Clik here to view.
Michael Phelps gives swimming lessons to Snoop Dogg at 2024 Paris Olympics
Baltimore native and 23-time Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps always looks cool in the pool. But this week at the Summer Olympics in Paris, the former competitive swimmer — a legend in his own...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mike Locksley had a ‘complete makeover.’ Maryland football looks different, too.
COLLEGE PARK — On the day Maryland football showed off a new look following the end of the Taulia Tagovailoa era, Mike Locksley did the same Wednesday morning. The sixth-year coach shed more than 60...
View ArticleOlympics 2024: Here’s where to get the chocolate muffins Olympians can’t get...
UPDATE: French bakery Coup de pates confirmed in a LinkedIn post that they are the one’s providing the viral chocolate muffins to the Olympic Village. “We knew our Maxi Muffin with Intense Chocolate...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bells will ring when the Paris Olympics’ track meet starts on Friday
By EDDIE PELLS, AP National Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — When action at the Olympic track starts Friday, Sha’Carri Richardson, Noah Lyles and the rest will be going for gold, a $50,000 check and a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Simone Biles’ painful history with MyKayla Skinner coincided with Larry...
If Simone Biles did in fact use a celebratory Instagram post to fire back at former teammate MyKayla Skinner Tuesday night, after she led the U.S. women’s gymnastics team to gold at the 2024 Paris...
View ArticleNothing could go wrong: The story behind the Paris Olympics cauldron balloon
By FERNANDA PESCE PARIS (AP) — The night the Olympic and Paralympic cauldron first flew over Paris, its designer Mathieu Lehanneur held his breath: Nothing could go wrong. The balloon, lit by the...
View ArticleOrioles option Heston Kjerstad, place Jordan Westburg on injured list amid...
Mike Elias said Wednesday that Heston Kjerstad would be a “big part” of the Orioles as they push to defend their American League East title. On Thursday, he optioned Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk. Ahead...
View ArticleHorse racing leaders consider Paris Olympics equestrian scandal a lesson for...
By STEPHEN WHYNO PARIS (AP) — Horse welfare has been a major topic of conversation around the equestrian competition at the Olympics, and the scandal involving champion rider Charlotte Dujardin has...
View ArticleFox45: Simone Biles appears to shade former teammate MyKayla Skinner after US...
U.S. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles on Tuesday appeared to take a dig at a former teammate while celebrating her gold medal placement at the Paris Games. Biles on Tuesday was part of Team USA’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Simone Biles’ gold, by the numbers
Simone Biles held off Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade for all-around Olympics gymnastics gold. At 27, she’s the oldest Olympic women’s gymnastics champ since 1952. Related Articles Olympics | 2024 Olympics:...
View ArticleUnion Craft Brewing to launch official craft beer for Terps athletics
Union Craft Brewing’s latest beer will pay homage to the University of Maryland, College Park. The Baltimore brewery is teaming up with UMD to release Testudo Premium Lager, a beer named after the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2024 Olympics: Meet the medalists from the United States
Here’s who has won medals so far for the United States at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Unfamiliar with the more than 40 competitions at the Summer Olympics and its athletes? Here’s our guide. SILVER:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From UVA roommates to Orioles prospects: Griff O’Ferrall, Ethan Anderson...
Griff O’Ferrall and Ethan Anderson know how to share. They shared a clubhouse at Virginia, where they were teammates for three seasons helping the Cavaliers secure a pair of College World Series...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Who is Imane Khelif? What to know about the Algerian boxer
By GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has landed in the middle of a divide about gender in sports after her Italian competitor, Angela Carini, pulled...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Katie Ledecky preparing to write more history in the pool
By STEPHEN WADE, AP Sports Writer NANTERRE, France (AP) — Katie Ledecky advanced to the finals of the women’s 800-meter freestyle Friday at the Paris Olympics with a chance to make even more history....
View ArticleSimone Biles says she loves her ‘black job,’ an apparent clapback at Donald...
By MEG KINNARD, Associated Press Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles entered the fray of the U.S. presidential race on Friday with a post that appears to clap back at former President Donald...
View ArticlePolice investigating hate speech targeting Olympics opening ceremony artistic...
PARIS (AP) — Paris prosecutors said Friday that police have opened a hate speech investigation following a complaint by Olympics opening ceremony artistic director Thomas Jolly over death threats. The...
View ArticleFlavor Flav helps Olympic discus thrower Veronica Fraley who said she...
By PAT GRAHAM AP, Sports Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Vanderbilt’s discus thrower and Olympian Veronica Fraley lamented on social media that she needed help paying the rent. Hip-hop artist Flavor...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Snoop Olympics: Paris proving a boon to NBC after interest waned in...
By DAVID BAUDER, AP Media Writer Less than a week into the Paris Olympics, NBC Universal executives are climbing atop the medal stand. The event has been a significant success for the company...
View ArticleExtreme weather hits Paris, highlighting Olympics’ vulnerability to climate...
David Wharton | (TNS) Los Angeles Times PARIS — The thermometer read 95 degrees, but down on the beach volleyball court, with all that gleaming white sand, it felt like 102. The players used a short...
View Article