time. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
China-made Paris Olympics mascots fuel criticism in France

Nov. 17, 2022 06:58 AM EST

Miho Takagi of Japan waves during a ceremony after winning the silver medal in the women's speedskating 1,500-meter race at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
BEIJING SNAPSHOT: Olympic winners get plush panda then medal

Feb. 07, 2022 06:57 AM EST

Team Christensen's Vicky Persinger yells to teammates after throwing the rock while competing against Team Peterson during the second night of finals at the U.S. Olympic Curling Team Trials at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
Sex toy ads removed from ice at Olympic curling qualifier

By Jimmy Golen Dec. 10, 2021 02:19 PM EST

Team Shuster's Chris Plys casts the rock while competing against Team Persinger at the U.S. Olympic Curling Team Trials at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
Promoter: Sex toy sponsorship was too racy for curling crowd

By Jimmy Golen Dec. 06, 2021 06:09 PM EST