United States Olympic Team

Dressel, Ledecky win athletes of year at Golden Goggles

31 minutes ago
MIAMI (AP) — Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky were honored as male and female athletes of the year at USA Swimming’s annual Golden Goggle awards on Tuesday night. ...

AP source: Reeve to be next US women's national team coach

By Doug Feinberg 5 hrs ago
The Minnesota Lynx’s Cheryl Reeve will be the next USA Basketball national team coach, a person with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday. The...

FILE - United States' head coach Dejan Udovicic yells at his players after a loss to Hungary in a preliminary round men's water polo match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Udovicic, 51, was hired in 2013 after coaching Serbia to bronze at the London Olympics. The U.S. stumbled in Rio, going 2-3 and finishing 10th, but it showed signs of growth in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

US water polo coaches returning for Paris Olympics

By Jay Cohen 16 hrs ago

A visitor to the Shougang Park walks past the a sculpture for the Beijing Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. China on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, threatened to take "firm countermeasures" if the U.S. proceeds with a diplomatic boycott of February's Beijing Winter Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Column: US dignitaries shun Olympics. What about sponsors?

By Jim Litke 21 hrs ago

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

FILE - A police officer wearing a face mask and goggles to protect against COVID-19, stands near a poster of a skier on the wall at a train station in Zhangjiakou in northern China's Hebei Province, Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. China is threatening to take “firm countermeasures" if the U.S. proceeds with a diplomatic boycott of February's Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Monday accused U.S. politicians of grandstanding over the issue of not sending dignitaries to attend the events that China hopes will showcase its economic development. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

US plans diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics

By Aamer Madhani And Alexandra Jaffe Dec. 06, 2021 12:22 PM EST

Breezy Johnson, of the United States, reacts in the finish area following her run in the the women's World Cup downhill ski race in Lake Louise, Alberta, on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)

Olympic champion Goggia wins 6th World Cup downhill in row

Dec. 04, 2021 04:54 PM EST

Canada's Kaillie Humphries of the United States holds the gold medal on the podium after her victory in the women's monobob race at the world cup in Altenberg, Germany, Saturday, Dec.4, 2021. (Robert Michael/dpa via AP)

Kaillie Humphries celebrates US citizenship with bobsled win

Dec. 04, 2021 10:55 AM EST

Kristers Aparjods of Latvia, winner of the men's competition at the Luge World Cup 2021/2022 in Sochi, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Artur Lebedev)

Aparjods gives Latvia 1st men's World Cup luge win

Dec. 04, 2021 09:31 AM EST

Japan's Yamato Matsui reacts after the men's 500 meters World Cup speedskating race at the Utah Olympic Oval Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, in Kearns, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Jackson wins 4th World Cup speedskating title of season

By Beth Harris Dec. 03, 2021 05:26 PM EST

Kaillie Humphries, left, and Sylvia Hoffmann of the United States react after the women's two-women bobsleigh World Cup race in Igls, near Innsbruck, Austria, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Beijing bound: Bobsledder Kaillie Humphries now an American

By Tim Reynolds Dec. 02, 2021 06:40 PM EST

Chin, Korn, Brennan elected to Figure Skating Hall of Fame

Dec. 01, 2021 02:27 PM EST
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Two-time world bronze medalist Tiffany Chin, Miami (Ohio) University synchronized skating coach Vicki Korn, and two-time Olympic...

World Athletics: 'Disturbing' level of abuse on social media

By Eddie Pells Nov. 25, 2021 11:45 AM EST
Nearly three out of every 20 track and field athletes whose social media feeds were monitored in a study at the Tokyo Olympics were subject to abusive posts,...

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

Team Shuster's John Shuster, center, yells to John Landsteiner, left, and Matt Hamilton as they sweep to curl the rock he threw while competing against Team Dropkin during the third night of finals at the U.S. Olympic Curling Team Trials at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Neb., Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)

Shuster wins US curling trials, will defend gold in Beijing

Nov. 22, 2021 12:07 AM EST

Madeleine Egle of Austria competes during the women's race at the Luge World Cup, a test event for the 2022 Winter Olympics, at the Yanqing National Sliding Center in Beijing, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Egle wins women's luge race; USA Luge grabs relay silver

Nov. 21, 2021 10:09 AM EST

Johannes Ludwig of Germany competes during the men's race at the Luge World Cup, a test event for the 2022 Winter Olympics, at the Yanqing National Sliding Center in Beijing, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Ludwig dominant in luge World Cup, leads German men's sweep

Nov. 20, 2021 11:09 AM EST

Two-time Olympian Clarissa Chun speaks at a press conference where she was introduced as the coach of the new Iowa women's wrestling program in Iowa City, Iowa, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP)

'No better place': Iowa's new women's wrestling coach ready

By John Bohnenkamp Nov. 19, 2021 03:39 PM EST

Isaiah Thomas returning to USA Basketball for qualifying

Nov. 19, 2021 01:13 PM EST
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Isaiah Thomas is putting on the red, white and blue again. Thomas was announced Friday as an injury...